ZS4 4Eph 5 14. is 3yhwIin Matt. bRom.6, ñEts9., d'AEîs a,;'.. z-lCa;o,s:. Mans hssmiläation: Cbr,ft living in him Chrift makesman toknow his mifery i y before he knowes his happinef e by Chrift ; Chri±t li v °s not where the fòule is not awakened, ,where the eves of the a td,., f? and ingare net opened ; therefore a amtke(faith the Apodtl: ). thou thatjbepp' antißandup f ona tilt dead and Chrifl 'hallgive thee light. 2. thrift intending toliveinman dothharm&l: rn4n,and caq- f-th mm to dye to 'inne : Saw/ tirft dyed beforeDavid reig- ned in £ra The death oftinne inorder ofdivanoperation, . precedes the life of Chrift, andhisgrace in the foule of -man; firft we are buried with thrill, and then we are railed with , (Erin to walke in newnef of l;ff firft we are planted into the likeneffe.ofChriltsb' death, and then- into theliken-:ffe of. his refarreCi ion Chrifb therefore in thed.ifpenfation of1p.iri. wall life, loth firft kill, and then make alive , firft wound, and then heale ; he makes man f;nffle of his finne, as of', a heavy, burthen, before he Both eafe him, as of' a body of death; before hedoth raifehie,, as ofa mortali difeafe before hecloth cure him ; he chargethfinne upon the confeience of man, he lets it upon him, to purfueand follow him, as the avenger of blond under the Law purfued the malefaaor. The Lord let loefe `Pharaoh and the Egyptians upon Ifrael to im- pofe heavy burthens upon them, to deale hardly with them, tobeat and fcourge them, to purfue and follow them, when he intended to let them free from Egypt : _Chrift lets loufe Satan and corruption-upon man, to rem ft and vexe, to accufe and torment man, when he intends to free man, to reilore f rriruall Itf and liberty unto man: The Ifraelites were firft led into;the red sea, and the Egyptians there drowned , be- fore lrraeltriumphed Marais lt°d intoa fea of gricfeand for row for finne, and his (lime there drowned, and then, he trie umpherh iii Chrifr, thenChrifl lives in him,and he in Chrift. When Chrift therefore lothhumble man as he twit `Pawl to the earth, etnptieth manofall thought ofhis owne worth, and makes man abhorre hitnfelfe below the duft, caufeth man with the jewes at Peters Sermon to cryout, a roen and brethren ;that 'hall wedoe ; to accule and conelemne themfelves, to,loath that finne as a c meenftt:sewu clost, whichwas formerly wor
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