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Pphefians,
Chap.
5.
VT E
R.
;O.
I. This
it
is
which by fundry companions
is
(hadowed
forth,
as
the Vine and branches, the head and members,
man and wife, things
that
are moft ftraitly conjoyned
:
the Scripture doth
tranflate them
to
figni
fie
our union
with
Jefus
Chrift,
that God
may well fay, he car
-
rieth
us as
grave]
in
his
hand,
Iray
49. that
we
areas
the
appleof
his
eye.
Now
Chrift
may be
faid
of
the
fame
flefh
with
us, andwe
with him,
in
regard wehave one nature
with him,
Heb.
2. 14. But thus the wic-
ked
might be
flcib
of
his flefh.
z. In regard
thatthe
faithful(
are
by the
finewes
of
faith tyed
to
Je-
fus
Chrift,
flefh
to him,
God
and man.
3.
Which
is
molt proper,in
refpeót
that God doth
make and frame
us, and nourifh
its
up,
fo
farre
forth
as
we are new creatures
with the
flefh
of
Chrift
crucified
:
that
as Adam fleepiing,
God
did
frame
of
his
flefh
and
bone Eve
:
fo
Chrift
fleeping on
the
croffe,
God
did make
of
his flea]
crucified,
as
it were
a
matter
ro
beget
the
new creature,and
to
feede
it
up;The bread
l
give
is
my
flefh, which
i
will
givefor
the
life
of
the
world.
That
looke
as
if
you
aske
me,
What
is
a
narurall
mane I
an-
fwer,
a
piece
of
the
firft
Adams
fubftance
by propagation
carnally
derived: So
if
you
aske
me, what
is
a
Chriftian man!Chrift
Jefus
God
-
man,
fpiritually applyed
:
marke thofe fpecches,
Co/.3.
Ix.
Chrifl
is
all
Mall ;
Not
Ilive,
but
Chrifl in
me.
Now
for the
tires
of
this
confederation,
they
are manifold.
.
This letteth
us
fee
the prerogative
of
the faithfull, to be
of
the
blood royall,
neere
a
kinne
to
fomegreat
perfonages ;
what
a
dignity
but
to be
flefh
of
the
flefh
of
that
great God incarnate! O how
excel-
lent!
that
if
there were nothing elfe, well might the beleever fay,
Glo-
riowa
things
arefpoken
of
thee
o
Sinn, the City
of
God,
heavenly
No-
bility.
2. This doth
let
us
fee,
what
a
fearefull
thing it
is
to
deale againft
the true members
of
the C
hurch;
W
ho
would not be
afraid
to
have his
hand againft one
of
the
Kings
iffue,
or
the
Queen,
that
is
one
body
with him
a
thus neereare the faithfull
to the
King
of
Kings,
the
Lord
of
glory, that bath
all
power
in
heaven,
or
in
earth, they
lift at a (tone,
which
will bruife
them.
This doth
helpe
to
beget confidence
in
us,
that Chrift
will
deny
us
nothing
that
is
good.
Laban
could
upon
this ground proteft
kindnefl'e
to
lacob,
Gen.a9.53. And
if
God abhorre
in men voidneffc
of
naturall
affeEtion; (hall
he
be
unkinde and hide
his eyes
from
usthat
are his
owne
flefh
!
would
we
not
prefume
to obtaine
any reafonable thing
from one neere
us
in
blood!what
(hall he
withhold who
hath
made us
flefh
of
his
flefh,
and
bone
of
his
boner
This
doth
let
us fee
that
our
God bath not might
onely,but right
to
redeeme
us
:
Thofe
were
to
be
of
the
kin
and
blood to whom theright
of
redemption
did
appertain.:
Our
Saviour
as
God
is
our King and
Creator,
and
therfore hath might;as
man
is
flea]
of
our
fief],
and
bone
of
our bone,and
therefore bath right,that
we may fay, He
is
our
God,
as lob
Lid,
My
Redeemer livcth.
VERSE
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