An Expoption of the Epiple ~ weaknefs of man's Nature, fo as to take infufferipgs, though the power of God &rmo" was feen in upholding him underit; Tet (faith he,) be lt_veth 6y the power of XXIX. God. Though he was crucified mweaknefs, yet his hfe, his raifing up again was V'"V"'-1 by the power ofGod. So you fee exprefs Scripture,that in the Refurredion ofJe– fus Chrifi there was fl1ewn forth a great power; aud fuch a power as he was de• clared by nothing more to be the Son of God, Now, Youwillaskmewhereinwasthe power lhewn, both in railing up of, Chrill from the dead, and in exalting him , for you mufi take both in, it is not only the power that was fl1ewn in railing him from the dead; but alfo the power that exalted him"! Take both in Ifay, and fo there was an infinite power in it; to raifc him up, him that was laid fo low in rhe"Grave, and to exalt him to fit at ·God's righ.t hanq, tOweild all the affairs of Heave11 and Earth, and who lhall be the Judge of the World, that is far above all Principa)ities and Powers: Take the d.fi:jnce between thcfe two terms; the Grave,an.d what he is in Heaven,and there is an exceed ing greatnefs of power indeed, the highefi infrance of power that can be imagined. Firfl, Then te lhew you the power tlut was put forth in his Refurredion, in his raifing up from death to life, Of all works frill the railing one up from death toli:e, hath been counted an evidence of an Omnipotent power. Our Saviour Chrifi had done many Miracles, yet faith he, Johll. 5· 20. My Fatherwitljbew megreater worh thanthefe,that ) '011 mrzy marvaite; And what are thofe grea– ter works ? Look verfc 21. As the Father raifeth 11p the dead, aJJd quickntth them, eve11 Jo the Son quick?uth whom he wttt. To raife one from the dead therefore is a greater work than all thofe Miracles Chrifi wrought, and therefore though he was declared to be the Son of God by all his Miracles , yet that which 1\ruck the firoke and put it out of quefiion that he mufi needs be the Son of God was that he was railed from deatlt to life. BQt you will fay, wherein !ieth fo extraordinary a power in railing of Chrifi as was never fhewn in railing of any man, for that is the thing the Text holderh forth, for otherwife the railing up of LazarUI, the railing up the Prophets,lhew an Omnipotent power ? but here is a peculiar exceeding greatnefs of power at– tributed to the railing of Chri!l from death; wherein ( you will ask,) was that lhewn? · It was fl1ewn in this, That Jefus Chrifi rofe not a.s a fingle perfon, but he rofe as a common perfon for all his Eled; and therefore in I Cor. I5. 20, 21, 22, He iscalled thefirjl jr11its of them that.fleep; and it is faid that in Chrijl afljhallrifo, and all did rife when he rofe. Now, if when Jefus Chrifi rofc he broke open all Graves, fer them all open, dead men (faith he, ) your bonds are loofened, you Jhall come forth one day by virtue of my Refurredion ; then the ·railing up of Chrill was as much as the railing up of all mankind at the latter day; for he took the Cotes of Hell and Death, and carried them up to the Hill, as SamjotJ did; therefore f.1ith the Apo!lle, 1 Cor. 15. 55· 0 'Death, where u thyjlmg? 0 Gravt, where" thy "VJ{/ory? Thauks 6e to God whicb giveth tu thevdlory, thro11gh our Lord Jefus Chnfl ; He fpoke of ChriOs ReJurredion: When he rofe all rofe, and Ius Rcfurredion had all the power of all Refurred10ns contract– ed in it. That is the rirfl• . But then fecondly, You muOknow, that when JefusChrifi rofe, he rofenot like an ordmary man , he rofe for our Ju!lification, he rofe in rhefiead of finners, to ju!lifie finners, as having born their figs and fatisfied for them. He was nor to rife, (Mark what I fay,) unlefs he had fully fatisfied God for all the fins ofhis Eled, ond tofotislie for thofe fins, (which mu!\ be done before he rifeth,) re- ~uired an infinite power. I take it that Peter holdeth forth this in At!. 2. 24. I opened the words in the lafi difcourfe, Ilhall but in a word or two repeat the urn o.f what was then fa id,) fpeaking of the Refurr~dion of Chrifi, Jaith he, Whom God ht~th raifed up, havi11g toofedthe pai11s of 'Death, becaufe it wa<not pofli6/e he (bo11td 6e holden of it. He telleth us firfi, that there,were certain for– rows of death, that is, deadly forrows, or as the word in the Grak fignifieth, there
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