76 Qsseftionf, andCafes ofConf'cúnce Chap.íq alfo fhould come the refurre7ionof thedead;even by that manwho bath faid that he will raife no up at the lafl day , John 6.54. who (hall then come to be glo- rified in his Saints, &c. a Thef. a. to. and (hall fafhion our vile bodies to his glorious body, Phil. 3. tilt, See Dr. &(hers Incarnationof the Son of god. . Queft. when doth Chrift firft live in aChriftians heart ? Anfw. When the heart gives a firrne allent CO the gracious promifes made in Chrift for the pardoning of finites, and acceptation to the favour of God , and title and intereft to life everlafting. Foras Chill was conceived in thewomb of an humble and beleeving Virgin ; fo if we will conceive Chrift inour hearts, we muff be humble to deny our (elves in all things,and believing, to go out of our felves ro the promifesof God in Chrift. Queft. why muff our Saviour be Emanuel, godwith man ? I Anfw. Firft, in regardofthe greatnefre ofthe good which we are to have by him : For, I. He is to be God and man together to fatisfie the wrath ofGod, tounder- go the punifhment due to fin,as our Surety : He muff give us title to heaven , and bringus thither,ivhich none can dobut God. z. He mutt know our hearts, wants, griefs , infirmities , and muff be every where to relieve us : andnone can do thisbut God. Secondly, in regardof theevils which we are to be freed from : He is to II, defend us in the miditof our enemies ; and who is above the Devil , and fin , and the wrathofGod,and all the oppofitions whichftand between us and heaven, but God ? He muff be man For man had finned, and man mutt fuller for finne, and without blood there is no remiffion : and then that he might be a mer- ciful Saviour , there mull be a futableneffe in the nature that there may be a fympathy. Queft. why mu.ft thisGod and man be oneper(rn ? Anfw. Becaufe ifeachnaturewereadiftinEl perfon, then there would be two Chrifts , and fo the actions of the one, could not be attributed to theo- ther. Quefl. How Both Chrifl maize us friendswith God ? I. Anfw. Firft, by facisfaelion, taking away the wrathof God. II. Secondly, by the Spirit : for God fends his Spirit into our hearts, to fit us for friendfhip and communion with him when we have fomething of God in us. Queft. How fball I know that this Emanuel is godwith me ? Anfw. Ifby the fain fpirit of his that fanEtified his humane nature, he works, in me delires to be nearer, and nearer to him, tobe biker to him. If I am on his fide : If I be near him inmy affeEtions, delires, and underftanding. If I finde an inward delire to be more with him,and liketo him : Ifoutwardly in the place where I live, I fide with him,and take part with his caufe, its a frgn I have an in- tereft in him. Queft, what benefits accrue to us by Gods taking our nature up- on him ? I. Anfw. Firft, he hath hereby dignified , and raifed our natures above the Angels : Oh, whata mercy is this that the great God of heaven and earth, fhould take dull into the unity ofhis perfon, and marry fueh a poor nature as ours is ? II. Secondly , for the great Godof heauen andearth , before whom the Angels cover their faces,themountains tremble , and the earth quakes,to take our fiefh to fave lnfut man, to free him from fuch mifery,and enemies, and then to ad- vance him to fogreat happineffe,this indeed is admirable. Thirdly,
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