.dn ExPJfition of the Epijlle ~ r. That he quickned us thus when we were dead; as in Ezek. 16. 6. l fludu:– Sm!t., XV, thee, m thy Bkiod, Lzve: It was not only a Child cafl: forth in its men!hous Blood ~ but a dead Child too. And fo hkewtfe, • 2. In that it is calle<;l quickning, and quickning having thofe relations to Death it importcth a mighty Work of Power. In Rom-4- 17. it is made a great matter;~ .Aimdw,/s Faith that he believed in God who quick.?:~eth the dead, but yet it W,j!S m 1 t the quickning of the dead Womb ofSarah.There goes an infinite deaiotMer– cy to quicken the dead Heart of aBeliever; nay, to quicken his Graces, which are not dead in Sin, but they are dead of themfelves, without the quickning of the Holy Ghofl:. Pfal. I.l9· 1 56.. Great· are thy tender Mercies, 0 Lord, quich!n me faith D.1vid. ' 3· It isa great Work likewife~ in reCpeB: of the.Life which we are quickned un– to,. and of whtth tt IS the begmnmg_: lt ts the be~mmngof all that Life of Glory whtch we fhall have hereafter. It ts not only qmcknmg us unto that Life which .Adam had, but it is quickning us unto that Life which Cbrifl: bimffilfleadeth who •is 01/Y Life, Col. 3· 4· And therefore in I Cor. I 5· there is a comparifon maa'e'be– tweenAda11t and Chrifl: The fMl Man Adam (faith be ver. 4,.5·) was made a li– ving Siml, the !hft Adamwas m•de a quicf<!ring Spirit. The comparifon lies not only in this,that Jefi.tsChri(! can raife up a dead Creature, a dead Soul,and a dead Body, but the comparifon isofthe Life it felf, with which both the one and the other are endowed, for the excellency thereof; as appears evidently by what he ftith ofthe Body there: that from anatural it is raifed to a fpiritu~l Life; and it holds much more in the Soul. Therefore in Joh. IO. 10. Chrifl: faith, I am come, thattbey might bave Lift, a11d that they might have it more abundantly. Now then do but confider ; Ifthou feelefl: the beginnings offpiritual Life, the leafl: fl:irring that is in thee, though it be but in a way ofquickning (for fo you fee he expre!Tes it by that 'Yhich is the lowefl:) think what this quickn~ng is, the beginning and Eoundatton o£ When Mary dtd feel her felfqutck wtth the Son of God, little thought {he what a Life that quickning was the firfl: motion of, even of that f.ife which the Son of God now leads in Heaven, which was his due then. Tour Lift · (faith he, Cdl. 3. 3·) is hid with Chrift in God. The truth is; we have little ofthat llife-which we !hall have hereafter; it is but quickning here, we may be faid only to live hereafter: To11r Lift (faith he) is hid with Chrift in God: and when Chrift :who is 011r Life jha/1 appear, thenjba/1ye alfo appear With him in Glory. ·Here it is-but a· Seed of Life, buriedto grow up hereafter, lt is a drop of Life to be (wallowed -up in that Sea; in that Ocean ofLife hereafter. And then likewife confider, \tisa q11ickning together with Chrift, ~he fame that Chrifl:. bath, our Lives are bound up with ·his; and in his. · · 1 • But now the chiefis the Mercy (for that is the Apofl:le's fcope to exak) theMer– -cyof it 'd<lih lye in this; That}efusCHri!lmti!\ldi'e, and l:fequickned again·out ;ofDeath, before fuch time as this J,-ife !hall !le glv~n us. ;In yohll i~.. 14. rQh(tfl: compares himfelf to a'Grain of Corn, whkh except it fall fmu'IMGround, ih!Nlii, ,it a/;ideth alom ~ •but if it dier it brihgl!tbfmh nlilth Fruit! .'If.! had not dyed, ·faith ~he, I had been i.n Heav~n al~ne, none bad, e~er h~d ~ny q{iit!kning by J"e,• 'I hail 'not broughr a Soul to Ltfe, 1fi had not d1ed: Tliat 1s ther._~hndofChr!fl:'s ~~pa- ' rifon there. - And · :. · · 11;.;. . •. + _•. : •• :. · Thisleads me now tu that which is a 4fh thing to be confidered here hi !his place, which I mentioned not in the lafl: Difcourfe. I told you, _wpen. I handled 'nttd opened to you the greatnefs ofthe Love ofGod to us; t!iat I wouJd,keep to lCuoh things as the Text affords, to fet it out·unto you ·mu, as'they·fall in·my war,. I fl1e\vC<:l you how great a Love tt was. . -£- • ... r. From the Subject of it, God. \ 2. FortHerkind ofit, Hi<Love.. ,., ....r· '' .~"'• •· ·; '3· 1For th.e•time He bath l:lorn•\t to us, •'rlikil'from evlt!Jft/J!g:·r. 1 . . ~ ; ' . J ·•4. From'tlle' Perfons, Vs;'cVs'hakedly, and•ili!l:lria:ly, ·tu]d ipp·efltlitely ;' 1:/i\'d !Vi; not othors. . . ' .. ..; . :.- . '·• >. :' .. ~-'·'5·' From·our condition, ;'!lihbioive were dead. '· ' A ..._ ' ' ! ,.... And now (which I will<but-fpeak to'in' a Wm~J the gf~~!lefs·\Qfthis L<W~ 'rs fet out by this, that to the end we might be quickned, be gave his Son to Death. S'.$"'• .t 1 It
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