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And
fo
much
concerning
our
mortification.
Viuification
Sep`.
is
the fecond
part
of
our fanélification,
wherein the
fpirit
of
O
fuii
f;
ti-
God
communicating 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.
The
caufe
of
our vinification
is
the vertue and
efficacie
of
Chrifts
refurre&lion
applied
vnto
vs
by
Gods
Spirit
;
the
which vertue flowing
from his
Deitie,
was
firfl
powerful' in
his ovine flefh,
railing it out
of
graue,
and
giuing
it
vi
&torie
ouer
(inne and
death,
and
being deriued
fromour head,
and
communicated vnto
vs
who are members
of
his
bodie,
it
doth
alfo
reuine
vs
who
were dead
in our finnes, and
ina-
bleth
vs
to
leade
a
new
life
in holineffe and
righteoufneflè,
according to the
rule
of
Gods word. This
appcareth, Rom.
6.4.
where
he faith
that
\ve
are
buried with him
by baptifine
into
his
death,that
like
as
Chrifl
was
railed
vp
from the dead
by
the
glorie
of
the
Father,fo
wee alfo
fhould walke in
new
-
neffe
oflife.
So
Philip.3.10.1
i
.where
Paul
defireth
not
on-
Phil ;.to.a.
ly
to be
clothed with the righteoufneffe
of
Chrift
applied
by
faith
for
his
iuftification,
but
alfo
to know
and
fcele
the
ver-
tue
of
Chrifls
refurreF,tion,that
by
this
means
bee
might
attaine
unto
the
refurreCtron
of
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,
yet
not
I
no-v,
but
Chr
{fl
Gal.z.2o.
liueth
in
mce,
and
in
that
I
now
litre
in
the
f
left,
I
¡rue
by
faith
in
the
Tonne
o
f
God,who
bath
loued
mee
and
giuen hrmfelfe
for
n;:-e.
Now
this
eflìcacie
and vertue
of
Chrtfts
refurre
&ion
is
ap-
plied vnto
vs
by Gods
fpirit, which
vniteth
vs
vnto Chrift
our
head;
and
therefore
vfivally
in
the Scriptures this
worke
is
afcribed
veto
him.SoRom.S.z
i .But
i
f
the
fpirit
of
him
that
RoEn.B.t
t.
railed
vp
Iefru
from
the
dead
dwell
in
yo-
hee
that
railed
vp
Chrifl
from
the dead
(Ball
alto
quicken
your
mortall
bodies,
be-
caufe
his
fpirit
dwelleth in
yore.
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
of
true
falling
knowledge, wherewith
being
inligh_
vvroug t.
tened