wwwsmammuimmwminellIIMINI 102 WORN OP THE HOLY SPIRIT, IN AND ON in his death,.the union ofhis natures inhis person, was not in the least impeached; but yet for his soul or Spi- rit he recommends that in an especial manner into the bends ofGod his Father, Psal. xxki, ô. Luke xxiii. 46. Sather into thy hands I commend my Spirit; for the Fa- ther had engaged himself in an eternal covenant, to take care of him, to preserve and protect him even in death, and to shew Min again the way and path of life, Osai, xvi. I t. Notwithstanding, then, the union of his per- son, his soul, in its separate state, was in an especial manner under the care, protection, and power of the Father, preserved in his love until the hour camewhere- in he thewed.him again the path of. life..His holy body in the grave continued .. under the especial care of the Spirit of God, and hereby was accomplished that great promise, " that his soul should not be left in hell, nor " the I-Ioly One see corruption," Osal. xvi. 10. Acts. ii. 31. It is the body of Christ which is here called the Holy One; as it was made an holy thing by the con- ception of it in the womb by the power of the Holy Ghost.' And it is here spoken of in contradistinction unto his soul, and opposed by Peter unto the body of David, which, when it died, saw corruption, Acts ii. 29. 1 his pure and holy substance was preserved in its integrity by the overshadowing power of the Holy Spi' rit, without any of those accidents of change which at- tend the dead bodies of others. I deny not, but there was use made of the ministry of angels about the dead body of Christ, whilst it was in the grave; even those which were seen sitting afterwards H the place where lie lay, John xx, H. by these was it preserved from all outward force and violation; but this also was under the peculiar care of the Spirit of God, who how he worked) by angels bath been before declared. . Sect. 11.Nitnhly; There was a peculiar work of the Holy Spirit in his resurrection, this being the com- pleting act in laying the foundation of the church, whereby Christ entered into his rest, thegreat testimo- ny given unto the finishing of the work of redemption, with the satisfaction of God therein, and his accepta- tion of the person of the. Redeemer. It is on various accounts, assigned distinctly to each person in the Tri- nity,'And this not only as all the external works. of God are undivided, each person being equally concern- ed in their operation, but also upon the account .of their especial respect unto and interest in the work ofredemp- tion, in the manner before declared. Unto the Father it is ascribed on the account of his authority, and the declaration therein of Christ's perfect accomplishmentof the work committed unto him, Acts ii. 24. " Him 't hath God raised up, having loosed,thepains ofdeath, " because it was not possible that he should be holden .' of it;" it is theFather who is spoken of. And he is said, as in other places, to raise Christ from the dead; but thishe loth with respect unto his loosing the pains of death, -sass va, 0111a, n+ Sa.mra. These are the t'-n, which, with a little alteration of one vowel, signify the sorrows of death, or the cords of death. For ion'Snn- are the sorrows of death, and nn'Snn are the cords of death, see Psal. xviii. 4. Psal. cxvi. 3. And these sorrows of death here intended were the cords of it; that is, the power it had to bind the Lord Christ for a season under it. For the pains of death, that is the vá,.á- tormenting pains, ended in his deaths itself. Rut the consequents of them are here reckoned unto them, or the continuance under the power of death ac- cording unto the sentence of the_law. These God loos- ed, when the law being fully- satisfied, the sentence of it was taken off, and the Lord Christ was acquitted from its whole charge. This was the act of God the Father, as the supreme rector and judge of all. Hence he is said to raise him front the dead, as thejudge, by his order, deliverethan acquitted prisoner, or one who bath answered the law. The same work he also takes unto himself: John x. 17, 18. " I lay down my life f' that I may take it-again; no man taketh it front me, " but I lay it down of myself; I have power to lay it " down, and I have power to take it again." For al- though men, by violence, took away his life, when with wicked hands they crucified and slew him, Acts ii. 23. chap. iii. 15; yet, -- because they had neither authority nor ability so to do without his own consent,- he saith, No naasa could or did take away his life, that is, against his will, by power over him, as the lives of other men are taken away; for this neither angels nor men could do. So also, although the Father is said to raise him front the dead by taking off' the sentence of the law, which he had answered; yet he himself also took his life again by an act ofthe love, care, and power of his divine nature; his living again being an act of his per- son, although the human nature only died. But the peculiar efficiency in the reuniting of his most holy
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