suffered the chasticement of our peace in the full possession of the kingdome life and glorie vvhich hee hath purchased vnto vs filling him in that his man-hood vvithall fullnes of grace and glorie that out of his fullnes vvee might dravv grace so fitting this his flesh thus glorified to be the effectuall means of communicating life and glorie vnto vs in our flesh and for this cause it is that the Apostle doth proue that God shall iudge the vvorld by Christ the man by this argument to vvit because God had raised him vp from the dead Acts. 17.31 and the Apostle for this cause makes this the chiefe point of the knovvledge of Iesus Christ to vvit that vve haue such a high Priest that sitteth at the right hand of the throne of the maiestie in heauen Hebrevves the 8. and the 1. for allthough hee had beene man and in mans nature had suffered all punishments due to vs for our iniquities yet not vvithstanding if he had neuer beene raised from the dead and triumphed ouer the graue vvee could neuer haue hoped to haue attained to eternall life by his flesh for if that flesh of his had beene ouercome by death vve could neuer haue ouercome death in our flesh therefore it is that the Apostle builds our hope of life vpon the resurrection of Christ from the dead 1. Pet. chapt 1. vers 3. saying Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Iesus Christ vvho according to his aboundant mercie hath be gotten vs againe to the hope of life by the resurrection of Iesus Christ from the dead And againe in the same chapter vers the 21. he saith thus that God raised him from the dead and gaue him glorie that our faith and hope might be in God and this is the fourth part of this seale The 5. and last part of this seale vvhich is the ground and foundation of the rest is this That this man in his flesh is not only by Gods eternall decree appointed and by the Fathers voyce from heauen ratified to be the only redeemer and life of the vvorld and confirmed to be this by his vvorks his suffrings and his glorious exaltation at the right hand of God but chiefly and principally because in this his manhood thus abased and againe exalted doth dvvell all the fullnes of the God head bodily Colos the vers 2.9 for if this vvere not all the former part of this seale vvere not sufficient to make his flesh the bread of life for immortall life cannot come to vs but from that flesh vvhich hath immortall life in it selfe and this is the reason that Christ vses that speach in the 6. of Iohn vvhen he vvould proue that he that eats his flesh and drinks his blood hath euerlasting life saying as that liuing Father hath sent me and I liue by the Father euen so hee that eats my flesh euen he shall liue by me in the 57. vers this therefore is the greatest parte of this seale vvherevvith God the Father hath sealed Christ the man to vvit that he hath stamped the flesh of Christ vvith the Diety it selfe and so consequently vvith life it selfe it is no vvonder therefore that this flesh and this blood do giue life to those that eate and drinke it seeing it is the flesh and blood of God himselfe therfore it is said in the 20. of Acts. vers 28. that God hath purchased his church by his owne blood no man therefore that is not a most vvretched infidell can deny that this flesh and blood of Christ is able to giue eternall life to him that doth receaue it and this point is carefully to be marked of vs because the Apostle in the 1. Corint the 11. chapt shevving the reason why the Corinths in eating the Lords supper did eate vnvvorthily yea did eate iudgment vnto themselues doth plainely shevv vs that it consisted in this that they did not discerne the Lords body vers the 29. for the banquet of the Lords supper is not a bāquet of the flesh of a meere man but it is of the flesh and blood of the euerlasting King and Lord of heauen and earth euen of the eternall God himselfe and therefore no maruell that all those vvho eating it not discerning it so are counted guiltie of the body and blood of the Lord. VVee see then vvhat comfort vvee haue in the consideration of this point to vvit that God the Father hath sealed Christ the man to be the bread of eternall life to all that eate his flesh giuing vs full assurance heere by in all the testimonies vvhich he hath giuen of him and all the vvorks vvhich hee hath vvrought by him and all that hee hath effected in his humanity and in that he hath made his humanity the euerlasting tabernacle of the Godhead that novv vvee need no more doubte but that hee it is vvho not only is vvilling but also able to giue vs that food that endures to eternall life therfore let vs come with bouldnes and chearefullnes and labour to be pertakers of this flesh and blood of the Sonne of God vvhich if vve receaue as vve ought vve may be sure our soules shall neuer perish FINIS
