349 ysIohn g.st. t Iohn 1.4. a Iohn 4.6. bCol.;.4. cIohn 10. 10. dslohn5.so. Grounds of Chris} living in us. s.13y vvay of Originail elohn fseor.ts4s Flow Cbrif>i livetb in.Man, Apoftle) hath rgiven zu eternalllife andthi life i in his Sonne: God bath placed this, and the ulnefl ofall divine and hea Penly good things in his Sonne ; he di'fpenfeth all rhefe by the Sonne, that no man may live before him, without the Sonne living inhim, and the Sonne is called z Life, having in himfIfe the fulnefi of all ,life, having the powerof life and death, being the Authour and the root of life in all them that live the life ofgrace, no man conning to the Father, receiving life from the Father, finding grace and favour with the Father, but in and through the Sonne, who is to us, the 'Way,theTruth,and theLife;the way by whom we walk; the truth bywhom weare guided, and the lifeby whomweare quickned, called by Saint Paulour b f, becaufe welivenot the life ofgrace of our (elves, but by Chrift It is a life which arifeth not from our deli, but is derived to us from Chrift; Chrift liveth in us, begetteth, preferveth, andper- feftcth this life inall belcevers ; andfor thisend Chritt came, that all thechofenofGod might c have life,and that they might have it moreabundantly ; Miniftring not onely an inchoation, but a daily increafeof thelife of grace, until they come to the life of glory ; and Chrift is termed eternall life ; having life eternall in himfelfe, working life eternall, and living for ever in us, we enjoying the true and eternall God in and through Chrift. And Chrift liveth in all them that are the childrenofGod. z, .ByWay ofOrigina/l. The life ofgrace is originally from -Chrift ; Chrift being not only the Author of this life, with the Father and theHoly-Gholt ; but alfo the root of this life in us, living in us as the root livetb in thebranches, as the parent liveth in the childc ; therefore Chrift is called the vine, and we thebranches : As the life of the branches is originally inthevine, fo is our life originally inChrift ; and as the branches liveby thevine living in them, fo welive by Chrift living in us : And the Apoftle termeth the fecond Adam, which is Chrift, a f guickníngffririt : For as the life tif the body of man is originally from the foule, the foule quickning and living in the body : fo the life ofgrace is originally from Chrift , Chrilt fpiritually quickening, and living
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