315 / 808
V
H
R.
15.
Ephefians,
Chapa.
299
There
is co
the conttituting
of
man,
three
things:
a.
A
foul.
2.
A
body.
3.
A
perfonall union
of
thefe
two to
one
man
:
So
there is,
i.
one foul, even
the
Spirit;
2.
one
body; the head,
Chrift
;
the members, every beleever
:
3.
a
concurring
of
thefe to
make
one myfticall perfon, the which
is
called
Chrift
myfticall
5
and
all
the beleeving
of
all
ages fhall make
but
this
one
Chrift.
How
doch
it
reprove ftrangenefí'e, fhyneffe,
contention, hatred,
unmercifulneffee
&c.
What
union
is
this?
Or how
are we
of
Chrifts
body
e
It
doch
teach
us
to
Peck
the good
one
of
another, to do honour
one
to
another
:
Beafts will
goare
and doffe
amongft themfelves,but who
ever violenced
himfclf?
Again,
feeing we are one man,
and fo
members one
of
another,
it
teacheth
care
for
the
whole,
fellow- feeling
in
joy
and
heavineffe,
I Cor.
I2.
26, 27.
New
man.] This
is a
confideration,
that
if
it meet
us
every
day,
we
muff
not
balk
;
it cloth
teach us,
what
is
the
condition
of
ail
fuch
as
come
to
be
in Chrifl,
they
are
fueh
as muff
be
renewed
; fuch,
with whom
all
old
things mutt grow out
of
acquaintance. Whofever
is
in
Chrift,
is
a
new
creature,
z
Cor.5.17.
Now
to
underftand this, mark what it
is
to be an old one, and
that
ftandeth
in
two
things
:
a.
To
be
in
flefhly
corruption,
in
blindneffe, unrighteoufnefT,
unholincfl'e,to be overfpread with
darkneffe,
and
the
deceivable lulls
of
fin.
.
z.
To
be under
the
difference, and
in
the
adminiftration
of'
out-
ward things. As
in
the outward
man,
there
is
difference
of
country,
of
liberty, of wealth,
of
learning, &c.
Now
to
bein
Chrift
a
new man,is
a.
to
have
the
fpirit
of
our minds
rencwed,cur
wills
altered,our
affections
fanc`ified;
2.
to be made dead
to the
admiring
of
all
outward
things,
fwallowed
up
in
the
acknow-
ledgement
of
nothing but
Jefus
Chrift
; and
this the Scripture
con
-
firmeth, which maketh
the
new man
to Rand,
r.
in
reftoring the
Image
of
God
2. in
ceafing
of
all
outward refpects,
Chrift
coming
in
the room
of
them all, and being
all
in
all
:
Neither
Circumcifion
nor
unciriumcifion
availeth,but
a new
creature,Gal.3. Neither
Jew
nor
Greci-
an,
male nor
female,bist Chrifl
is
al
in
J.
It
is
with
us as
with
wilde Olives graffs,
which grow
up
to
change,
according to the flock into
which they
are ingraffed
:
Thus
it is
with
the faithfUl,
who
finde,
that
fence
they
knew
Chrift
effelually,
their
mindes, wills
,
and affections have been
changed,
they
have
not
thought
fo
highly
of
outward things,
as
when they knew no
better.
Nay, they
acknowledge no man
as
bleffed, according to outward
things.
if
ye
have
known
Chrift
after
theffelk,
henceforth
know
ye him
no
mere,
2
Cor.
5.1
6. Their
eyes are
doled
upon
the world
as a
crucified
thing
to
them,and their
hearts and
affections are fet
on
Chrift,
and
the
things
wherein
Chrift abideth.
D
d
2
This
See
Cor.
ie.
la,
r;.
2.
Dolt.
All
that
have
to
do with
Chris,
muff
be
renewed.
Old
man,
what.
New,
what.
Col.;.
r
r.
Gal. s.6;
A