2 The spiritual life) andIn-being n'ould be foundfinners, and Chriji would he made the millifler of fin, whichGodforbid: (verfe I7.) yea, and Ifhould buildagain the things which Ihave defiroyed,andmakemy felfa tranfkrefor: (verfe 18 .) But I through the law, am dead unto the law, that I might live unto God. (verfe the 19.) But ifa man be juilifiedby faith alone, and foby the deathofChrift'; then a man is crucified with Chriit : and if a man be crucified, or ifyou be crucified withChrift,how then do you live ?Yes, (faies he at the zo. ver.) / am crucified with Chrifi, Neverthelef; I live , yet not I, but Cbrifi liveth in me. Neverthelefl l or nowI live. [I live] that is, a ffiiritual life. There is a Natural life and there is a Spiritual life. He does not here (peakofthe Natural life, when he faies, .Nevertiodef? I live ; becaufe he adds,yet not I, but Chrill liveth inme : that is, Spiritually. And when he faies, I live: he (peaks it in the Perfon of every Believer: not in his Own Perfon, but he perfonates a Believer all along. I through the Law, am dead to the Law, that Imight live to God; I a Be- liever. And, I am crucified with Chrifi : I a Believer. And, Neverthelef?I live. All along hedoes perfonate a Believer, and does not (peak in his own Perfon, but in the Perfon of a Believer. And he (ales here, Neverthelefi I live. Hehad laid before, That we arejuflified by Faith alone, and not by the work! of the Lan, : and that a Believer was crucified with Chrift. Now (faies he) This Marine that I have preach'd unto you, is no way oppofit unto our:Spiritual life,or un- to our. Holinefs ; yet, now Ilive, or, neverthelegI live. From whence then you mayobferve thefeTwo things. Firft. That every true Believer, every Godly, Graci- ous man, is a livingman, lives, afpiricual life, is in the Rate oflife. Secondly. That ourjullification by faith alone, and our being crucified with Chrift ; is no enemy, but a friend unto this Spiritual life. Nevertbelefl, I live: Firft
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