Animy Belorvedi5mine, butin order of nature, he is firfi mine, and then I am his, uuy Belovedu mine and lammy Belo– veds. Tfie Union ana Communion betwixt us and Chri!l: hath been already fpoken of. Now tofpeakeofthe branches, I ammy Bclo veds .1-ndmy Beloved is mine. That Chrifl:is firll ours,and then we are his becaufe he is ours, ·and the---wondrous comfort that iffues hence , that Chdfthimfelfe is ours. How comes Chrifttobeours,Chrifl:isOttrs '6y his Fathers gift, God bath given· him for us. Chri,fi is ours by his owne gift, he bath given himfelfe for us. \ 4 l 7 \ SE R.XIx. l I How Cbrijf comes t9 be ours 1 . I. :By hiJ owneand. biJ Fathmgijt' And Chrifi is ours by his Spirit that witnef- . 2 •. . feth fo much to our fpirits; for the Spirit is given Fy hu spmt., ll fm this pmpofe, to fhew us all things that aregiven us of God, whereof Chri£1: is the chiefe; ' therefore the Spirit of Chrifttelsusthat Chrifi: is ours,and Chrifi being ours, all that he hath is I I ours. Ifhe be ours,ifwe have the field, we have3ll I the treafures in the field:ifwe havehim,we have all his, he was borne for us, his birth was for us, he becameman for us, he was given to death for us,and fo likewife he is ours in his other eftate of exaltation,his riling is for our good, he will caure us to rife alfo, and afcend with him, antd fit in heavenly places,judging the world, and the An– gels. We recove1' in this fecond what we loft in the fid~ Adam. · f d C'. Vfo.t. This is a point o won rous com1ort, to fi1ew confolatioiJ. the
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