to the E P H E S I AN S. 399 Firfl It was needful for him to rife again in refped: of God. It \vas the title~ that G~d bad in the Old Teftament, that he was.theGod of .A6r.•ham,of ljatrk, Sermon mtd of Jacob. Now from thence doth our Sav1our Chn!t, Matt.22: F· prove }(XX• . the Refurred:ion; and that .A6raham, and ljaak, and .T'Jcob, muft nle •gam ; ~ not .Abraham'sSoul only, but .A6raham, Body and Soul muft live, (for t hat · makes .Abraham, the Body and Soul together mal<es the man,) For God (fa1tl1 he);. 110 t the Godol the de"d, bNt of the ltvmg; therefore cettamly A6rah,,m muft rife again. . Now look into the New Teftament, and you have the ftyle altered. Now_1t is The Godand Father of oRr Lord .Jejru Chnj/: So then, as ftom that ftyle m tl{e Old Teftament Chriflproveth that .Abrahammull ~1fc; fo from th1s ftyle in the New Teftament it was _necelfary _that Chnft fhould nfc, for God IS not a God of a dead Chrift, but of a livmg Chnft. Therefore nfe he muflirt rcfj>ed: of God. Saith he, Thou art my Son, thts day have I hgottm thee; as .'f he fhould fay, I was loath to lole my Son, therefore God ratfed !urn up agam , he begat him again. Thu day have I 6egottm thee: It is fpokert of his Refurred:ion ex(>relly in tha; 1 ~of the .ABs, God had as much work for him to do after as before, he had the World to be governed by him, the Church to be faved, and the King• dom to be ruled, and then to be delivered up to God the Father, Therefore there was ancce!Tity that Chrifi lhould rife in refped: of God, Then Secondly, In refped: of Chrift himfelf, it was ncceffary he iliould rife; it was meet he lhould; there was a great deal of reafon, that he that fuffercd fo much for God in obeying of him, lhould rife again to enjoy the fruit of it. Iris the reafon given lfai.n.n ,12. Becat~ft he '!'ade his J'oz1l an offeri"Jforfin, and died fo willingly, beJha/Jjee of thetravel of hu Soul, and 6t Jatf!jitd; he lhall Jive to fee it, Therefore he was to rife again, that he might enjoy and polfefs what by his death he had purchafed. · There are·fome of the Schoolmen that have argued it,(though it is a fallhood,) That amu~ Creaftlrt might hav~ fatisjied the Wrath of God, Take an Angel filled with Grace, if that Angel would have loll: himfelf, given up himfelf to ruine and deftruttion; this might have been taken as ful!icient to procure the Salvation of another, of a Sinner. But there is this great reafon why God (if it could have been done) would never have accepted it, becaufe that pure Ctea. ture could never have rifen again. Why? Becaufe though it might have fatif– lied, yet it muft have taken an Eternity of time to have done it, ir muft alwaies have been a fatisfying, it could never have tifen to fee of the travel of hu Soul : But Jefus Chrift could difpatch the work of Satisfad:ion in a few hours, and die, and rife again, and live to fee of the travel of his Soul. And, my Brethren, there was no rcafon (I will not fay no rcafon 1n refped: of him, for he may do what he pleafeth, but there was no reafon) he lhould be beholding to any Creature fo much, as to put him to the highefi, the greareft Self-denial, of dying and being accurfed, and not rewarded; therefore that he 91ight be rewarded he rofe again. And therefore you read in AEls 2.24. (which mdeed is another reafon,) It WM imp~(JiMefor him to /;e holden of death. Im– po!Tible, not only in refpect of his power, that he was able to raife himfel f; but impo!Tible according to Juftice: For when he had paid the Sorrows of 'lJeatb, (as there he fpeaks of it) Death could not hold him; the law of God, the Juftice of God faid, 'lJdiver tbe Prifotur, for he had fatislied · there was an impo!Tiblity, but that he muft rife agin in that refpett. ' Next, He did rife that he might be Lord of all, and it was fir it 1!10uld be fo. You lhallliod in Rom. I4·'9· To this md (faith he) Chrifl both died, mzdro{e a– gaitl and revived, (that is, had a new life, for his life in.Heavcn is another kind of life than whan he had here below,) that he 111ight be Lord both of the dead andliving. He died to purchafc a Lordlhip, he rofe again to polfe!S it, and it was lit that he that purchafed it lhould poffefs it. .La~ of all, It was exceeding neceffary for us poor Souls and Creatures. I wtll g1ve you but one Scnpture fat it, for I muft not fland upon thefe things. In ABs 'l· where the Apof\lepreacherh the RejitrreElio1J to rho .7ews, do but mark how he terms it; We declare Ultto ) 'Oil ( fo it is verfe p.) glad tiding.r. T hat
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