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Show Rom. 8. 34 "' tmd how fwnl? and Vanity? Oh ! how thefe thoughts !ink a po~r ~oul ! hence it is that many a poor Soul upon the firft conv1~10ns of thefc things,cries out that it is dam11ed,undone, &c. and It IS a bufinefs of much J.bour, fometimes to get the Soul from under thefe dark apprehenfions: But now when once the Soul begms to hear this, That the Lord Jcfus Chrifl was revealed from Heave~ and took upon him our nature, and died upon the Crofs to pay h1s Father a full price by way of Satisfaction tor his peoples Sin; that rvbofoever believuh in him, might Hoi perifh br<t have everlafting Lifo. When the Soul doth but talle this by Knowledg and Meditation, it is a great revival, and very ( weet to the talle of the Soul. But now when it comes by Faith ro lay hold upon the death of Chrill ; and God gives the Sou ito lay hold upon his dcath:Oh! how fweet then is this fruit of the Crofs to his talle! And after the believer is come to Chrill; how often hath he occafion to tafle of this fruit, to meditate of the Death of Chri(l, to apply his Satisfaction to itfelf, and totiu qNotiu to often as the Soul doth this, how fweet is it to the believers talle! I need not i.nlarge 1nuch upon this, take but that known text,n>ho i1 he that condcmneth 1 It i1 Chrift thll died. 5· A Fifth piece of this fruit is his glorious Rrjurrdlion. The Apolllc often puts them together. Rom. 4· 2 5· He diaJ for eur Silu, and rofl•gainfor oHr Juftific•tion. Rom. 8. 34• It if Chri{l .that dird,ye• rathrr that is rifen again. The Refumtiion of Chri(l, was one ofhis triumphal actions (when he led captivity captive.) And it is one of the fairell pieces of thi; fort of fruit, being a per· fdJive a[/; which gave Life, Vertueand effect unto his Death, When rhe believer talles of this, By Knowledg, Meditation, Faith; Oh how [weet i1 it unto hu tafle ! The believer firs down and thinks of the Refurrection ofJefus Chrill; and obferves how many fwett conclufions it draws from it. - r. It cries out (as the Centurion a this death) Of a truth tbif WJI tbeSonofGod. Now know I that he who died upon thr Crofs at Jernf•lem,was more than a meer man, even the Son of Gad. For the Lord would .not Juff<r hi< holy one to fee cmrtption. It was im. pollible that he tbould be held of de at h. This was indeed the Son of God, the true Mrf!i.u of the world. I fee I have not mifplaced my Faith upon a falfe object. 2, Again (faith the Soul) is .Chlifi rifenfrom the dead l Thm 1 jluU rift, though I fall by death, yet let not that I all enemy rejQyce over me ; for Cluill is the tirll-fruits of them that lleep: If What c hrlj11 fruit k ,•nd how fweet i if Chrifi be rifen fro:n the dead, how faith my carnal heart that there is no Refurrection of the dead> for he that nifed up Chrifi from the dead {hall alfo quickm my mortal body by his Spirit that dwelletlt in me. H<:>w fweet was this ( of old ) to the tafle of holy Jnb!Job. 19. v, 25. I k,.now that my rtdeemrr liveth----and thoHgh aft.r myJk,jn,wormJ deflroy thir body, yet in m;• jlrfh fhaU I fee God; whom IfhaU fee for myfe/f, and my eyn jf,.U behold, and Hot an~ the~. Nay [ fa!th the Sou! ) .l am in part rifenalready, my head ls rtfen, Chr1ll tn my fletb ts nfen, and the head will certainly draw the members after him. Thirdly, (faith this Soul) is he rijnt ? then I !hall alfo rife Hnto Hewmjs oflife, For if,I be rijen with Cbrifl, I lhall leek the things that are above; for, fauh the Apoille, Rom. 6.4. 'Jbmforearewe bumd with Cbrift by baptij m into death, that Iii<! ar Cbri(l .,., razfed •pfrom the dea.d by tbe glory oft be fatber;evmfo we alfo .fhoHid JJia/i{J "' .newnep of life: for v. 5. we {haU bt planted i11to the li'k.!nefs of hi1 · 1'ef'urrel1zon. ~Sixth piece of this fruit was his Afcmfion. into Heaven ; the be!1ev:er reads ,of this AM1, r. and in the Evangeiifis: And· thtnktng upon tt, it is very fweet to its tafie. r. Now know I (faith the Soul;) that 1 {hall afcend too. The Apofile makes ufe of.Chrills Afcenfion, as an argument to prefs l?erfev~rance. and H~linefs, Heb. 4· 14. SerinJ!, the11 that we have a great hzgh-Prujl that 11 paf[td illlo the Heavenr 7efitt the Son of God· let ur h~ldfajf OH',Pr•fif!ion; an~ as an arg~ment of hope and of; confolar.ton, he fa1th, our hope ts mtred into the vail, Heb. 6\ 19; t 2o •. wh11!Jer t~e foreruHJzer u for us mtred, tvm Jtfru: Jefus Chrill ' (fauh the beltever) is theforerHitner of "!Y Soul,he is a{cmJed he is• tntred; I !bail afcend, I !hail enter. ' 2. The Soul is_further confirmed in this notion from Chrifls declared end ofhts Afcenjim. John 14. 2,3. I go to prepare 11 l•ce for )oH, aHtJ if Igo and prepare a place fi~ you, ( wiD comt agai! and . tak;yo11~o my [elf, that "'bm I am tbrrt yo11 may. be alfo; what can 1 be 1mag1n~d more fweet than this to a believers talle whofe eye and hearttsfixed upon eternity? · ' G A.Seven~h pie~e of this f!tlit, is hu Intmrffian at therighi h~nd of' ~d, .ofthl~fitttn!} ofChnll at the right hand of God · you read o ten 111. Scrtpture. God ofold faid to him, Pjal. 110: Sit thou ~~~my rzght hand. Stephen faw him there, A[J. 7· 55· you read of tt, Htbo~. 13· 3• ch. 8. Vol. 1 Pet, 3, 22, Of his ·lntercelllon: (which , |