Ver. 8,9,10,11. the Epifi le t® the ltornaris. as are let free therefrom, efpecially fuch as be under his charge.Eightly,he is joy- full and heartily thankfull for his owne liberty in Chrilt, and for the freedoms of oche' s,Rom.7.zq.. La (Hy , hee loves Child which kath freed him, and ten- ders the glory of Chrift his deliverer, above his own falvation,R om.9.2. DIALOGUIiF. Verfe 8, 9, Wherefore, if :rein dead with Chri fi,we be- leeve that over alfi (hall love with bim. Knowing that Chrift being railed from the dead,dyoh no more; death bath no more dominion over him. For in that he dyed, he dyed once io fin: but in tbat be livetb, hee lived unto God. Likewife tbinkye alfo that yee are dead to fin, but are a. live to God, through lefttr Chrift our Lord. TIMOTHE US. Wflat it the drift and p erpofe of this Text? S t L. To admonifh all Chrillians, that they may in no wife live licentiouf- ly in fin,fithence they receive this mercy from God, to have communion both with the death and life of his Son,both for mortification of fin,and for newnefs of life ; and this to be the drift,appeareth by the twelfthverfe, Let not fin therefore raigne, t c. T i M. What is the film and Jubilance of this Text ? S I t. It fers forth the do &vine of fan&ification,by comparing Chrill and his members together in thefe foute things, wherein they are like the other. Firíl,as Chrift dyed once for fin,fo al his members are once to dye to fin. Second - ly,asChrifi being dead did live againe, fo all his members are gnickned by ,him to live a new life. Thirdly,as the life which Chrift now liveth is perpetuall and can never be again extinguilhed by fin or death,fo all his members (hall per. fevere to the end in newnefs oflife.Laft- ly,as the end of Chrifls death, was to take away fin,and as the glory of his Fa- ther was the end of his life; fo it is in his 177 members, their mortification (hall quite aboli(h fin at the 1aí1, and the upright- reefs of their life,tends to the glorifying. of God, who takes himfelfe much ho-, nored,when his be holy,as he is holy. TI xt. Tell to now the meaning of the words,what is it to be dead withChriff? and alfo what it it to live with him? S I L. To be dead with Chrill,it is to have communion or fcllowfhip with his death, for the mortification of our fins, by the vertue and power of his Spirit, which his death merited for us ; and to live with Chrill,is to have communion with his life,to be partakers with his life, whereof there be t degrees. The firlt degree is the life of grace in this world, whereby beleevers are enabled to thinke and doe in Tome meafure pleating unto God. The fecond degree is the life of glory,which they (hall have and live in heaven in all perleai on,loving God, his Angels, and Saints, with all their heart, f ul,and ftrength. T I Id. What are we to learn from hence, that filch as die together with Chrill, ¡hall al fo live with him? S I L. Two things : Finii, an in- ftruEiion, that dying to finne, and new - neffe oflife are infeparable. For he that bath the firft,cannot but have the latter. Secondly,a confolation; that the life of Chrilt is annexed to his death: for they are litre to have part with hint in his life,both of grace and glory , that have part with him in his death. So the Apo. plc faith,lave beleeve it; that is,we are cer- tainly perfwaded of it, that the life of Chrill belongs to us, if wee be dead to fin ; it is no matter of opinion or con - jeaure,but of faith. TIM. What things learn we out of the ninth verfe? S i L. Fiat, that Chrift was dead to take away finne, touching gtilt, and dominion. Secondly,that he was railed from death to life again. Thirdly, that his life is no more fubje& to death, for it cannot againe bee quenched with finne and death ; whereupon doth follow thefe two molt comfortable things. Firft, thofe finnes ofours, which were imputed to hirn, he bath wholly aboli -. fried
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