haue any vse of them in heauen for there vve shall haue no vse of stomacks to disgest or bovvels to make convayance of our meat for nourishing these our bodies seing our bodies in heauen shal be immortall glorious like vnto the glorious bodie of the Sonne of God vvhen therefore vve are feeding our bodies and satisfying our bellies it is good for vs to thinke and remember that vve are feeding that vvhich shal perish that with food which shall likevvise perish that vve may learne neither to care too much for the bellie nor for food requisite vnto it Novv let vs consider the argument of the contrarie parte vvherby Christ perswades vs to labour for spirituall meat in vvhich vve are to obserue tvvo things The first is the nature of this heauenly food in it selfe all though vve neuer do enioy it vvhich is declared by this that it endureth The second is the effect of it in thē that get it vvhich is that it makes thē also to indure to liue eternally For the first vvee are to consider that all the spirituall gifts that God giues vs in Christ Iesus are all eternall and such as shall neuer perish vvhatsoeuer God gaue by creation it might be defaced and vtterlie vndone yea euen the chiefest gift that euer vvas giuen in nature to Adam vvhich vvas Gods Image vvas by Sathan extinquished and defaced and as the Scripture tells vs at the comming of Christ to iudgement the elements shall melt vvith fire and the earth and all the vvorks thereof shall perish and the heauens shall vvax ould as a garment and this vvhole vvorld shall come to an end but the gifts of sauing grace giuen vs in Christ can neuer be extinquished or defaced for as it is impossible to destroy the Sonne of God himselfe or that the sorrovves of death should haue held him vnder them or that the graue should haue povver to retaine him so is it impossible that Christ giuen vnto vs and his flesh vvhich vve eate and his blood vvhich vve drinke or the vertue of them in vs can euer possiblie bee defaced in vs and this is the reason that Christ saith that his flesh is meat in deed and his blood is drinke in deed for his flesh is not a perishing meat nor his blood a decaying drinke vvhich cannot endure as the nature of all other meat and drinke is but his flesh is euerlasting food and his blood euerlasting drinke and his grace as a vvell springing continuallie to euerlasting life men might thinke that by the death of our bodies the vertue of Iesus Christs flesh and blood vvere vtterlie perished but it is not so they that eate this flesh and drinke this blood shall find the vertue of his flesh blood euen vvhen they are rotten in the graue by the same povver vvhere vvith he raysed himselfe from the dead hee shall likevvise rayse them from the povver of death this then is the first thing vvhich vve are to consider in this food that it is an enduring meat But the next thing is a greater comfort vnto vs for this is not all the blessednes of this food and comfort of this argument to knovv that the flesh and blood of Christ are in themselues permanent and eternall but that vvhich chiefly refresheth our soules is this to know that vvhosoeuer pertakes of them shal pertake of eternall life vvith them this is a blessed thing in deed vvhen I knovv that not only the things vvhereof I am made pertaker are eternall but that I my selfe by pertaking of them shall be eternall as vvell as they VVhat can moue a man to seeke this meat if this doe it not vvhen vvee vnderstand that it hath this povver to vvork such a blessed effecte in him that is pertaker of it It is vndoubtedlie the miserable ignorance of this benefit vvhich comes by the flesh blood of Christ that makes men so careles to enioy them there is nothing in the vvorld that a man more desires then to liue for euer all that euer a man hath he vvill giue for his life that he may not see death but as Dauid saith in the 49. Psal No man can by any means redeeme his brother nor giue to God a ransome that he should liue for euer Indeed it is no temporall thing that can procure eternal life no not all the means that can be diuised eate vvhat a man can eate drink vvhat a man can drink yet he shal dye but heere is the comfort of a Christian that frō Christ he is fed vvith that meat that shall make him to liue for euer in such sorte that the gates of hel shal not preuaile against him neither death nor the graue shal haue povver ouer him but he shall haue a glorious triumph ouer them both so as he shall sing that ioyfull song o death where is thy sting o graue vvhere is the victory And this is no vvōder seing the causes of this life are eternall it cannot be but that the life that flovveth frō them must be eternall and they that are fed vvith him must needs liue eternally for all that we receaue from Christ is eternal the peace eternall the ioy life eternall this is that vvhervvith Christ comforts his disciples Iohn 16.22 saying Your ioy shall no man take from you Thus a child of God in the midst of all his troubles in the midst of the valley of the shadovv of