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Show pm,3. OF A CHRISTIAN 01417.38. given him a Soveraign power , to doe all that is neceffary for our eaee and defence. A private man has alw aie s the liberty, (beeaulc thought is free, ) to beleeve, or not beleevein his heart , tfhofe acfts that have been given out for Miracles,according as he {hall ee, what benefit can accrew by mens belief, to rhofe that pretend , or countenance them, and thereby conjeéture , whether they be Miracles, or Lies. But when it comes to confeflion of that faith, the Private Rea- fon muft fubmit to the Publique-7 that is to lay, to Gods Lieutenant. But who is this Lieutenant of God, and Head of the Churclnfliall be confidered in its proper place hereafter. Part-3. COMMON-WEALTH. Chflf.38. Jefus Lhrifi hath fatisfied for the fins of all that beleeve in him; and therefore recovered to all beleevers, that ET B R NA L L Li F E, which was loft bythe [in ofAdam.And in this fenfe it is,thar the comparifon of St. Paul holdeth(Rom.j. 18,19.)Jr hy the oflcme 0f0,>ze,lzoolgment come upon all men to condemnation, ervmfo hy the rightcooofhefle of we, thefree gift Mme opoa all mm to Iufllflmtzon of Life. Which is agarn (I Cor. I 5. 2 1, z 2.) more perfpicuoufly delivered in thefe words,For fiance hy mm Mine deoth, [I] man came olfo the rzforrefl‘lon of the dead. For raj» Adam allaiie,wen_/b 2'72 Chri/ljlmll all he made alive. Concerning the place wherein men {hall enjoy that Eternall Life, Text: cm- which Chrilt hath obtained for them, the texts next before alledged cerning the C H A P. XXXVIII. feem to make it on Earth.For ifas in Adam,all die,that is,have forfei- F1455 OfL'lf 0ftbeSignificotionin Scripture ofETERNALL Li H, ted Paradife,and Eternall Life on Earth,even ['0 in Chril‘t all (hall bee Elem" i" HELL,SALVATION,THEVVORLD TO COME, and REDEMPTI ON. He maintenance of Civill Society, depending on JUfilCC‘; and juflice on the power of Life and Death , and other leile hewards and Puniihments, reliding in them that have the Sore}; raignty ofthe Common-wealth-7 It is impolhble a Comlmon-wvealt f iliould Rand, where any other than the Soveraign, hat 1 a pow Cr 10 giving greater rewards than Life-7 and of inflicting greater punt! l- ments, then Death. Now feeing Etcrmll lift' is a greater rew £:ld,tl:t{fl‘ the lifl‘.' profmt, and Eternal] for/mm a greater puniihment tin ;. _.i.t ' i ' ~ ‘ t)" .J death of V Nature, It is a thing worthy to be w. ell confidtieti, 0 o. all. men that define (by obeying Authority ) to avoidnthe e .. "rl‘l‘es: "l Confufion, and Civill war, what is meant in holybcripturt, '1‘} L [.6 E term/l, and Torment Eton/all, and for what oilent'es , ant. aga'lzzil whom committednnen are to be Emma/[y tormemed; and for "'2th aftions, they are to obtain ‘Etcrmll If e. Tbcrlace of And firfi we find,that Adam was created in fuch a condition ol Adam: Her- life, as had he'not broken the commandement of God, he had (may- "i‘l 'll" '3" ed it in the Paradiie of Eden Everlaflingly. lot there wastne '1" fi'm‘dlm Tree oft/ft; whereof he was f0 long allowed to eat,as he lhould foiLem ""3"" bear to eat ofthe tree ofKnowledge ofGood and Brill; which pas filial! Im- not allowed him. And therefore as foon as he had eatyen of it , (a?! (an. 3. 