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246

FP

3.

1011,4.15.

DoFtr.

414

Ephefians,

Chapo2.

V

E

R,íb.

with the

(harpe

flinging teeth

of everlafting

death

and

mifery,

This

muff ferve

to

flirre

us up

to

feele our felves quickned with

an

everlafling life, and more

and

more

to

feeke and

labour for the

aug-

mentation

of

it.

The woman

of

Samaria

when Chrift told

her

there

were

living

waters,

of

which

who

fo

.dranke

did

never

fo

thirft

more;

thee

cryed

,

o

Lord

give

me

of

that

mater.

Looke

up

to

Chrift

that

quickning fpirit,fhew him

thy

reliques

of

fpirituall

death,and pray

him

to fwallow them

up

vk

orioufly

in

the

life

of

grace.

V

r

R.

6.

vtnd

hash

raifed

us up

together.

]

Refurredion

is meta-

phorical)

or

proper:

Metaphoricall,when

a

man

fwimmeth

out

of

fome

deadly

evils;

Proper,

when

a

man being fallen

down by

death,

rifeth

up

by new quicknance:

this

is

firft and

fecond;

The

firft

when the

foul

fallen

downe from God into death

of

finne,

doth come

to be

quickned

with the

life

of

God;

The

latter

of

the Body, whether

extraordinary,

which

is

the

priviledge

of

force few,

or common to

all

:

Now

we that

are

in

Chrift

, have

all kindes

of

refurredion

after force

manner:

r.

Our condition molt deadly

we get out

of

;

2,

Our

foul

is

quickned;

3.

For our body,

it

is

hid

in

Chrift,

we have

it in

hope.

Obferve

here,

What

God

bath

given

us

in

his

Son,

even the

refurreili.

on

of

there bodies :

Wee

are dead by

reafon

of

finne, and there our

bo-

dies are

fowen

in

mortality,

and fee

corruption, yet we

have

them

in

Chrift

railed

up

;

yea, after

a

fort wee

in

prefcnt may

fee this

exem-

plified;

r.

In that

our head

is

raifed:

for

whatfoever may

be

Paid

of

the head,

may be fpoken

of

the members.

If

the

Head be

fafe

above

water

and living,

the body

may be

faid

,

(

though covered)

to

live

likewife

:

So

that

our Head Chrift Iefus having this

refurre

pion,

we

are already feifed

of

it

in

our head.

2.

Againe we have it

already

1

why

e

becaufe

that power which muff

raffe us up

, it

is

with

Chrift

per

modems

redundantia : all

things tending

to

our falvation

are put

in

his hands

:

there

is

not

a

refurreÉlion and life

,

for

his

owne

perfon

alone,

but the

treafures

of

life

, even

the hidden

life

which

every

member

muff

have,

is

already

fcifed

by him.

3.

Wee

all

of

us

have

right to it

,

though

we

as

yet

enter

not

upon it.

4.

Laft

of

all,

wee have

entrance even prefently, becaufe he rote for

us,

and

reprefenting us,

even

as

a

Burgeffe

of

a

Parliament doth

a

Corporati-

on

:

So

that wee

fee

where

is

the evidence

of

our

refurreEfion,

even

Chrift

raifed

as

our

Head,

is a

moft

infallible

pledge unto

us;

If

Chrift

bee rifen, then

muff

wee,

for

our

refurredion

is

bid

in

him.

Now

our

refurrefeion may

be confidered two wayes:

r.

As wrought

in

our Head.

2.

As

applyed

aáually

in

us.

As

wee in

regard

of

our

natural) life

maybe

confidered,

a. As we have this

life in

our roote,in our parents,in

whom

we

are

feminali

ration,

as an

care

of

corne

is

in

the

feed.

a. Our

life may

be confidered

as

now

in

us

received from

them.

Now