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such a
privilege; Acts
iii.
13, 15.
Ye
have killed
the
Prince
of
Life,
whom
God
hath raised
front
the dead;`
whereof
we
are
witnesses.
II:
Reason.. Because
as his
rising
from the dead
is
the
great
proof
of
his
mission,
so
the
resurrection
of
Christ
is
the
great foundation of
the
christian's hope
which
will
appear
in
several particulars,
viz.
1.
This
was
a
testimony
of
his
having answered
the
end
for
which
he
died,
having made a
full
atonement for
.
sin,
and
his
being
released from the
hands
of
punishing
justice
;
Acts
ii.
24. Rom.
iv.
25. Rom.
viii.
34.
He
tools
our
sins on him, he
did
bear the punishment
of
our
iniquities
;
1
Pet.
ii.
24. he
bare
our
sins
in his
own body
.
on
the tree,
&c.
And
death
is
the wages
of
fin.
Now
when
he had taken
our
sins on
him, unless
he had made
full
atonement and
expiation for
sin, he
would have
lain
under
the power
of
death still; but being raised from
the
dead, it appears,
that
divine
justice
bath received
full satisfaction for
sin
;
and
the
way
is
open for the
justice of God
to
receive sinners
into favour.
This
is
the
beginning
of
his
exaltation
and his
power,
to
bestow all
the
blessings
of
the
gospel, sanctify-
cation, salvation,
and eternal
life
;
as well as
all
the
gifts
of
the
Spirit
which
confirmed
his
religion.
See
Acts
ii.
32, 33, 36.
This
Jesus bath
God
raised
up,
whereof
we
all
are
witnesses
:
therefore
being
by
the
right
-hand
of
God exalted,
and having
received
of
the
Father
the
promise
of
the Holy
Ghost,
he
hath
shed
forth
this,
which
ye
now
see
and
hear
;
Therefore let
all
the
house
ofIsrael
know
assuredly,
that
God
hath
made
that
same
Jesus
both
Lord
and Christ,
Acts
v.31. Him hath
God
exalted with his
right
-hand,
to
be
a
Prince
-and
a
Saviour,
för
to
give
repentance
to
Israel, and
forgiVe.,
ness
of
sins.
His government, his
intercession,
his
coming
to
judg-
ment, all
depend
on this
;
and
his
power
to
bestow
hea-
ven on
his
disciples, as
well
as
his
power to punish the
wilful,
and obstinate, and impenitent,
who
renounced
or rejected
his
name,
his
gospel,
and
his
salvation.
3.
This
Jesus
Christ, risen from the dead
is
the
prime
foundation of our
most glorious
expectation, it
is
the;
pat=
tern
and pledge
of our
final
hope and
blessedness::
bey
Cause
I
live
ye shall
live
also,
saith our
blessed
Lord;
z,3