to the EPHESIANS. "-A...rl Secondly; That thefe two Works, Bath q11ic/zmd,. and, Rzth ~aifld 111 ;,p, are~ diflinCl: there are thefe three dear Appearances for It, from the Text here. r. Do but confider, that he fevers, as it were, quickning frorn being rai(ed ; for when he had faid, Rzth q11ick,ped "'together with Chrift, he comes in with this Paremhe!is, ·(By Grace )e are faved,) as putting not only a Period, but a Par– tition there e're he went any further, by that Parenthefis, as a Note upon that, then fbewi;g them rhofe two parts of Salvation which are to come, (whereof he had fpoken, when he had fa id, 'By grace ye are faved,) that at the RefurreCl:ion, and rhar in Heaven. And then, 2, Having fevered them thus by a partition, Y?u fee he yokes and joins rhefe two, [Bath raifed 111 up, and made"'. jit together m heavenly Placu, J together, as Wotk.s and Benefits of a fort and kmd : And therefore, as Jilting in heavenly Placu, pertail\s to the Glorr to co_me ; fo alfo,. hath raiftd 111 up, refers to rhc RefurreCl:ion pf the Body, which IS the foundauon of that Glory, and mdeed is the preparation to, and foundation of it. And further, to fhew that he did intend this diflinction, when he !peaks of quickning, he adderh, Tii xe_p;fi, Together witli Chrift; but when he comes to [peak of thefe two, to fhew t~at they arc Works of a kind, he cloth not fay, Hath raifed 111 11p together wzth Chrift, a fecond time ; but he defers the mention of Chrifl:, till he added the other, which is of the fame kind with it, Bath raifed 11 , up together, and made 11!. jit togetherin he.venly Pia"' in Chrift Jefiu? that fame [inChrift Jejiu J refernng_to both m common. Whereas If that qmckning and raifing up had been all one m hiS mtentiOQ, he would have added [with Chrifl] after this word [ l'aifld"' 11p,] or m common added here rather tbJn with quick– ning, and fo have made the Pcr10d there : But you fee, he cloth not only fever them thus by a Paremhefis, maki~g a full Per!od of the other, viz. of quick– ning, and adds [with ~hrift] to It, and then ;oms thefe two together, bur he brings in [inChrift J m commol) as to b~th. So that now, as we are f.1id ro fit now in heavenly 'Places m Chrift Jejiu, m refpeCl: of that·Glory 1ve (ball one day have ; fo we are f.1id to be raiftd up alfo in Chrift Jejiu, in refpeCI: of that R.efurreCl:ion we !hall then hkewife have. Bur, Thirdly ; That which mofl: of all convinceth me, is this : That. when the Apofl:le !peaks of rhefe two latter, [ raifed tu up, and made tu jit together in hea~ venlj Placu;] he adds the Phrafe [ i11 Chrift Jefiu J; but when he fpeaks of the other, viz. ofquickning us, he cloth not put in'' T£ ?<.e..;.S'ii, hath quic/zned '" toge– ther in Chrift Jefiu, but, hath quic/zned us together with Chrift Jejiu. Which evi·~ dently and critically intendeth to hold forth this, as a main and eminent difference between thefetwo latter Works, and that other o~ quickni~g,_ which is worthy ydur obfervauon: That when he [peaks of qmckmng, It IS a Work already done In us, as it was once done in Chrifl: for us, fo it bath bad its accomplifhment in a meafure, therefore we are faid fo to be quickned together in Chrifl:, as allo with Chrifl, (for that is a,true Rule, that thofe Works which were done in Cbrifl: for us, after they are begun to be wrought in us, we are faid to have them wrought in us together with Chrifl:, as I fhall fhew you anon.) But when he comes to thofe Works which yet are to be wrought in us, (as this Refurrdl;ion; and this fitting in heavenly Places is; which are but in hope,) of rbefe he only f.1ith, tbat they are wrought for us in Cbrifl:, but not they are wtougbt in us with Chrifl:, becaufe that we are not yet aCl:ually in our Perfons Partakers of them, but only as yet in our Head ; bur when he faith, We are quic/zned together with Chrift, (as likewife in Col. 2. the Phrafc is,) his meaning is, that we.have been aCl:ually Partakers in our own Perfons of quickning, as well as Chrifl was;· but I fay, when he comes to !peak of thefe, he faith only in Chrifl. And let me throw in another Obfervation towards it. What is the reafon, that the Apo!He iri the beginning of his Speech, at the •~th Vcrfe of the firfl: Chapter, wereof this is the conclufion, !peaks of the mighty Power ofGod, which works in them that believe; and here in this place, * D d \\>hen
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