to theE P H E S I A N S. So that, my Brethren, you fee in general, that God harh fer up our Lord]efus ~ Chri!l. ns a Pattern ro himlelf of the fame Affechons and Attnbures, as he maniSermo'! fefied in him to manifefi in us. xxvnr. He is a pattern Iikewife of the fame works; the fame Power that wrought in \./V'.J Chrif\, works alfo in us. Here you fee he raifod11p Chr:fijrom death to ltfe, ht ~t him at hi< own right hmrd m Heaveulyptaas. Read Chap.2. )· faJth he, Tt that were dead.itJ jws a11d trejpaffes, bath he qmclwed together wrth Chrijl; and hmh rdrftd tu up together, and made zu jit together m heavmly places in Chrif1.7efm. The fame po'Yer that wrought in Chri!l., rh; very fame work he wrought in Cbnfl he works m us alfo. l Jus IS the Apof\le s fcope. But now here lies the great thing, more particularly, It is llot fo Itnu:h to compare the work wrought in Chrifl and in us together, to fl1ew that God works the fame works in us which he wrought in Chrifl; but that which the Text holdeth forth is, That the fame proportion of power that was put forth in raiforg up Chrif"from death to lrfe, is put forth in converting us and bring– ingus to Heaven. Therem het~ the parallel efpecwlly. So that now, th1s is the thing I am to fpeak to: It IS not to fhew the ltkenefs of Chnfl's Refur– rechon and Exaltation, to the work of Converfion, that is not the fcope in hand; but to fhew that the fame power that God putteth forth in the one, he putteth forth in the other. That is it which makes the parallel , as it is intended· here. To fhewyou this I mu!l. do Two things. Firfl, I mu!\ fhew you the greainefs of 'Power that was required to raife up Jefus Chri!l. from death to glory. Secondly, That there is a like proportion of Power put forth in working upon our hearts, to the Power that was put forth in Chrifl's Refurredion. I have fpoken m~chof thepower of God in Convertion_, in g~neral, the n:ceetf:– i11ggret~tntfs of hiS power. That wh1ch _now rematneth IS to fhew, that 1t holdeth proportwn With that power wluch ratfed up Chrifl from death tO glory; Accordi11g to the workmg of hu mighty power, •which he wrought zn Chrijl, faith he. For the F1r!l. of thefe two, That there was an t.weedi11g great11tfs of powtY. put forth by God inraijingupChrif/from death to glory; there is a great diffi– culty in opening this point unto you clearly, to fhew you wherein this power lay. I will give you a parallel place of Scripture, wherein you fhall fee, that of all works that God cfid do for Chrifl, the railing of him up from death to - glory, was a work of the m9fl power (·fer afide that of the Incarnation) did •. manifefl and declare the grearefl power of all other. The Scripture is Rom. r. 3,4. ]efur Chrifl ottr Lord, who was made of thr feed of 'I),,vtd accordi?tg to . . thtflejh,t~nd declared to be the So" of Godwith power, accordi11g to the Spirit of hotinejs, by tht Refurreltion from the dead. I quote this place for this, (as you fhall fee in the opening of it) that of alr works elfe, Jefus Chrifl was declared with ·rhe greate!l power, to be the S"'' of God, by the Re[urretJio11 from the dead. I will open thefe words unto you a little, for the fcope of the place here is the fame with what is in my Text, He fpeaks of two Natures that are in Chrift, his Humane Nature 2nd his Oi• J'ine Nature; that is the firfl thing tenderh to open thefe words. His Humane Nature, that is expreffed in thefe words, He was madt of the feed of 'Davit!, according to theflefb; that is, take him according to his Humane Nature, he was the Son of 'IJavid, a11d (faith he) dtelared to be_ the Son of God by the Sp:rrt of Holrnt(s; by Sprrrt of FJ,Irnefs he meaneth h1s 'Divine Nature, that is, as concerning his Divine Nature he was declared to be the Son of God. Eve– ry parcel (if I may fo fpeak) in the Trinity is called Spirit; you lee his Divine Narure is called here the Spirit of Holine/s, for God i; a Spint, and fo is the Se– cond Perfon as well as the Third, he is a Spirit too; he is God and therefore called the Sp11·it of Holilufs. Godi6 a Spirit, faith he, Johll .P4· Bbb
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