Cb1ifis ofthe [reede. Refurrection. feemestobea truth, to faythattheyare quire A ChriQwhich dyed, was the SonoeofGod; abolifhcd . becaufc they were a part of that therefore the authotoflife it folfe:and for this ignominio~s and bafe eClate in whichm~r Sa· caufeit was neither meet nor pofsible for him ubur wasvpon rhecrolfe: whtchafrer hts ento be holden ofdeath, buthe mull: needs rife trance into glory he latd afide. And tf 1t may from death to life.Thirdly,Chrifl:s priefl:hood be thought; that the wounds in the hands and bath two parts : one,to make fatisfaction for feete of Chritl remaine to be feene, euen to fiune by his one only facrifice vpon the cro{fe, the laQiudgcment, why may wee not in the the other, to apply the vertue ofthis facrifice fame mannerthinke,thatthevemesofhtsbo. vnroeuery beleeuer. Now he offered the Ctdyrc.naineemptiedoftheirblood, becaufe it crificefor finnevpon the cro{fe, before the was fhed vponrhe cro{fe?, la(! pang efhisdeath, and in dying fatisfied The fecond thmg required in the exaltation . the iuQice ofGod' and therefore being dead ofChri{h manhood is,rhat both his body and mu(! needs rife againe to performe the fe. foote weteb<"autified& adorned with all quacond partofhis pridlhood, namely, to apply litiesofglory-His minde wasinriched withas the vertue th'ereof vmo all that fhall truly bemuch knowledge& vnderll:andiog ascan pofleeue in him, and to make intercefsion in heafibly cefallany creature, and more in meafure B uenvnrohis Father for vs here on earth· And th•n all men and angels haue: and the fame is thus much ofthefirfl: point. tobe fiid of the grace• of the fpirit in his will Now tocome to the manner ofChriQs reand atKctions : his body alfo was incorrupt!· furretHon; fiue things are to be confidered io ble, andit was made a fhini,gbody,a refc:mit. The firll:,that ChriClrofe againenotaseueblance wherof fomeofhis difciplesJaw inthe ry priuate man doth, but as a publike perfon mount:& it was ind11edwith agiliry,(o mooue reprefenting all men that are to come to life as well vpwad as downward;as may appeare eternall. For as in his pafsion,fo alfo in hisreby rhe afcenfion of his body into heauen, furrection, he fl:ood in our roome and place: which was not. caufed by conll:raint,or by any and therfore whenbe rofefrom death, we all, Eph.>, 5. violent motion, but by a propertie~greeing yeathe whole Church rofe in him, & togither to all bodies gl<>nfied. Yedn the exaltation of with him. And this point notconfidered, we Chrills nunhood we mu£\ remember two ea· do not conceiue aright of Chri£l• refurrecti, ucats : firCl,tlut he dtd neuerlay afide the ef on,neither can we reape found comfort by it. fe..tt .tl I'• ;ne•ties of atrue body: as length, The fecondis, that Chrillhimfelfe, and no breadth, t•liCKnes,vtfibihty, locality,whichis other for him, did by his ownc power raife to be in one place at once and no more, but C himfelfetolife. Thiswasrhethingwhich bee kecpes .11 thefe ilill,b«aufe they ferue forthe ' meant,when hef•id, loh.z. 1 9· Dej/roythinebeingofhis body. Secondly,wemu(! remempie, andinthr"rfaies I will bnildit agaim: : and b<rthat tne g•bof glory iu ChriQsbctly are more plainely, I haue (faith he, John lb 18.) no~ infini<:e, but finite; for his humane nature power to/ay thwnemy life, & 1haue power ttJ tak§ bemgbutJ. crearure,and therfore finite: ceuld JtagAin.Fcomwhence welearnediuers infirunot r<ceiuc infinit< graces and gifts of glory. tl:ions. ,.Firfl,whereas CbriQ raifeth himfelfe And h<n'e iris more then manifc(! , thdt the from death toJife,itferueth toprooue that he opinionofthofe menis falfe, which hold that was notonely man,but alfo true God. For the Cnrtlh body glorifi<d, isemnirotent& ir.fibody being dead, could not bring againc the mre,enery way able to do whatfoeucr hewill: foule and ioync it felfe vnto the fame, &make fortilisisro m1kcacreat~reto be thecreator. it felfe aliue agaitie; neither yor the foule that Thus much of ChriQs <xa!tation in geneisdeparted from the body can returne againe rail. Now letvs come to the degrees.thereof, and quicken the body: and therfore there was asthey are noted m the Creede, whtch 'l.t•tn fome othcrnamre in Chrifl, namely his GodnuQtbcrthree: I~ Herofe agamethethtrdcky: head, which did reunite foule and body toge1I• H~ aft endedmto heaum: I I I. Hee firwh n thcr, and thereby quicken the manhood. Seatthe nghthandofGod the Father Almrghf). In coorlly, if Chrill: giue life to himfdfe beeing the handhog of ChnQs refurrecttoH wemu(! dead in the grauc, thenmuch more now being c?nfider thefc pomts: I. why Chnll ought to aliue in heaucn glorified, is he able to raife vp r!fc: a_g~me: I!. the mannerofh~;nling: I I I. hiS members from death to ltfe. We are all by ~e umc when he rofe: I V. the proofesofh!S nature euen llarkedead in finne, as the dead rditrrectton:V.the vfes thereof.For the fir{\, body rotten in the graue : and therefore our ttwas nece!f.uy that Chrift fhould rife again, duty is, to come to ChriQ our Lorf\ by humand 1hatfor t~ree efpeetall caufes. Fir(!, that ble prayer, earneflly intreating him that hee hereby he mtght fhewto al the people ofGod would raifc vs vp euery day more and more thathe had fully onercome death. For alfo~if from the graue of our finncs to newnes ofhfe. ChriQ l•ad uot rtfen how fhould we haue bm l:ie can of men dead iu their finnes , make vs perf..vaderl m our confct~n~es? that hee had aliue vnto h.im(elfe, to liuc in righteoufi1etft: j made a full and pcrfectfamfactton for vs? nay ..nd true hohnetfeall the dayes of our life. rar,~rwt fhould h.mc re tfoned rhus:Chritl is The third thing ts , that Chri1l rofc ag"ine n~t nfe~1, and therctore he hat~ not oucrcomc with an earthquake.Andthis ferues ro pr ovue . . d~~.! out dea~l~mc !;;m. Secondly, that he loQ nothing ofhis powe1· bydearh,but ·---'---------------~----------- ~------ Llil!__l
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