144 Th; Promife tJfthe Spirit. death having exha_ufied all its force and vigour on the head, 'he fuould be raifed again from the dead : and that,as death had fpread itfelf from the me.mbers into the ·Head ; fo life, in its turn, ihould fpread· itfelf from : the Head into the mem~ers, they, 'together with hi~ dead body; af1ifing. it was in virtue hereof, that the fpirit ·or foul that animated Chrift's body, and which he yielded ·up ·upon the crofs, (Mat. xxvii. 50.) fhew· ed by his breathing out his laft there, (Luke xxm. 46. Gr.) was returned again into his bleffed ~ody; whereupon Jae came forth out of the grave. .Ali4 it is in virtue of the fame, that ~ke Spirit of life returns into the dead fouls of the eleCl: again; upon whi~h, they live and believe. The time of the return of_phe Spirit, both into the liead, and i~uo the members, was prefixt in the covenant, refpeCl:ly : . fo that, ;s it was not poffibJe, Chrifr .fuould be held in the grave)· after three days; even fo it is not poffible, that his eJeCt lho.uld be held in the bonds of fpiritual death, after the time prefixt for their delivery, Hof. vi. 2. ~ After two days will he' revive us, in the third day he will raife us up, and -we £hall live in his fight.' :: And thus the promife · of eternal life to the ele&, works in this dark period of their days ; whieh c+art< period ends here. It appears now, and ru.ns abov~ ground ever after. p R , I 0 D ; ; If. From Union with-Chrij1, until Death. .. ·- •. I C. Onfidering the promife of eternal life to the eieft, as it is a:ccompliihed to, and ha'th its effeCl:s on them, for their union )'Vith Chrifi, until death ;· th~ great lines to be perceived therein, are the promifes, 1 (I.) OfjufJificat[on, (2.) Of a new and faving cove· nant-rt!lltion ta fiod, {3.) Offanflijicatirm, C.4·) Of per·
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