to theE, P H E S 1AN S. al per:ectly holy as thofe that ·ar~ rifen from the dead. I would find, faith he, ~-.. this effect of the Refurrection of Chrifi. That is meant by the powrr of hi< ReSrrmo11. · 1 XXVI!h jurrdl1011 t 1ere. . . . . ~ There is likewii"c a knowledge of Ftuth, a~d that IS thiS; Fo: a man by Faith to uke in and underfland , that he may glonfie God, .and believe what a great Powrr it was that raifod up Chrl{l from drath to ltjt, and that nolefs power worl(s in Believers when it works Faith; and that is the kt~owlulgr the Apoflle meaneth here. His meaning is not, that you may know more and more (if you wiJJ you may toke it in, it is not the chief fcope) the effects of the R.cfur– rection of Jefus Chrifi, but from the effects that ~ere in their he,arrs by Faith; they might fee the power that wrought It, . This IS the.Apollle s fcope here. As there is a double knowledge of a Phylician, who hath already oftentimes cured you of a difeafe. You know what slull IS Ill l11m, that you may thank him; but then you fend for him anew, and you detire to know the power of his Medi– cine• and to know his skill rather by giving you new Phytick, and relloring you ro he~lth anew. That is the Knowledge the Apofile meaneth in the Phtltppi,ms; the other is the Knowledge hemeaneth here. And therefore, if you obferve it, the words [What u the txceedinggreattlfjs of his po-tzur,] are referred to what went before, That )'011 may havt)'our f)rJ mltt,ht11td to ju, or to k.tow, what u the powrr,f!!c. Not only to have hearty expenence of the effects of that power in ti1cm, but Eyes to know the power that hath wrought m you already the Faith you have, and will further work in you. It is a knowledge of Faith., to believe it is fo great a power, the fame that wrought m Chnll that works ia yo~nd fo much now for that firll particular, which is the lirfl thing to clear this concerning the k~towledgr of the Power that works in us. The Second thing I propound to clear is this; How ufeful this knowledge is to Cbriilians, to know the Power that works in them to be the fame that wrought in .7rfiuC!m(l, whm htWtUraijtdfromthe dead. For that, f mull refer you to what I delivered concerning the Apofile's fcop~ and reference of thefe words, as it here cometh in. I lhall repeat it to you with enlargement. , It is ufcful firfi to the end you may be thmtkful: fo at the I fth Verfe Paul · giveth thanks becaufe God had converted them, that they might give thanks too, and fee the more caufe to do it, he prayetl1 here, they may know the powrr that wruught in them, the fame powrr that wrought in Chrill. You ufe to va" lue akindnefs, by the love that is Jhewn in it ; and you are to val~e a work of God upon yciu, by the Power that is put forth in it, and accordingly to be thankful. And therefore you lhall find that the Scripture cloth fpeak of the Powrr of God in converting a man at firll. The Apofile here in this fecond Chapter, when he appliet!J all this to the Ephtjians, he goeth over the great" nefs of,the work, that they might fee the Power; Tot< Wfrf dtad i11 jiJJs a11d trejpaffo's,mu/youhathhrquickllrd; and Faith is the gift of God, it is not in your felves, To11 art hu 11Jorkma11jbtp, crtated to good work!. It is all to this end, th•t they might fee the greatnefs of this power. And therefore 1 Cor. r. from the r81h to the 26th Verfe, the Apofile faith, That God hath chofo" out the moll foolifb mea11s in the Wo~ld, and the moil weakejlmeafJs ; to what end ? To thew Jus wifdom and powtr m faving men. ThepNachiflg of Chnjl, faith ~e, IS of _all means the ~all foo!:lh, for it preacheth and teacheth you to believe In a crucified God; It IS fo for the m•tter of it, moll foolilh : And of all means elfe it is the mofi weak, for it is faving men by the /;re.,th of a weak man. And why bath God chofetJ out thefe rwo? To fbtw (faith he) thflt thefooltjb– tujs of God H wt{er thanmm, a11dthr wrakfftjs of God flronger than mm. It was to magnifie his Powerfo much the more in the work of Converlion. Tht Jews (faith he) req11ire afign, that is his exprellion there, Vcrfe 2 2. A Stgn, what IS that? It is fome extraordinary Miracle to make them believe. What doth he oppofe to a Sign? It h.<lh p!eafodGod(faith lw) through the fool~!f111rfs of prrachmg lo j.lW tbem th.1t 6dirve; A a ~ Now
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