death vvill feare no euill but can still reioyce in God his sauiour O hovv should this stir vp our hearts to seeke after this meat euē as the vvoman of Samaria in the 4. of Iohn the 15. vvhen Christ told her of vvater vvhich he had to giue vvhich vvhosoeuer did drink of should neuer be more a thirst she said Lord giue me of that vvater that I may not thirst any more nor come hether to draw Likevvise the Ievves in this same chapter vvhen Christ told them that the bread of God giues life to the vvorld they said vnto Christ Lord giue vs euer more of this bread euen so vvhen vve heare that they that eate the flesh and drinke the blood of Christ shall liue eternallie Should vvee not in our hearts desire it and beg of Christ to make vs pertakers of it and earnestly long to enioy it surely it must needs be a most lust thing vvith God to povvre dovvne heauie iudgment vpon this senceles age and sinfull generation of men vvho take greater pleasure to seeke after the stinking delights of this flesh and to vvallovv in their beastly lusts then to enioy this blessed bread that endures to euerlasting life for it is impossible for any man to haue perpetuitie of being vvithout this vvhen therefore vvee see other men to call their lands by their names so to perpetuate their names on earth let vs not follovv their foolish footsteps but if vve desire to liue for euer let vs labour for this meat vvhich endures to
eternall life and thus much for the reason coÌ„tayning also a discription of that for vvhich vvee should labour Seeing then vvee see vvhat great reason vvee haue to seeke this spirituall food it is necessarie for vs to knovv vvhere vvee shall find it and that is the next point vve are to consider set dovvne in these vvords vvhich the sonne of man shall giue vnto you In these vvords let vs marke these tvvo things First vvho it is of vvhom vvee must haue this meat That is the Sonne of man The second is hovv vve shall haue it and that is set dovvne in these vvords he shall giue it vnto vs. Touching the first vvee are to mark that it pleaseth Christ through out the Scriptures to name himselfe more by this name the Sonne of man then by any other especiallie vvhen he speaks of the vvorks of sauing grace and for the comfort of his elect ones it must therefore be a matter of great moment and of singular instruction for vs that moues Christ to take this name vpon himselfe and certainly it is so although not perceaued nor comprehended by euerie man In this same chapter vvhen Christ had told the levves that vnles they did eate the flesh of the Sonne of man and drinke his blood they had no life in them many of his disciples murmured at it and said this is a hard saying and in deed no maruell that it seeme hard to a naturall man for hovv can he thinke that the flesh and blood of man should haue the vertue of eternall life in them but Christ opens this mistery in the same place telling them that it vvas the spirit that quickeneth the flesh prositteth nothing for it is true that all though vvithout this flesh and blood vve can haue no life in vs yet certainly euen the flesh and blood of Christ nakedly considered as flesh and blood or yet as the flesh and blood of a man could neuer giue life to them that eate and drinke it but as being the flesh and blood of God in the vvhich flesh all the fullnes of the God-head dvvels bodily it is no maruell that it giues life to them that eate and drinke them for as much as the eternal spirit is neuer separated from this flesh nor from this blood therfore all though their can be no eternall life but froÌ„ this eternal spirit yet it is the pleasure of God that no sauing vertue of the Diety nor life froÌ„ the God head should euer be coÌ„municated vnto man but in through the flesh and blood of Iesus Christ the Lord Let no man therefore Dispise this flesh blood nor the outvvard means vvhereby our fellovvship and communion in this flesh and blood is sealed vnto vs since vvithout this flesh and blood it is not the purpose of God to saue vs let vs therefore lay vp this misterie in our hearts that as the flesh of Christ can neuer quicken but by the spirit euen so also the spirit shall neuer quicken but by the flesh There is yet more in this to be considered and that is that as God vvill dispence no sauing grace but in the flesh and blood of Iesus Christ the man so he vvill not dispence it but by Christ as hee is man for God hath giuen all iudgment to the Sonne not as hee is God simplie but as he is the Sonne of man and by him as hee is man vvill he iudge the vvorld as the Apostle saith in the 17. of Act. God hath appointed a day in which he vvill iudge the vvorld in righteousnes by the man vvhom he hath ordained Iesus Christ as man shall iudge both heauen and earth For the Father hath exalted him in his man hood and hath giuen him a name aboue all names vnto vvhich all knees must bovve and euerie mouth confesseth him to be the Lord