. . Yhe Promife ofthc Spirit~ , · .143· piece of fair earth ; that is) God put a fpirit; a foul, into his bqdy, which immediately lhewed itfelf, .1n the man's breathing at his nofirils ; · fo Jefus Chriftit in the time of loves, puts his Spirit into the dead foul, which immediately !hews itfelf alive, by believing, receiving and embracjng him, known and difcerned in his ·rranfcendent glory. And thus the \Inion be":" · twixt Ghrifi and the foul; i$ compleated ; Chtifi· firfi: . ~pprehending the foul, by his Spirit ; and then, the foul thus apprehended ~nd quickned,· apprehending him again in the promife of the gofpel, by faith . Now the promife of the Spirit~ in both branches thereof, is grafted upon the promife of a refurr,ection from the dead, made to Chrii1 ; and it is fo interwo~ ven th~rewith, that there i~ no fe parating of them. The promife of his refurre.Cl:ion, like the oil on Aa- , , ron'~ head, r~.uis down to th~ Th.irts of his garments, in the promife of quickning his members too. Herein the Scripture is very plain, Ifa. xxvi. 19. ' Thy dead men fh:all live, together with thy dead body fuaLl they atife.' ·Eph. ii. 5· ' · Even when we were dead in fins; hath quicknecl us together with Chrill:." ·Our Lord Jefqs, in the eternal eovenant, became the Head of a dead lJody, to wit, of the body of eleCt _fin_ners dead in fin; and that, to the end he might refiore it to lif~. And being legally united with thfl~ body, that fo death might have accefs to fpread itfelf, from it, unto him, in due time; he had the promife of a refarrection; both for himfe~f and his members_, made unto him. The appointed time being comej death drew together its whole forees; and made an attf!Ck tipori the head of the body, which alorie remain ~ ed alive.~ It fiu~g him to the heart upon the_ctof.~, and laid him too in the dtlfi of death : andJo it had– them all dead together, Head and meitibers~ Thus the condition of the covenant was fulfilled. · No.w the prori?ife comes next, in its turri, to be fulfilled; par– ticularly, the promife ofa refurreCtion: namely that, · , K - d~ath
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