C,hrlß receirvedup i n glory. Land in another Countrey for his Spoute, though (he be not there; Chrit hath taken up Heaven for us : Igoe before, toprepareaplacefor you. So likewife he is inHeavenas aglorioul Head,mi- nifiringvertae, andcomfort , and flrength to all his ; all our power and ftrength it comes from Chris now, asour Head inHeaven. Againe,there is acanfality,the force ofa caufe in this; besaufeChrifl, therefore we : here is nor onelya priorityof order, but a caufe likewife and thereis great reafon. Was there the forceof a caufe in Adam,that was butmeereman,to con- vey (inneand mifery,and thedifpleafureofGod to all that arcborne, anddefcend ofhim ? and is there not the forceo 'a caufe in the fecond Adam, to conveygrace andglory tohis, he being God & man ? Therefore,whatfoever is good,it is firfi in Chrifí, and then in us. Chrif firft role, therefore we (hall rife; heafcended intoglory,therefore we (hall be afterward inglory. And thenwe mull confider Civil' notonely as anefficient caufe,but as a patterne and example, bowwe fhal1 beglorified: he is not onely theeffi- eient ofallglory within and without,but he is the exemplarycaufe; for all is firft in him and then I in us:lhe was firft abafed,and fo mull we;and then hewas glorified and fo (hall we i we muff becon- formable tohis abafement,and then tohisglory: he is thefirfi fruits of them thatJleepe ; hebeing the ftrfifruits,we fucceed. Thefe things being premi- fedas grounds, I come tomake fomeufe ofthis comfortable point. N 3 aril) 73 Chrifs glory a caute of outs. Chri4s gl,.ry a pattcric of ours. I Co. tr.
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