Chap . 24. An Expofation arpen the Rookof JOB. Verf t 5. 579 ments which the Apoftle ufeth in that place ; I fhall only touch them, and fo returne ro the text in hand. The firft appeares at the clofe of the 1341verte, .Now thebody is not forfornication but for the Lerd,and the Lordfor the body ; As if hehad laid, you put the body to a ufe for which it was never intended, the body is ass forfornication, bur, for the Lord, that is,for the Lords ufe and fer- vice ; and theLord is for the body, that is, for the good and fal- vationof the body. Such is the wonderful! goodneffe ofGod, that look in whatfoever we are for him,he is for us ; As our bo- dyes are for the Lords fervice as well as our fouies, fo the Lord is for the good ofour bodyes, as well as for the good ofour foules. And therefore our bodges ought to be irnployed for his Glory in every thing. The fecond argument is taken from the refur- reEtion ; God loath both raifedup theLord, andwill alto raife up uc by his own power (ver. 14.) As ifhe had (aid, your bodyes ¡hall be raifed againe ; if they were ro be left in the dutt, then it were no great matter how you did defile, and aboie them, but as God bath railed'up the Lord,fohe will !life you up. Seeing then God bath promifed, and you arefuch as profeffe faith in that promife, that your bodges !ball be railed up out of the duft, to put on glo- ry as a Garment in the laft day, therefore in the meane t+me ( while your bodges are in your keeping) doe ye keepe your bo- dies pure_ Thirdly He arguesthus with the believingCorinthians, ( v. I 5 Knowye not that your bodges are the members ofChrift; not only isLhe foul ofabeliever the member ofChrifi,but his bo- dy too, yet it is not properly either the body or the foul that is a member ofChrift, but the perron ; for the union is made be- tween Chrift and theperfon ofa beleever, confiftingof foule and body. Bur thus the Apotlle argues, Knowye not that your bodys are the members of Cbriff, /hall I then take the members ofCbrifF, andmake them members c fan harlot, Godforbid. What I will ye difpofe themembers ofChrift to fo bile a ufe ? will ye who pro. fefíc your felves joyned to Chrift, condifcend to fuch a bare con- junetion ? And hence he expottulates at the 16'h and r 7rh verles; ñ'hat ? knowye not that be which is joyned toan harlot ie one body, for two,faith he,fall be onefl'fh, ( They who abufe marriage, are as the marryed,The Adulterer and the harlot are oneflab aswell as the husband and the wife) but he that is joyned to the Lord(by faith and love ) iù onefpirit : He hath anecrer and more noble E e e e z ,union
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