f'§ ( fl 150 ST. PAUL'S DIVINE COMMISSIQY. [DISC. I. John xiv. 19. xii. 26. Where I am, there shall also my servant be; 1 Cor. xv. 20. 49. Now is Christ risen from thè dead, and become thefirstfruits of them that slept,: As we have borne the image of the earthy, so shall we also bear the imageof the heavenly : 2 Cor. iv: 14. Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus, shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you. See more ; John xiv. 2, 3. I go to prepare a placeforyou, that where I am there ye may be also. Eph. ii. 5, 6. Even when we were dead in sins, God bath quickenedus together with Christ and kath raised us up together,. and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. Occasional reflection. Ifyou are furnished with con- vincing arguments that Jesus Christ is risen from the dead, then you may be assured your religion is true ; though, there may be twenty little cavils that you cannot easily answer : You may be assured also, that all the blessings of this religion are provided and ready for his faithful followers. Is it certain that Jesus in risen from the dead ? Then my sins are fully atoned for and forgiven, if I trust in him, and give myself up to him; Rom. viii. 33, 34. Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect ? It is God thatjustJieth : Who is he that condemneth ? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even. at the right hand of God, who also maketh inter- cessionfor us; i. e. as appears from the foregoing verses, for all those who believe or trust in Christ. Then he bath all power to sanctify and save me, if I commit myself into his hands ; Eph. i. 17, 18, 19. and ii. 1, 5, 8. You path he quickened who were dead in trespasses and sins. We are quickened together with Christ, and saved by his grace; i. e. We who have trusted in Christ ;; Eph. i. 12. Then I shall be raised from the dead, as sure as if it were done. already ; for he is the pledge and pattern of the. resurrection of all his followers ; Rom. viii. 11. If the Spirit of him who raised up Jesusfrom the dead dwell in you ; he that raised up Christ from the dead, shall also quickenyour mortal bodies, by his Spirit that dwclleth in you. O happy souls, who have given up themselves sin- '6
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