Chap.29. about Chrift. 303 3. The allions ofhis Mediatorfhip : as his dying fár fin, riling from the dead, afcending into heaven, &c. Thefe are not to be imitated but only analogically: Thus, as he died for fin, we muff die to finne : As he role again, fo we mull rife to newneffe of life : As he afcended into heaven : fo mull we daily in bur Meditations, and affections r As hewas a King , fo mutt we be to conquer our lulls ; As he was a Prieft , fo muff we be to offer up fpiritual facrifices. 5. Of a contrite heart, Pfal.51.t7. z. Ofrighreoufnefle, Pfal.51. 19. 3. Of praife, Heb.t 3.15. 4. Of aimes, Heb. 13.16. 5. Of our felves , our foules, and bodies , 1Ç;m. 1 z. I. As hewas a Prophet , fo mull we be to inftru t our fa- milies. 4. His miniflerial a&ions, wherein efpecially two things are confiderable. 1- His un&ion, or fittingwith gifts. z. His million and fending by his Father : and thefe are to teach Miniflers not to runbefore theybe gifted by God, and rent by the mediate meansof the Presbytery. 5. His natural anions, aseating, drinking,fleeping, &c. wherein, though wedo the fame, yet we cannot befaid todo them in imitation ofhim , becaufe we do them by a natural inflinit. 6. His occafional,and accidental a lions : As his inflirutiiag, and celebrating of theSacrament at nightand after (upper, and in an upperroom,&c. His being bap-, tized in a River, &c. Thefe we are not to imitate him in. 7. His moral aetions ofpiety , and holineffe, and thefe efpecially we are to i- mitate him in, and to walk,ae hewalked, 1 Joh¡2.6. Quell. How is thewhole workof ourfalvationcarried on by Chrift ? Anfw. As he is theciofure of every link in that golden chain ofourfalvation which reacheth from eternity to eternity : As, a.He is the foundationof our election, Eph.1.4. °7`' z. The priceof our redemption, I Pet.f.18,19. 3. The efficient caufe ofour regeneration, Eph.z.to. 4. The authour ofour jufkification, Jer.33. s6. 5. The beginner and perfecter of our fan&ification,Heb.12.2. Jeh.154, 5. 6. The matter of our coniolation.both temporal and fpiritual , Job. 16.33. Rom.5.z. 7. The fweetnerand fan&ifier ofall our troubles, Rom.g. 37i 6-c. 8. The affurartcc and pledge of our refurrec&ion, s Cor,.r 5.20. 1Thef,4.13 9. The procurer, and producer of our glorification, Job. 57. 22. Rev. 25. 23. and therefore he may wellbecalled our all in all. Abfumeu ate, 7 Tendimsu ad re, Vivimaeex te, Nen nifi per te, Fidimreeinte, N OptimeChrifle.' Cul 3, //, CHAP.
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