22. thrufl him out of Paradile , lefl Ire/liouldpmfort/i Ills/Muff, ml. f oljo of the tree of l/fe, And li-t'efor ever. lily which it iteiiittn to me,( with fubmiilion neverthelelle both in tillS, and in all «pleth- ons, whereofthe determination dependeth on the Scriptures, tome interpretation ofthe Bible authorized by the Common- wealthsi no? Subject I am,) that Adam it he had not llnllcd,lldtll1;‘lel.ln; he" 1 Life on Earth : and that Mortality entred upon himlelt,ano‘ Ll: pen.rity,by his tirlt Sin.Not that ac‘tuall Death tl‘t‘n tinted; my; Again then could never have had children; whereas he lived long a; caged {aw anumerous poilerity ere he dyed. lint where nit is tangy: I! I day that thou eoteflthereof, thou V/lul: [unit r1. 5', it mtlt 1152:.5 tn meant ofhis Mortality, and Certitude or death: beepng‘ then Lt; n" , life wasloll by Adams forfeiture, in committingint. hethat insipid, cancell that forfeiture was to reeottr thereby ,tha; Lize again. N its... made alive; then all men {hall be made to live on Earth; for elfe the Bflewm‘ companion were not proper. Hereunto feemeth to agree that ofthe Pfalmif't,(Pf.11. 133.3.) Vpon Zion Goa'oommoisoled the hlefli'ng , err/m Llfcfor wermore: for Zion,is in Jerufalemmpon Earth:as alfo that of S.joli.( Reta: .7.3To him that overcommeth I willgz'oue to eat ofthe tree of'l/fenv/irrh zit 771 the "may? ofthe Parodgfi‘ ofGool.ThiS was the tree of Adams Eternall life-,but his life was to have been on Earth.The fame fcemeth to be confirmed again by Sn]oh.(Rev. 2 I.2.',Where he faith, I John [no the Holy City ,Nenz Iemflzlem, oomihg dowrxfrom God ofhem-m, prepared a: a grate odomedfor her hash/2m! .' and again out v. to. to the fame effeft: As if he lhould fay,the new Jerufalemnhe Paradife of God , at the coming again ofChrifl, fliould come down to Gods people from Heaven, and not they goe up to it from Earth. And this differs nothing from that, which the two men in White clothing isjthe two Angels;htid to the Apofilesahat were looking upon ( that Chrifl; alcending .zlElS l. I I .) ‘I‘h/kfome [elm , who is hiker; oopfrowyooo iflto 1/ mom, flux/l [a com, 45 you have [em him go up lmo H6.17/3". Which fonndeth as ifthey had faid,he lhould come down to govern them tin-(let his l7atlzer,Etcrn;1lly here-,and not take them up to govern them in Heaven -, and is conformable to the Reltauration ofthe Kingdom of God,inltituted under Mofesgvhich was a Political government Jews on Earth.Again,th;1t laying of our Saviour (le/[Ill.22.3 0fthe 0.) that m I he It e/un-otl : (1;; they He'll/IE)" morrymor are given in morflogefiot are a; th: Ange/r offl'oal m hen/m, is :1 defcription of an Eternall Life, relembling that which we loft in Adam in the point feeing, Adam,and live,ifthey had not finneddiad of Marriage.For lived on Earth Eter» nally,in their individiiall perfonsnt is manifefi, they {hould not conti- nually have procreated their kind.For if Immortals ated,as Mankind doth now-,the Earth in a [mall lhould have gene- timc,would not have been able to afliird them place to f‘tand on.The Icws that asked our 321viour the rpzeltion,\vlio‘ie wife the woman that‘had married many bro- tl‘crsslhould be,in the refurrec‘tiondtnewnot what were the confequen- ees of Late Eternall .' and therefore our Saviour ptits them in mind of t :15 crinleiiuenee o'r In‘imortalitygthat there ihal be no Generation,and (onlequetly no marriagemo more then there among‘tlie Angels. The comparifon betweenis marriaggor generatio that Eternall life which Adam "mind our Saviour by his Viétory over death hath recovered; h 3 holdcth ‘9 |