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TSE BIDßEN LIFE
OF
A
Cf$RIS2Iam
tS
E
Rl%. 9t,
and
the possessor
of
life,
spiritual and eternal,
in
our
name. And
this may
be
described
in
a
variety
of
in-
stances, according
to
the various parts, as
well as
the
several advancing degrees
of
our
spiritual
life,
and
the
perfection of
it in
life
eternal.
When
his
human
nature
was
first
formed complete
in
Ioliness,
it
was
a pledge and assurance,
that
we
should
one day
be
completely
holy
too;
for, as
is
the head,
so
must the
members
be.
In
the original sanctification
of
his
Spirit,
flesh,
and
blood,
we
may
read
the
certain
future sanctification
of
every believing
soul, with,
its
body too.
See
John
xvii.
19.
and
Heb.
ii.
11.
Again
;
when
his
body
was
raised
from the
dead
;
it
was a pledge
and
pattern of our
being
raised
from
a
>4leath
in sin,
unto
the
spiritual
life
of
a
saint, as
well as
a
certain assurance
of
the
resurrection of our
bodies
in-
to
future
glory.
The
first
is
evident
from
Eph.
ii.
5.
When
we
were
dead
in
sin,
he
bath
quickened us
together
with Christ.
And Rom.
vi.
4.
As
Christ
was
raised
up
from
the
dead
by
the
glory
of
the
Father,
even
so
we
.
must
also
walk in newness of
life;
for
we
are
planted
in
the
likeness
of
his
resurrection;
ver.
5.
And
in
1
Cor.
xv.
12,
&c.
the apostle builds
his
whole,
argument
of
the
resurrection
of
the bodies
of
saints
who
are dead,
from
the rising
of our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
out
of
his
grave
:
For Christ
being
risen
from
the dead;
ver.
20.
is
become
the
first
f
ruits
of
them
that
slept.
And
as all
that
are united to
Adam,
by
having
him for
their
head
must
die
;
so
all who
are
one
with
Christ, and
bave him for
their
head, shall be made
alive:
which seems
to be
the
meaning
of
the 22d verse:
As
in
Adam
all
die, so
in
Christ
shall
all
be
made alive.
When
he
ascended into the heavens,
it
was
not
merely
in
his own
name,
but
in
ours
too, to
take
possession
of
the inheritance
for
the saints
in
light. Heb.
vi. 20i
Our
hopes enter
within,
the
vail,
whither
Jesus
the forerun-
ner
is
for
us
entered.
And when he
sat
down
at
the
right
-
hand
of
God
in
the heavenly
places,'
it
was as
the
great. ekemplar
of
our
future
advancement,
and thereby
gave
us
assurance,
that
we
should sit down
there
too
Y
and
therefore
the apostle,
in the
language
of
faith,
anti-
cipates these divine honours, and applies them to
the
£phesians
beforehand
:
God bath raised
us
up
together,.