340 Chap. 19. An Expofition upon the Bookeof J O B. Verf. 25. Firft, Thus. Our bodiesJhall be railedout of the duff in the latter day 6y the power ofChrift. Man is a creature confifting ofvifible and invifble, of mor- tal] and immortali, a foule and a body. His mortali and vifible part the body fell under the arreft ofdeath, as Toone as he was tainted with fin, and by thedecree ofGod it is appoynted unto all men once to dye ; yet man fhall not aiwayes abide in this death, which is the feperation of the foule from the body. Thefe (hall meet againe and be reunited death it Idle is un- der the dominion of Chrift the Lord of life ; the keyes of the grave are committed unto him. We read of a twofold refur- reetion from a twofolddeath, both effec}ed by his power, ( soh. 5. 25. 28, 29. ) The honre is coming, andnow is, when the dead(hall heare the voice ofthe Son of God, and they that heare it Jhalllive. All men are naturally dead in fn,as boon as they live in nature. And as bone as any ofthere dead heare the voyce of Chrift fpeaking by his Word and Spirit, they live in grace. Tftis is called a new birth, a nom life, as alto a Refurreltion. The honre or feafon of this fpirituall Refurrection ( faith Chrift is coming and now is, ( verle 25. ) But at the 28th and 29thVerfes, he fpeakes of a Refurreftion which was coming, but thenwas not. Marvaile not at this, for the heare is coming, that all that are in the ggravesJhall heare his voice and come forth, they that have donegood to the refurreflion of life, and they that have doneevill to the refrrrrlliion ofdamnation.There are but Tome who amine the fpirituall refurre Lion, but all (hall at- tain the corporali All that are in the graves ( whether buri- ed in the Sea, or upon the dry land ) (hail come forth, even thev whoPhut their cares againft his voice, calling them out of their finnes, preaching peace, and tendring them erernallSalvation, (ball heare his voice calling them out oftheir graves, and (i,m- monirg them to the judgement of their eternail condemnri- on. As `Pharoah lifted up the head of both his great Officers ; the chiefe utter and the cheife Baker, were both brought out ofthe prifn, but the one hereftored to his office, and the o- ther he haìged up. Thus in proportion will it be in the day when Chris lifts up the heads of all the prifoncrs of death our of
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