100 yeti": 22. An expoftion upon the Bookof 10 B. Chaps, were, with child, or rather big with Children,`fhall travell in pain, and groaning to be delivered, fhall by the mighty power of God, bring forth man-kind againe. There ¡hall be a mighty birth from the wombe of the earth at the tail day. InScripture the refurrelion is called a birth, in the' dayof the refurretion man-kind is anew begotten by God, and mankind is a newborn, that clears it, PIal. 2, 7. Thou art my fon, this day have l begotten thee, which words are applyed byPaul, 4îl. 13.33. to the re- furreCrion of Chrift. God bath fulfilled the promilè made unto the Fathers, unto us their children, in that he hath railed up Je- fus again as it is alto written in the fécond Pfàlme, Thou art my Son, t his day have I begotten thee. And as Chrift, fo all men, but efpecially all Chriftians, lhall be again begotten by the power of God, and born from the womb of the earth in the day of their axefurrelion. So much for the underftanding of thofe words, Naked , came I out of my Mothers womb , and nakedfhall I retur'ne thi- ther. I (hall collect Tome obfervationsfrom them two wayes. Firft, as they contain a generali truth. 2. As they are an argument or a real-On for the fiipport of a man in fuch a fad condition asjobwas then reduced unto. In the former way obferve, Firft, That every man is born a poor, helplefr, naked creature. The foul is naked of all that is good, there is not a rag of grace upon it,when we come into the world. Our bodies are na- ked too, fo that we are born withnothing upon us, but only an ugly dreffe of fin, Inch as may juílly make God loathus, and us a terror to our (elves. Nakedcame I into the world; this one thought well taken in and fully digefted,,will lay pride in the duff ; this thought that we were born thus naked, will ¡trip us of all high and proud thoughts ofour felves. .Secondly, NakedfballI return. Note, When death comet) it (hakes us out of all our worldly com- forts and poi/Toni., Death is called an uncloathing, 2 Cor. 5.4. We that are in this Tabernacle do groan, being burdened, not ¡ort that we would be uncloati-ed, that is, not that pie woulddye. Death is called an urcloq thing, becaufe it pulleth all outward thingsoff from a man ; it pulleth offall his raymcnt,his riches, his Lauds,his honours, yea death uncloathes the very bones, our flel-h weares off quickly in the grave. We have a ufball phrafe a- mong
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