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in his body b; was crucified, and died c; was buried, and remained under the power of death: yet faw no corruption d. On the third day he rose from the dead e, with the fame body in which he fuffered f; with which also he afcended into heaven, and there fitteth at the right-hand of his Father g, making interceffion h; and fhail return to judge men and Angels, at the end of the world i.

bout the ninth hour Jefus cried with a loud voice, faying, Eli, Eli, lama fabachthani? that is to fay, My God, my God, why halt thou forfaken me?

¿Mat. xxvi. and xxvii. chapters, Phil. ii. S. (See the laft fcripture in x immediately foregoing.)

Acts ii. 23. Him being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands, have crucified and flain. v. 24. Whom God hath raifd up, having loofed the pains of death, because it was not poffible that he should be holden of it. v. 27. Because thou wilt not leave my foul in hell, neither wilt thou fuffer thine holy one to fee corruption. And Acts xiii. 37. But he whom God raised again, faw no corruption. Rom. xi. 3. Knowing that Chrift being raifed from the dead, dieth no more: death hath no more dominion over him.

e 1 Cor. xv. 3. For 1 delivered unto you first of all, that which I alfo received, how that Chrift died for our fins according to the fcriptures: V. 4. And that he was buried, and that he rofe again the third day according to the fcriptures: v. 5. And that he was feen of Cephas, then of the twelve,

John xx. 25. The other difciples therefore faid unto him, We have feeu the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I fall fee in his hands the

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print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his fide, I will not be lieve. v. 27. Then faith he to Tho mas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my fide and be not faithlefs, but believing.

g Mark xvi. 19. So then, after the Lord had fpoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and fat on the right hand of God,

Rom, viii, 34. Who is he that condemneth? It is Chrift that died, yea rather that is rifen again, who is even at the right-hand of God, who alfo maketh interceffion for us. Heb. ix, 24. For Chrift is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the prefence of God for us, Heb. vii, 25. Wherefore he is able alfo to fave them to the uttermoft, that come unto God by him, feeing he ever liveth to make intercefion for them.

i Rom. xiv. 9. For to this end Chrift both died, and rofe and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living. v. 10. But why doft thou judge thy brother? or why doft thou fet at nought thy brother? for we shall all ftand befor the judgment seat of Christ. A&s i. 11. Which alfo faid, Ye men of Galilee, why fland ye gazing up in

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V. The Lord Jefus, by his perfect obedience and facrifice of himself, which he through the eternal Spirit once offered upunto God hath fully fatisfied the juftice of his Father k; and purchafed not only reconciliation, but an everlasting inheritance in the kingdom of heaven, for all thofe whom the Father hath given unto him /.

to heaven? this fame Jefus which is taken up from you into heaven, fhall fo come in like manner as ye have feen him go into heaven. Acts x. 42. And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to teftify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the judge of quick and dead, Mat. xiii. 40. As therefore the tares are gathered and burnt in the fire; fo fhall it be in the end of this world. v. 41. The fon of man fhall fend forth his angels, and they fhall gather out of his kingdom ali things that offend, and them which do iniquity; v. 42. And fhall caft them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Jude 6. And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved, in everlafting chains under darknefs, unto the judgment of the great day. 2 Pet. ii. 4. For if God 1pared not the angels that finned, but caft them down to hell, anddelivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment.

V. k Rom. v. 19. For as by one man's difobedience many were made finners fo by the obedience of one, fhall many be made righteous. Heb. ix. 14. How much more thall the tlood of Chrift, who through the eternal Spirit offered himfelf without fpot to God, purge your confcience from dead works to ferve the living God? v. 16. For where a teflament is, there must also, of neceffity be the death of the teftator.

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Heb. x. 14. For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are fanctified. Eph. v. 2. And walk in love, as Chrift alfo hath loved us, and hath given himself for us, an offering and a facrifice to God for a fweet fmelling favour. Rom. iii. 25. Whom God hath fet forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteonfnefs for the remiffion of fins that are past, through the forbearace of God. v. 26. To declare, I fay, at this time

is righteoufnefs that he might be juft, and the juftifier of him who believeth in Jefus.

/ Dan. ix. 24. Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people, and upon thy holy city, to finish the tranfgreffion, and to make an end of fins and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlast ing righteoufnefs, and to feal up the vilion and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy V. 26. And after threefcore and two weeks fhall Meffiah be cut off, but not for himself; and the people of the prince that fhall come, fhall defroy the city and the fanctuary, and the end thereof fhall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war defolations are determined. Col. i. 19. For it pleafed the Father, that in him thould all fulnefs dwell; v. 20. And (having made peace through the blood of his cross) by him to reconcile all things unto himfelf; by him, I fay, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. Eph. i. 11, la whom alfo we have

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VI. Although the work of redemption was not actually wrought by Chrift till after his incarnation, yet the vertue, efficacy and benefits thereof were communicated unto the elect in all ages, fucceffively from the beginning of the world, in and by thofe promises, types and facrifices, wherein he was revealed and fignified to be the feed of the woman, which should bruise the ferpent's head, and the Lainb flain from the beginning of the world, being the fame yesterday, and to-day, and for ever m.

VII. Chrift, in the work of mediation, acteth according to both natures; by each nature doing that which is proper to itfelf n: yet, by reafon of the unity of the perfon, that which is proper to one nature, is fometimes in fcripture attributed to the perfon denominated by the other nature o.

