.3 28 Chap. r 9. An Expotiticnupon the Bock of J'0B. Verf 25, life(?oh.14. 6 ),Indhe it our life (Col. 3 , 4.)We were all dead, & lay underrate fhadow or power ofdeath the image of death fate upon us all, yea life it Idle fate ( as it were ) in darkneffe, till-Chrift brought life and immortalitie to light through theGrffsel (2 Tim. r.lo.) Thirdly, When lob faith, My redeemer liveth, it notes the firength, a&ivitie, and power of jefus Chrift, not a mere be- ing or fubfiftance onely, but might and ftrength. As if he bad fayd, Though I amweake, poore, and miftrable,theugh my lifebe fo low, and my body fo difperited, that Imay more fitly be numbred a, meng the dead then among the living ;yet my Redeemer liveth,he li- vethan is mighty. `David laidofhis enernies,(Rfal. 38. 19.) mile enemies are lively andftrong, or boing living areflrong.Many men live who are not firong ; And tome live who have no flrengch. But the life ofChrift and his might are the fame, and fhtll never be disjoyned. The Pfalmifl indeed propliccying of the fufferings of Chrift reprefeets him thus complaining, Vivre eß vi (TM. 22. r 5. )My fi-rength le dryed up lifea potfbeard,my tengue óere. cleaveth to my 7awes,&that haft brought me into the duft ofdeath. WhenChrift dyed the ftrength of his body was dryed up, yet Chrift did not dye for want of ftrength ; Forhe gave up the Cyh ft ( faith the Evangelift) it was not pul'd or fnatcht from him whether he would or no : Chrift did not dye becaufe he could live no longer, but becaufe in obedience to his Fathers will, and in anfwer to the defìgne of our falvation, he was willing to lay downe his life. And fo ftrongwas he in death, that he conquered dying, and fpoyledprincipalities and powers, making a _rhea, of them openly,and triumphing over them while he was nayled to the Croffe ( Col. 2. r z. ) Thedeath ofChi had more life and ftrength in it, then the lives ofall men and Angels. Againe, though Chrift dyed, as death is i he difunion of the two parrs of the humane nature (foule and body ) yet death didnot hurt the union between his twonatures, the divine and the humane, this remained untoucht and inviolable. In this union the ftrength ofChrift lay, as the ftrength ofSampon did in his Itchzes, which were onely a figne or an duranceof the nearenes andprefnce of Clod with him, and therefore it is faid after his leckes were cut, he ( attempting to put forthhis ftrength as he had done before) nor.thdt G9dwas departedfrom him.Novt for asmuch asCeod never
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