cv{n Expofition of the Epi{Ue ~ ref1ion ofDamnation. And it is certain, that what ever Mercy God !hews t · k . ~ ed MenherethronghChri!l: (as indeed he cloth, for all Mercy mu!l: he th Wlc h him, for his fake, forheboughttheWorld ofGo~;) they !hall be furet~~~~e none at latter day. There~ore th~lr Re(urrechon IS not by virtue of his Death. And the Stmthtude oft~e Ftrll-frutt~ ,and ofthe F~r!l:-born, evidently argue, that as they do not rtfe by v~rtue ofChrt!l: s Mertts, fo they do not rife in him as common Perfon reprefenting them. For the Fir!l:-fruits did not confccr;te tha Chaff, but the Grain, that is ofits own kind : Now Chri!l:, as I !hewed is mad~ the Filjl-fmits ofthem thatJleep. The place is clear, in the I Cor. IS· 2d. Chr!ft is rifen from the dead, and become the Firft-fotits ofthem thatJleep: what ofall? Read the 2 3· verfe; They jhall all rife, but everyone in his own ordtr,Chri!l: the Firfr-fruits afterward they that are Chri!l:'s. So that he rofe as the Fir!l:-fruits only ro the~ ~-~~-~~~ . And by the way, this will open another Scripture too; It will be objetl:ed,that IU m Adam all d~<, fo m Chrift jba/1 all be ntade altve; and you know it is often ob– jeLled, that Ch~i!l: and Adam a~e both univerfal; the one to all Men in refpetl of conveymg Sm, and the otherdtesforall. So that fame would haveit that in Jefus Chri!l: all Men rife, becaufe the Apo!l:le ufeth the Expreffion as large'ofthe one as ofthe other. But what All? ".All that are his, fo the 23 verfe bath it. As all that are Adam's die ill Adam, fo all.that areChrift's rife. in ~hrift. And thisalfo will help you to under!l:and that place m Rom. 5· whtch IS ob)eLled for the univerfality of Chri!l:'s Death. It is much for the Confolation of the Faithful, that they are raifed upon other . Terms, that they are raifcd wi~h Chri!l:, and in Chri!l:. The other indeed, they are raifcd by the Power of Chrt!l:, that I mu!l: acknowledge; for that place in Jolm 5· is exprefs for it: The ho11r is coming, (faith he, v. 28.) in the which all that.are in the Graves jbaO hear his Voice, and JbaO come forth: They that have done good, to the Rcjitrref1ion of Life; and they that have done evil, to the Reforref1ion of DamnatioJJ. So that you fee, that both good and bad, they are raifed up by the Power of Chri!l: ; but yet, mark it, not by the Pow~r of Chrifl: as Med1ator but by the Power of Chri!l: as Judg; for he had filid, v. 22. that the Father bath committed aO J.tdgment 1mto the Son. And hence now; in A/Js 17. 31. Paul tells us, that God bath appointed aDay in the which he will jNdg the World, by that M•n whom he bath ordained, whereof (faith he) he hath given ajforance wnto aO Men, ill that he hath raifecl him front the Dead. My Brethren, if you could fuppofe that Chri!l: had not been, it was nece!fary that Men !houid be raifed again to come to Judgment ; for the Threatning was given out, that Man !hould die, Body and Soul; and if he mu!l: have a death of the Body fir!l:, it nece!farily argues, that there mu!l: be a Refurrea:ion, if a Judgment. Now Chrifi, he is appointed the Man to judg, and all Judgment is committed unto him; and hence, by virtue of this judicial Power that is committed unto him, he raifeth them : he brings them out of Prifon indeed, but it is as you bring Malefaaors out ofPrifon, to be con– demned, and then execilted; and they are not raifed in Chri!l: : He bath raifed tH tip together in Chrift, faith he. So much now fo~ that fir!l: part of the Text. I come to the fecond. And bath made 111 Jit together in heavenly Places in C!Jriff ]ejiu. That you may underfl:and both the Phrafe and the Thing, I will open firll the word, [Sit. J The Apo!l:le had ufcd it of Chri!l:, chap. I. v. 19, 20. He hath Jet him at his own right hand in heavenly 'Places. It noted out there, the advancement of Jefus Chri!l: to that Glory and Happinefs which he bath in Heaven, at God's right hand.; and it mu!l: needs imply as much done for us, only here he leaves out [at God 1 right ha,d, J and the reafonyou !hall fee anon. It is as much as to make us Par· takers of the fame Kingly State, of all the fame Pleafures and Honours, and Power, and Glory of this Kingdom, which Jefus Chrtfl: htmfelf po!fe!feth. The railing up, is but the fitting of the Body with thofe heavenly properties, fuch as Jefus Chri!l: had that he might be fit for the Glory and Pleafure of Heaven, , • as
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