Vill. To all thofe for whom Chrift hath purchased redemption, he doth certainly and effectually apply and commu

obtained an inheritance, being predeftinated according to the purpofe of him who worketh all things after the counfel of his own will. v. 14. Which is the earnest of our inheritance, until the redemption of the purchafed poffeffion, unto the praife of his glory. John xvii, 2. As thou haft given him power over all flesh, that he fhould give eternal life to as many as thou haft given him. Heb. ix. 12. Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. v. 15. And for this caufe he is the Mediator of the new teftament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the tranfgreffions that were under the firit teftament, they which are called might receive the promile of eternal inheritance.

VI. m Gal. iv. 4. But when the fulness of the time was come, God fent forth his Son made of a woman, made under the law, v. 5. To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption

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of funs. Gen. iii. 15. And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy feed and her feed: it shall bruife thy head and thou fhalt bruife his heel, Rev, xiii. 8. And all that dwell upon the earth fhall wor fhip him, whofe names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb flain from the foundation of the world. Heb. xiii. 8. Jefus Chrift the fame yesterday, and to day, and for ever,

VII. Heb. ix. 14. (See letter k fcripture the fecond.) 1 Pet. iii. 18. For Chrift alfo hath once fuffered for fins, the juft for the unjuft, (that he might bring us to God) being put to death in the fileh, but quickened by the Spirit.

• Acts xx. 28. Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock over the which the holy Ghost hath made you overfeers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchafed with his own blood. John iii. 13. And no man hath afcended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man, which is in heaven. 1 John iii. 16.

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Chap. VII. nicate the fame p; making interceffion for them q; and reveal ing unto them, in and by the word, the mystery of falvation r; effectually perfuading them by his Spirit to believe and obey; and governeth their hearts by his word and Spirit ; overcoming all their enemies by his almighty power and wifdom; in fuch

Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

VIII. p John vi. 37. All that the Father giveth me, shall come to me; and him that cometh to me, I will in no wife cast out. v39. And this is the Father's will which hath fent me, that of all which he hath given me, 1 fhould lofe nothing, but fhould raife it up again, at the laft day. John x. 15. As the Father knoweth me, even fo know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the fheep. v. 16. And other sheep I have, wnich are not of this fold: them alfo I must bring, and they fhall hear my voice: and there fhall be one fold, and one thepherd.

91 Joba ii. 1. My little children, thefe things write I unto you, that ye fin not. And if any man fin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jefus Chrift the righteous: v. 2.And he is the propitiation for our fins: and not for ours only, but also for the fins of the whole world. Rom. viii. 34. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather that is rifen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who alfo maketh: interceffion for us.

r John xv. 13. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. v. 15. Henceforth call you rot fervants; { for the fervant knoweth not what his lord doth; but I have called you friends; for all things that I have beard of my Father, I have made known unto you, Ephr i. 7. In whom

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we have redemption through his blood. the forgiveness of fins, ac· cording, to the riches of his grace; v. 8, Wherein he hath abounded towards us in all wisdom and prudence. v. 9. Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, aç cording to his good pleasure which he hath purpofed in himself. John xvii. 6. I have manifefted my name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gaveft them me; and they have kept thy word.

John xiv. 16. And I will pray the Father, and he fhall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever. Heb. xii. 2. 'Looking unto Jefus, the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was fet before him, endured the crofs, defpifing the fhame, and is. fet down at the right hand of the throne of God. 2 Cor. iv. 13. We having the fame spirit of faith; according as it is written, 1 believed, and therefore have I spoken: we alfo believe, and therefore speak. Rom. viii. 9. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the fpirit, if fo be, that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. v.. 14. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the fons of God. Rom. xv. 18, For I will not dare to fpeak of any of thofe things, which Chrift hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient by word and deed. v. 19. Through mighty figns and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God;

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CHAP. X. Of Free Will.

OD hath endued the will of man with that natural liberty, that it is neither forced, nor by any abfolute neceffity of nature determined, to do good or evil a.

II. Man, in his ftate of innocency, had freedom and power to will and to do that which is good and well-pleafing to God b; but yet mutably, fo that he might fall from it c.

Lo that from Jerufalem, and round about unto illyricum, I have fully preached the gofpel of Chrift. John xvii. 17. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

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enticed, Deut. xxx. 19. I call heaven and earth to record this day againft you, that I have fet before you life and death, bleffing and curfing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy feed may live.

II. 6 Eccl. vii. 29. Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have fought out many inventions. Gen. i. 26. And God faid, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness and let them have dominion over the fish of the fea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Pfal, cx. 1. The Lord faid unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footftool. 1 Cor. xv. 25. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. v. 26. The last enemy that fhall be deftroyed, is death. Mal. iv. 2. But unto you that fear my name, fhall the fun of righteoufnefs arife with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth and grow up as calves in the ftall. v. 3. And ye shall tread down the wick-c Gen. ii. 16, And the Lord God ed; for they shall be afhes under the foles of your feet, in the day that I fhall do this, faith the Lord of hofts. Col. ii. 15. And having fpoiled principalities and powers, he made a fhew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

1. a Mat. xvii. 12. But I fay unto you, that Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they lifted: likewife fhall alfo the Son of man fuffer of them, James i. 14. But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own luft, and

commanded the man, faying, of every tree of the garden thou maycft freely eat. v. 17. But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou fhalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou fhalt furely die.

Gen, iii. 6. And when the woman faw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be defired to make one wife, fhe took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave alfo unto her husband with her, and he did

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