Of Eleflion. 323 ftbly mufr be befrowed upon in the end,fo the fameApo!\le Argues.Vtr(6.Know- ~ tng thi<, that Otlr old mm1 iurucified with him, that the body oj'ji11might be df· Chap. 9· flroyed, that henceforth Wf fhouldnot fervejiiJ, Which he fpeaks not ofthat~ imperfeCl: work ofmortification begun only in us, but of all of that, which was reckoned as done by Chrifr in our fread, perfectly, and compleatly when he hung upon the Crofs ; and from thence he comforts them. That if they had the leail frui t of what he had done, and wrought in them, they might· affure themfelves oft he whole, fo Verf. 8. Now if we be dead'IJJitb Chnjl, we 6•- liwe t brll we(hall aljo live with him. And why fo? But becaufe as the 9th and 1oth Ver/ts, Ktwwing that Chr1j/ 6fi11g raif•dfrom the d.ad, dieth no more; death bath 110 more domitJio11 over him: For in that he died, he difduntoji~tollce, 6tttillthatheliveth, helivethtmtoGod. Andthereforeyou,in w110fe fread he did all this, may reckon upon, and may count with your felves, _ the fame of your felves; So it follows, Verf. If. Likewife reckottye alfoyour je!vrs, to be dead itJdeed tmtoji11; but alivetwtoGod,throttgh Je(us Chrifl our Lord. You may build upon it as done, and all this is Sealed up by Baptifm,Verf. ~.and 4th. which you know, is the Seal more eminently of Regeneration, or Calling , and accordingly adminifrred but once; And why? But becaufe at our Regeneration, and Calling, (whereof Baptifm is the Seal) the whole that is to come, is as certainly Sealed up, as ·that now we are Called, and Ba• ~izt~ • Tt ::~ CHAP.
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