OfVíutficitîo::. 6o7 And fomuch concerning our mortification. Viuification Sep`. is the fecond part ofour fanélification, wherein the fpirit of O fuiif; ti- Godcommunicating and applying vnto vs the vertue and ort,what it is, efficacie of Chrills refurre&ion, doth rape vs vp from the and the caufes death offinne to holineffe and newnefhe oflife. thereof. Thecaufe ofour vinification is the vertue and efficacie of Chrifts refurre&lion applied vnto vs by Gods Spirit ; the which vertue flowing from hisDeitie, was firfl powerful' in his ovine flefh, railing it out ofgraue, and giuing it vi&torie ouer (inne and death, andbeing deriuedfromour head, and communicated vnto vs who are members of his bodie, it doth alfo reuine vswho were dead in our finnes, and ina- bleth vs to leade a new life in holineffe and righteoufneflè, according to the rule ofGods word. Thisappcareth, Rom. 6.4. wherehe faith that \ve are buried with himby baptifine intohis death,that likeas Chrifl was railed vp from the dead by theglorie oftheFather,fo wee alfo fhould walke in new- neffe oflife. SoPhilip.3.10.1 i .where Paul defireth not on- Phil ;.to.a. ly to be clothed with the righteoufneffeofChrift appliedby faith for his iuftification, but alfo to knowand fcele the ver- tueofChrifls refurreF,tion,that by thismeansbee might attaine unto the refurreCtronof the deed. And as `Paul earned}ly defi- red this, fo alto hee attained vnto it, as himfelfe profeffeth : Calath.2.ao. Thus (faith hee) I line, yetnot Ino-v, but Chr{fl Gal.z.2o. liueth inmce, and in that Inow litre in the f left, I ¡rueby faith in theTonne o fGod,who bath louedmee and giuen hrmfelfefor n;:-e. Now this eflìcacie and vertue of Chrtfts refurre&ion is ap- plied vnto vsby Gods fpirit, which vniteth vs vnto Chrift our head; and therefore vfivally in the Scriptures this worke is afcribedveto him.SoRom.S.z i .But i fthefpirit ofhim that RoEn.B.t t. railed vp Iefru from the dead dwell inyo- hee that railed vp Chrifl from the dead (Ball alto quickenyour mortall bodies, be- caufe his fpirit dwelleth inyore. And thus haue I fhewed the author of our vivification : §, Se.S the manner how it is wrought followeth to bee fpoken of. of the manntr., Firf}, the Spirit ofGod difpelleth the cloudes of ignorance, hoot, our and illuminateth the eyes of oúr vnderfianding with the fication is beatnes oftrue falling knowledge, wherewith being inligh_ vvroug t. tened
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