Chap. 6. the Epijlletathe (jalatians. 4'9·; ments cea{e to b)e~urfej andpunifl1ments, A Fir!l,as hauing a \'erruein Jt,(when 1t is made ~ and b:come either trials, or cOrreCt:10ns. in the ayre,) ro driue away diuels. Secondly, \ La!lly,deathit felfe,is no death; but a Ocepe: becing made in the forehead .to bee as an afor all that dJein the Lord, are fa~d toOeepc, muletagam!lcharmes, .blallmgs, and mher and 10 re!! vpon thetr bcds.Ifa.57- :.Indeed, fuch like cafualties. To the mat.ri•Ocrof{e, ifwe Jookevpon death through theglalfeof when they adorneit with gold andiewels,aod the Law, it isthe\r\!ry downefaiJ.to eternall fo caufclt tobee carried in greatpompe_ bede!lrutl1oo:but if"'e confider ir as ir ischan·. fore them, When rhe Cmczgmwtare lt to geJ by the death ofCimll, iris but apa!Tage their hats in a whitc,rcdde, or greenecolour. from the uanfitotie life, to etcfnall life. When they putthetr confidcncetnlt,& pray Chrill by his dcatl: bath take~ •way finne, voto it,Ho/7 Crofle,(Autvt.This is Pop10J and thdlmgofdeath: [o that though it (eaze vpearnall glorying in thecrolfe; and not fpirion vs, yet (hauiogloll it !hog) it cannot hurt t•all,in the dPath ofChrill vpon rhe crolfe,of • vs.So that in a word,inChriflcruciftod, are all which onely the Apo!lle fpeaks in this place. things that a man can glorie of. If we would Th• reafon why bee would glorie 10 n,oglotie in knowledge,and wl(edame;Hc IS the thmg but to thecrolfeofChnfl,followcth to wifedome of the F3ther, fceing thatall trea- B be confidered, in theft words, By whrcb rho fares ofwifedome and knowledge are hid in world iJ crncifitdtame,and1tmto theworld; Iris - him:and therefore P••" defired to k..•ownothi•g taken from a doubl< effect, which Chrill, or amcng the Corinthians, bru (hriff ••a him thecrolfe ofChrill,wrought in him: ( for the cmcifted,r.Cor.z.z.forthis knowledgeiseter. word!/i·K·~J which, may be referred ro C'ither nalllife.loh. 17-3-lf 111 the loueand fauour of indifferently.) The 6rfl, to !of cmcificd to rh• great men: by him we are highly aduanced "'orld:rhe fecond,tl:o,.,or/d to becmcified<• him. intotheloueand fauourofGod,Eph.I.6.If Byrhn.,orld, we are ne>t to vnder(land the in honours and riches; byhim we are made frame ofheauen and earth 1 nor rheci'earureS, Kings and Priells,Apoc.J.6.Ifin libertie;by nor mankind: but honour, riches, pleafurcs, him we are deJiu<red from the hands of OUt fauour, Wlfedome, gJorie, and w'hatfoeuehs enemies,Sinne,Sarap,&c. Luk. 1. 74.lfin oppofedtothekingdomeof Ch.rill;andthe pleafures,corwforr,and content:he is our feli· new creature. To hecrucifiedtot~e ·world, is tO citie,in him we arecomplere, Cololf. :, By be dead vnto it,to defpife and conremne it,t'o him we haue right toth•fe thingmhich '1' hath count all theglorie of it to be no bctt<r then notfeene, eat-eh4th n~t beard, neirher can the doung, inrefped:ofChrill 'nd hisrighrehearrofm.-conceiu<.It maybefaid,why'doth C oufnelfe,asPat:/did,Phil. 3. 8. The world is Paul glorie in the ignominious death of faidt~bumcijiedtovs, whenithoresandper· Chrifl,ratherthen in his glorious refurrecti- (ecutes vs, and accounts vs the filth and offon,triumpbantafcenGon,and imperiall iurif· fcouring ofall things. t.Cor.•p 3· Yet hero diction now fitting at the right hand of the obferu<that wearecrucifiod to rhe u·orld,•nd Father! An(w.Thefeare not excluded,but inth·eworld to vs, by the verrue ofthe death of eludedin the Crolfe: yet bee nimeth the Chrill,aftera different manner, We are cru· crotferathcrrhenthem.. F~r!lofall, to !hew ci6edtotbewotld, properlybytheSpim of rhatvponthe crolfe, Chtilldid fully finilh Chrill,weaningouraffetlions from theloue theworkeof ourredemption:for becing now of thisworld.Theworld iscruci6ed tu vs;by ceadie to giue vp theghofl,he fa1d, It upnifo. the death ofChrill, improperly,ani) byacci , ed, Ioh. 19. 30. t-his madoPAul todefireto dent, intliatwcearemadefucha<rheworfd ,.Cor,,, know nothingbut Ciitill, and him·cruci6ed. cannot but·hare ailq perfecute: fbc"feeino we For in hi~ humiliatiOn fiandsourexalration; are made new creatures t and chofCn o~t or in hi• wcaknelfe,llands our Clrength;in his ig· the world , therefore the world hateth vs. nominie,onr glorie;in his death,bur life. SeI oh. 1 s. 19; · condly, to fl><w that he was not alhamedof D Herewefee who thofe arc that can truly the crolfeof Chri!l,though neuer fo ignomiglory in the crolfe of ChriH ; ·namely thofo niousin the eyes of the world. It had beene that aredeadrotheworld, and the w~rld to nogreatthingfor PAul to haueglorled in the them:(uch •• fedcthe power ofthcSpirir cf refurrec'tion,afcen<ion,wlfedome,power,MaChrill crucifying the flelhin them, with the iellie ofChrill, wheremthe world can and affetliom and lulls.Otherscan no more glo Augul\. de dothglofle. But to glor1e m the lhamefull, ry oTthecrolfeofChrill,then hethatolories s~',';t.i:.n. comemptible, accurfed death of thecro!Te, ofthevitlorie_which his Prince bathgorren wasa matter ofgreatdtfficulty,and tbeworke ouer hiS enemles,himfelfe in the meane time offairh,iudging that which the world counts beeing avalfall,and Dauevntothem. ignominious,to be moll glorious:thatwhich SecondiJ, that it is not (ufficicnt for a the learned Philofophers counted fooJifh. Chrilllan, thatthe world is crucified ro f.um ncs,to be.fhe wifedome of G~. t.Cor.1.>4. except he alfobe crucified ro the world nci~ 1 ThePopiO> fort abu(ethistexttwo w•ies. ther louing the world, nor thcrhings i~ the Firll,in applying it to the rran/imterof{e. Seworld, condly,to thepcrmanmrormattria!lcrolf•. To Thirdly,thatto be crucified ro the world the tran(it:ft cro(fe, in that they gforic in it: is not toprofcticmoOaflicalJJife, anrf to h; lhut ..
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