chrtfis Dane! receivedby allSaints. 117 And again, Secondly. The Lord 7efits Chrift is our. jecond Adam, a Commonperfon betweenGod and uf . Now lookas t was concerning our fore. father Adam, being a Common perfon; lookwhat nature hehad, we have : He was made up offoul and,body ; and foare we, His body had legs, and arms, and other members; and we havemember for member we have headfor head, and arms for arms, and legs for legs : And fo, he finning, we havefin for his fin, pride for his pride, and unbelief for hisunbelief; becaufe he was a Com- mon perfon. So I fay, Jefus Chrift, being our Second Adam look what Grace he had, the Saints have; they e have Grace for His Grace, they have Holin for His golineg. The Apoftle faies, in the 5. ofthe -Romans : That as by one mans offence,death came So through thegift ofCrace, Grace bath abounded : But not as theoffence: (faies he at the 15. verfe) So alto is theFree. gift: For ifthrt ugh the offence ofone man, many be dead ; muchmore the Grace ofGod, and the gift by Grace,which is by one man yeful Chrifi, bath abounded unto many. Now, if we fhould not haveGrace for Grace from Chrift, as we had fin for fin from the Ell Adam ; how fhould Grace fuper- abound Our Lordand Savior Chrift faies himfelf, I have life inmy Self; 7he bath life in Himfelf which laid to job.5. that expreffion which you have in the r ofGenefif, (peaks 26. to our purpofe; the i r and 12. verfes, God Paid, Let the Earth bringforthgraft, the herbyeelding feed, and the fruit-tree yeelding fruit after his kind, wkiefeed is in itself : And foa- gain , at the I2.verfe, Whole feed was in it felf. That is, thefe Creatures had a power in themfelves to bring forth their like. And fo faies Jefus Chriff, as other Creatures had feed in themfelves to bring forth their like : So have I life in my Self, and am able to bring forth my like 5 and fo He does : for He is our Second Adam ; and therefore, as we had fin for fin from the Firfl Adam ; we muit have Grace for Grace from the Second Adam alfo. Thirdly. There is an incomparable, and glorious, blefred Rea. 5. love between Chrift anda Chriflian, Love, loves to make a thing loved to be like it felf. Love in an Inferiour is ofan R 2 Imitating
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