rvfn Expojition of the Epifile ~. Jcfus C:hrifl: as a common Perfo?, who '":as baptized with that Baptifm, and in to• ~ ken ofit we are. You have this exprefl: m Rom. 6. we are baptized into Ch '(t and (o into the likenefs ofhis Death and RefurreCl:ion: yea and becaufe h /' J and liveth too, God reckoneth your felves to be dead and to live unto G~ (.e 1 ed up to you in Baptifm. And then you have the Lord's Supper, and truly; ea– Chri!l: (eemeth to hold forth therein,our fitting with him in heavenly places: Wh~~ · he had fate at Table and eaten and ferved_them, he takes occafion from thence to tell them,that one.day they !hall fit at h1s Table, and eat and drink with him · the Kingdom of his FatjJer,andjhouldjhupon twelve Thrones,judging the twelve Trib~n of !ftae!. B~t t~eir fitting at the Table ofthe Lord, at the Lord's Supper, and catmg and drmkmg oft_hat Body and Blood, d1d hold forth to them their State in Glory: And therefore m all the E~angeh!l:s, you !hall find that the Difciples un– derf1:ood Come fuch thmg about a Kmgdom, thc:ugh th~y mifapplied it, they fell out amongfl: themfelves who lhould be greate!l: m that Kmgdom. This fitting and eating in-that Kingdom was imported to them in that great S11pper. - There is now only one Phrafe remaining ; and that is, Together, raifed together, andjit togeth<r. There may be Come quefl:10n about 1t, whether it refers to the Perfons ofBelievers? or, whether it refers to Chrifl:? whether that we Believers fhall all fit, or do all fit together, with Chri!l:? or whether we fit, together with Chrifl:? It is evident that when he faith, he hath quiclwed"' together with Chrifl, that there it refers to Chri!l:, the Particle with, and together, doth; and (o our Tranflators have rightly rendred itl'quick._ned 111 together with Chrift. But when be comes to (peak ofthe ReftmeCl:ion, and of fitting in Heaven, which yet are to come,hedoth not put in m1y Particle, as to fay, togetherwith Chrift; neither cloth he content him(elfto fay, wefit together, but he·addeth, in Chrifl. And indeed, together with Chri.ft,and in Chrifl (as I !hewed in the lafl: Difcourfe) import two diftinct things: One when we perfonallycome to enjoy the fame thingsthat Jefus Chri!l: did for us; when we come to Heaven, then weJit together with Chrift ; but m hi111,in the mean time. So that in a Word, that which [together J here refers to, is to the Perfons we all togetber 1 we that were dead in Si_ns a~d Trefpa!fes, w: Jews and Gentiles: Apoftlesandall, weal! togetherarermfed m Chnfl:, and fit m heavenly placesin · him, as a common Perfon reprefenting us all. Ifit !hould refer to Chri!l:, as the other, their being quickned together with him, cloth, it would have been redun– <;lant here,for [in Cbrift] is enough to relate to his being a common Perfon; there– fore it muft here have a fpecial Eye, and relate to the Perfons that fit, and are raifed. Now what Perfons are thefe? ' . Firft, We Jews and Gentiles: that is evident, for he had carryed that along through the whole firfl: Chapter, and this (econd al(o, (peaking oftheir Mifery and oftheir Redemption and the like. The Gentiles !hall fit down in heavenly places as well as the Jews,for fo Chrifl: tells us, They ftJa/1 come down from the Eaft and from the Weft, andjit down in the Kingdom ofmy Father~ Becaufe the defire of all Na– tions is now come, in JefJH Chrifi, alljballfit dawn togother. And therefore as God promifed to .Ahrabam and the Patriarcks a City; fo the Apofl:le faith, We are'Fel– low-Citizens witb the Saints, and ofthe Houfhold ofGod. But I !hall have occafion to fpeak more ofit, when we come to the latter part ofthe Chapter,which !hews the Union bet'Ween Jew and Gentile. We together, we Apofl:les and all Saints elfe; for tho the Apofl:les are faid to have I 2 Thrones to fit upon more eminently, be– caufe there are degrees ofGlory, yet read Rev. 3· 2 I. and there it is faid, that to every one that overcomes, to tbem will[grant to fit in my Throne. Therefore I fay,all the Saints, Apofl:les and all. What faith the Apo!l:le for this, in 2 Cor.4.I4. it is an excellent place to this purpofe : Knowing that he which raifed 11p the Lord Jefo<,jba/1 raife 11p rnalfoby Jifiu, andftJallpefentuswithyou. He had fpoken oftheLabours and Sufferings that he,and the re!l: ofhis Fellow-Apo!lles had; bunhat which com– forts me is this, I !hall be raifed up together with you, and J/.~efehted together wilh you to God : God will prefenl you and me and all of us to himfeiCin and by Jefu,s• Cbrilr. It isa,good Obfervatio~ih~t:one makes upon it, he d~th not fay, he will prefent you with us but us us Apofl:les with you : for the Samts have the fame rightto ffeaven th;t the A;ott1es have,and they fit togethe~inheitveiif; pla?es,'thete- . fore1t follows, .Alltbings areforJ011rfak.gs Laftlj,
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