---Chriil-s --· o[ihe[reede. Refurred:ion. 2431 -~ very powcrofhis Godhead,wherebyhec rai- l A' Oyed')' bO>zcs, bearnhe IVO>d•fthe Lord; atthc Eu. 17, f:d vp bimfelfewhcn~e was dead, he conuet. firft: there was a fl1akmg, and tl:c bones Clme 47:8~>, eth from himfelfe to hiS members, and theretogtthcr bone ro bone, and theirfinewes ar.d 10 • by raifcd them vp from the dc;ath offinne to fl<lh grew vpon them,and vpon rhe Belh grew newnefle oflife.And looke as maperfeel beaskinne, Then he prophecied vnto rhe winds die whcntheheadharh fenCe and motion, the the fecond time, :rnd they lined and flood vpha;d that is of the fame bodie hath alfothe on their feet, lorthc breath camevpon them fenfe and motionconueni~nt forir:fo likcwife & they were an exceeding great armyofmen: Chrifl bcdng the rcfurreClion and the life;as Hereby it fignificth n9t onely the lbte of the there isfpiritualllife in him, fo euery member !ewes after their oaptiuity, bur in them the ofhislhall feelc in itfelfe fpirituall >i:nfe and ll:ate of the whole Church ofG 0 D. For rnotion,wberby it is raifedvpfromfin~e, and thcfetemporalldeli:Jerane<s fignifiethfurth<r Jiucthvnto God. For the better conceiuing of afpiritualldeliuerance. And we may here fee this,wemnltdiGder two things: the outward moll pbinly, that God worketh in the he>rts meanes ofthis fpiritualllife, and the meafure ofhis children chc gifts & graces ofregeneraofit.For the meanes,ifwe will hauc common B tion by littleaHd lirde.Firll,hegiueth nomore water,we mufl goe to the well: &ifwe would then fle01, finewes andskin: then after hegihauowarer oflife, weemullgoe vnto Chnll, ueth them further graces ofhis fpirit, which t-oboT~ who faith,Jfany1hanthirft/ethimcomevn~om_e quickneth them and maketh themaline vnro anddrin~.Nowthiswellotrhewarerofllf< Is 0od.The fame olfo we may fre in thevifion.j verydeepe,& we haue nothinsrodrawwi~h, tberp~rters that rannc curofrhe Temple: } irfi, a Eze.47~ therefore we rnuft haue our ptpes & condmts man muff: wade to the ank£es,tht:n after tG tl1e l•·hi• to conuey tNe fame vnto vs, which are the /eyets,and (o ~othe !oyneJ:~hcn 2frcrrhe waters word of God preached,and the adminiflratigrow to ariuer that cannot be paffed ouer:and on ofthe Sacraments. Chrifl faith , The dead lo the ~ord.conueyeth his graces by litle and foa/1 he.rethtvoice of theforine.jGod, 4nd thry litle-; till at the lafl men haue a frdl meafure loh.f. that he.re it jh.1/lliue; where by the d.-d is thereof. ' 5 • meant, not the dead inthe graue, butthofe Thirdly, the refi~rrc<'tion of C:hrifl ferucs as thatare dead in finne.Andag~in,Chrill faith, an argument to prooue vnto vs ot)r rcfurrethewordswhichlJP«~k! •reJPirit4nd/ife, be- <'tion atthe day ofiudgement. Paulfaith, If loh.&. caufethe word ofGod is the pipe wherby he the jpirit if him ,that raifedvp Iefu< from the •5· conueieth into our dqd hearts fpirit ,and life. C deaddwellinyo", hee thntrazfed{hrif/ from the ~,:m,S, As Chriftwhen hee raifed vp dead men, did mad,fhall''lfoqnick§np"rmorralt bodies, Some oncly fpcakc the word and they were made a• will fay,thatthis isno bencfir,for all mull rife line: and at the day ofiudgement by his very againe,as well the wicked,as thegodly.Anfir. voice,whenthetrumpedhall blow,al thatare True indeede: but yetthe wichd rifo not adead lhallrife againc: Soitisin the firllrefurgaine by the f. me caufe that the godly doe. reClion; theythat are dead in their fins, at his They rife againe by the powerofChrifl, not voicevttcred in the minifiry ofthe word fhal as he is aSauiour, but as he i~ a iudgeto conrife agai11e.To goe further,Chrifl raifed three demne them. For God had faid to Ad1m· at from thodeaa; /airmdaughter newly dead; what time hee lhmrld eate ofthe forbidden the widdowes fonne dead •nd wound vpand fruit, he fi10uld diethe death; m.aning a dou· lying on the hearfc: Laz.mu dead and buried, ble Jeath,both the firll, and thefcconddearh. and flinkingin thegraue;& all this hee did by Now_thenthevngodly rifeagaine, thar God his very voice ; fo alfo by thepreaching of his may mflrCl vpon them the pnniGunerit of the word, heraifeth all forts oflinncrs,euen (uch fecond dcarh, which is thercwar~ of fin that a~ ha~e lien l?ngin their finnesas rotting and f? God~iuiliccmay be farisfied: bm rhciodly llmkmg camon.. The L1cramcnts alfo arnhe 1 D nfe agame by the power of Chrifl their head p1pes and conduus whereby God conuereth and rcdeemor, who raifcth them vp that they grace mto the heart, rf they are compared to may be partakers of the benefit of his death thatis, ifthey be rcceiucd invnfained repenwhich is to enioy borh in body and foulcth; tanceforallour finnes, and wirh atrue& linekingdome ofhcauen which he hJth fo dearcly f.1ith in Chrifl for the pardon ofthe f•mc lyboughtforthcm.' finnes.Andfo,Irakeit,theybeerightlyvfcd, Thus much for the comforts: Now foJ- Dutir!. ~.t;pnsofwinc, which reuiue the Church below the dutiesJand they are ailOthree. Firfi C.anc. 1·-* tngficke and f.dlcn into afwound. As for tl1c as Chrilt lefi1s whcm he was dead rofe jfl' !in~ I meail~rcof lifederiued fro;nt::hrifl, it is but I from death'? life by hisown power,fo t:e by fim.Iltn thts ltf~,andgmen DV lttlc: and htle, as 1 hts grace, l!ltmicati'Jnof Chrilt mufl: c:ndel- : Oft faich. Th~Lord~:zthJPoi!edvJ:an~ hee will uo~u. onr feluesw rifl! vp ttof!l.tliour !ins both O(e.6. hcatevJ~be hathwo;:ndedvs~ & he WJflbmdvs vp. ortgmall and aduall vnto newnes oflife. This Afte.r t\~0 daie~ hnvillrexiue vs~ &_in t~e th,ird is worthil~ fetdownc by the Apoflle, ftying, hew~!ira.ife v;vp ~ aJJd IVt' fh:tlf lmem hu fignt. We arebttned by bptifmeintohis demh, th:rt M ! T~e Prophet Ettchiei in a ,-ifion is caried into Chrijl w,u raifedvpfrom the dMd by theglo')'O/ Ro:n· 6 ·4 th.mrdilof a field , filii of dead bones, an.d the fathcr,[owc.ealfo foouldwdkt_ in ncwne!fcof\ jhe rscaufedto prophecieouerthem, and fay, . life: and~:::f~r~ce mufl en~ea~our our ----~------------------------------------------------------ · -- kkes,____ _ 37• z.
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