to theE P H E S I A N S. Now then compare the fiate out of which we are raifed, and all th'i works of w God upon "s and all the degrees of it (which are all little Refurrections,) and SermotJ put them all ;ogether firfi and Jafi, they will hold a great proportion with the XXIX. Power that raifed up Chri(lfrom death to life a~d glory, fo as there IS no work \./'"lf""".J that ever God did, holderh the like proportion m power wuh th1s as the Refurrection of Chrifl doth. Now I fl10uld indeed lay open to you the greatnefs of the death 'in which we were in Si1u and TrefPaUes, it would fet forth this Power, how low we .,.ere in this refpect; but becaufc that belongeth to the fecond Chapter, I will there-· fore pafs it over. . I come now 'more particularly to !hew you (for the point is worth the in– filling upon, for rhefe are bur generals,) that in a m0re efpecial manner in the work of Faith (for if you obkrve it, the Text here inflancerh only in be!ievi11g) rhere is a like l?ower I? Ut forth •.as was in the railing of Chrin from death to life. Who 6elieve(1aah he) accordmg to the workmg of hu mtghty power, whtch · God putforth i11 Chrijl whm he raifod him from the dead, [Wbo bttieve,] So that ro handle the Power of God in working of Faith, is that which is proper to the Text, and is certainly the fcope of the Apoflle ; for read the fecond Chapter, where he makes up the comparifon, at the j, 6, and 7th Verfes, Tt who wert dead i11jins bath he quick11td; by Grace yt are faved, through Faith, mtd that 11ot of your jetvu, it i5 the gift of God. That was the life which had quickned ' ' you, in working which lay the grtatnefs of bis power to .u-ward. And, my Brethren, I !ball fhew you that the work of Faith, if any other work of God upon us fhould theA be a Refurrection, there is a Refurredion in that. The work'of Sanctification is a Refurrection, and a great deal of power is put forth in it, but the work of Faith is in a fpecial manner a Refurrection from the dead, and the like power put forth in the working of it that was put forth in railing Chrifl from the dead, This you fee is proper to the Text. I fhall Firft prove it fromColoff.2.12. It is a place I quoted before. Sairh he; Btlrttdwitb him in Bapt•fm, wherein aljoye are' ri{tn with him. Rtjfn,how ? Tbrougb thefr•ith 1 the optration of God, wbo hathrai{ed him from the dead.. -Here you fee he makes Believing robe a Refurrection; Rifo!t (faith he) tbrougb Faitb, and this Faith, he faith, is of the operation of God. He faith, they were dead in fins and trefpa{fes; they were dead in the guilt of fin, and they rofe ~y Faith from under that guilt: That is his fcope as I fhall fhew you by and by. To open thefe words unto you a little, and to fhew you the parallel between the work of Faith and the Refurrection of Chrifl, and that in point of po\ver. It is called Faitbof tbt operation of God, becaufe it is efpecially wrought by God : As when you commend a Receipt, you will fay it is a Receipt of fuch a man's making, it is a precious thing, there is none makes it but fuch a one that is an eminent Phyfician. So he faith here of Faith ; R•ith,faith he, (which is a precious grace, for .it is called preciotff Faith, 2 Ptt.r.J.) of tbe operation of God, and of fueh a power as raifed up Chrift from death to life; R1itb of the operatio11of God, wbo bath raiftd him from the dead. You fee he fpeaks only to the point of Believing. I · Now, my Brethren, to fhew you how Faith is a Re{t<rre{!ioll, and from fuch a powerput forth in t~e u:orking df it as was in the Refurrection; you mufl: know th1s, that a man IS fa1d to be dead, as well in refpect of the guilt of fin, as of the power of fin. As rhus, Take a man condemned to die, the man is alive frill, there is not the power of death upon him, but there is the guilt of death upon him, and you will fay he is a dead man; his Pardon now would be a Re– furrection from death to life. You find it in .1ohn i· 24. that be tbnt believetb is paf/ from death to lift; and in JohtJ p 8. you find, that be that 6tlievttb 11ot « coudemtud-ytlrtady; that is, really he is condemned, he is under a fiate of death whether he befieverh ir or no. Now on the other fide, look in Rom. ).18, and you fhall find our being juftified is called .Juf/ific,otioll of life. Here you fee, he that believeth not, take him in his former eflate, he is ndead man, he is con. demned
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