Li fps' origin l.: 4d But here the wéakChriffian will be ready th obje&; but I have fo many thong bjaFié corruptions in Me that I am affraid, that i am not yet railed out of the grave offin thatI amnot yet railed outofmy natural eftate. - To which I anfwer, remember this to thycomfort, that the ,firft Refurre/}ion is unlike to the fecond in this regard ; in regard ache meafrtreand degree of it : as loon as ever the foul quickens thedead body, the deadbody leaves the Grave, and, thelute of corruption wholly, andall at once ; but it is not fo in the Refurre&ion of the foul. When the fpirit quickens the foul, the foul begins to rife again from thegrave of fin, but yet the bandsand fettersoffin, änd corruptioditill remain up- on the foul. Indeed as loonas the Spirit of grace quickens the foal, the foul pre lentiy hatesall fins, and begins to shake off there fetters of lin and corruptions, and thakes them off by little and little; but I fay, itShakes them not off all at once. In this fpiritual Refurre&ion,fin indeedreceives a deadly wound,butyet it isnot wholly aboli ill ed. In the fpiritual Refurreftion fin is like a beaft, whole throat is.eut, that lies ftrivingandftruglingfor life : fo fin hath life in it,but yet it bath a deadly Wound : therefore remember to thy comfort, that that willbe true here between the power, ofgrace, and the remainders of fm, that is affirmedofthe houle of.Saul, and the. houle ofDavid, a Sam. 3. r: there was long war between. them , Rut the boufeof Davidgrew fironger, and the boutof Saulwaxedweaker and weaker. So it will be between fILI and grace, fin will grow weaker, and weaker, and grace ftrongerand ftronger: . Sacyet the WeakChtiftianmayobje& further: but I feel thefpirìtfoweak in me; Objev`f. and the fl'efh fo ftronginme, that I am afraid theffelh will prevail, and fo I fhallre- tdrn again to my naturaleftate. To this T anfwer, remember that this is contrary tothenature of a true Refur- Anfä; reftion to return to death again : for at the lait Refurre&ion, the bodies that are railed (hall be immortal, never to die again : fo here thofe fouls that are quickned, to the life of grace, they are railed toa durable, immutable, immortal effare, never to die again. That which Chrift faithof thole that (hall beaccounted worthy to attain the fecond Reftirre&iore; theRefurre&ion of thebody, it is truehere allo he faith thofe that ;hall be accounted :worthyof the world tocome, of theRefur- re&iontolife, they shall never die:.for they areas theAngel: of Heaven, Luke so. 35, 39 Thofe that partakeof that Refurredtioncan never die : fo here thofe,that partake of this fpiritual Refurre&ion to the life ofgrace,¢h'ey ikiall never die this Refurre&ion to the life ofgrace it (hall continue in them.. For the fpirit of grace when he once cometh into the foul,andquickens it, itcontinues there,aud remains there for ever : it is as a Well ofwater l i.aÁing yp to eternal life,- as Chrift fpeaks, Ph. 4. 54. wbofoever fball drinkofthe water bat 1fballgive him,lhall never thirfi, but the mater that I/ballgive him, (hall be in'bim a well of water ffrringingup re e?Jer- laflinglife. Nowwe know a ftreamofwater is ofa vanishing nature, yet if it be noúrilhedwith a continual Fountain that can never be dry, the ftreamwill con. tinual y run: fo it is with thelream ofgrace in the foul, iris nourifhedwith a con- tinual fountain, fuch a one as can never be 'dried up. Thus you fee here is com- fort againft fin, againft the death of the foul. Thofe thatare united to Chrift by faith,theymay be allured that Chrift will beto them a Fountain offpiritual life:' Secondly, here is comfort againft the death of the body, againft natural death. 4gainit the If thou beunited to Chriff,thou needelt not tó feat temporal death,remember that d'odi of the though the body be deadbecaufc offin, yet ibe Ij irie is life, as it is Rom. 8.1o. The body: body, that is dead ; thatis, it is mortal and fubjed to death becaufeof fan, but the fpirit; the foul; thatliveth, itpaffeth from the life ofgrace hers to the life ofglory: Yea, and the body too that is laid in the Grave, not ithítanding, (hall be railed a- gainby thequietening power ofChriff. Remember Chrift is thy head, and there- fore he being rifen from thedead, thou (halt not pedal. You know as long as the head ofthe natural body is above theWater, none of the membersof the body can be drowned: foiìishere,as tongas Chrift isrifen,, none ofhis-members can behold captive in the Grave. Remember Chrift is the firftfruits oftht dcad,ebefirpfrotitsof themtbatfleep: thereforehisRefurre&ionmaybea pledge;andanaffuraneeto theeof
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