therefore it is not vvithout cause that Dauid considering this vvondered as you may see in the 8. psal saying VVhat is man that thou art mindfull of him and the sonne of man that thou visitest him for thou hast made him a littel lovver then the Angels and hast crowned him vvith honour and glorie and hath put all things vnder his feet It is good for vs to consider this that as Christ himselfe saith all povver is giuen vnto mee ouer all flesh the povver of ruling and of iudging of sauing damming men is giuen to Christ as man for there is nothing that is not subdued vnto Christ the man as the Apostle proues in the 1. Cor. 15. from these vvords of the Psalme that God hath subdued all things vnder his feet prouing therby that it is manifest that nothing is vnsubdued to him but he that did subdue them vntill that the last enemie death it selfe be subdued Christ shall stil possesse the kingdome but vvhen hee hath subdued all things then shall he render vp the kingdome to his father that God may be all in all but in the meane time till this be done all povver is giuen to Christ as man to destroy all aduersarie powers either diuells or vvicked men thus hath God honoured highly exalted the humanitie of his Sonne by â—ertue of the fullnes of the God head â—vvelling in him bodilie this is the â—eason that Christ in this place saith the Sonne of man shall giue vs this bread of eternall life The consideration of these things â—erue for a singular coÌ„fort to the Godly a fearefull terror to the vvicked Touching the vvicked vvhen they must see knovv this that the man vvhom they haue pearced and put to â—eath vvhom they haue so despised vvhose blood they haue trod vnder foote to be exalted to such glorie and vvhen they shal see him come in the â—louds in maiestie and great povver accompanied vvith innumerable anâ—ells and hearing him sitting in the throne of iudgmeÌ„t prononce the sentence of eternall death against them For the Godly it is a matter of singuler ioy to knovv that he shall be their iudge and that in his humaine nature vvherin in all things hee vvas made like vnto them sinne only excepted and vvherein he vvrought their redemption by his ovvn death vvhen they shall vnderstand that the dispensation of all things is put in his hands and that he hath povver to giue eternall life yea he himselfe to giue his ovvne flesh and blood vnto vs vnto eternall life certainly if this vvere not the greatest comfort of Gods elect vvere taken avvaie no consideration of the Sonne of God as God simplie could possibly refresh our soules if vvee did not consider him in his flesh being man for he is no lesse terrible in his Dyetie to a sinner then the Father but our interest in him ariseth vpon this that hee is be come our brother in our nature that being man hee might bring vs that are men to God Therefore first of all he did a base himselfe and tooke vpon him the shape of a seruant and in that nature
hath vvrought our eternall redemption and did glorifie himselfe in that same flesh vvith that glorie that he had vvith the Father before the vvorld vvas all to this end that he might aduance vs to the same dignitie vvith himselfe for though as God he had povver sufficientlie to saue vs yet vve had neuer bene pertakers of it if he had not prepared the vvay by his flesh to communicate it vvith man and if Christ himselfe in our nature had not taken possessiō of the glorie and kingdome of God it had bene impossible for any other man euer to haue come to the participation of that glorie or kingdome and thus much for the first point that is of him from vvhom we must haue this bread Novv let vs come to the manner hovv vve shall get it and that is set dovvne in the svvords he shall giue it vnto you A man might thinke by the former vvords of Christ vvhen he vvills vs to labour for it that a man himselfe by labour vvere the purchaser of it but it is not so let a man doe vvhat he can he is still vnvvorthie of it yet not vvithstanding Christ vvill haue vs to knovv that the man that seeks for it shall get it though neither hee nor his labour be vvorthie of it Christ requires no more of thee but to seeke for it and he vvill freely giue it thou canst haue nothing vvherevvith to buy it and therefore the Lord calls vpon euery one that thirsts to come and drinke freely they may haue it vvithout siluer or vvithout any price seeing they can haue it for the seeking only O hovv iustly shall these vvretches be damned that vvill take no paines to beg or seeke for it of all things in the vvorld this shall be one of the chiefest that shal gnaw the hearts of men most miserablie vvhen they shall see themselues eternallie damned because they neuer sought after life in Christ but vvhen they should haue sought for it they gaue themselues to seeke their pleasures did loue rather to hunt after a vvhore and their beastly lusts then after Christ the Son of God Sauiour of the world mark Christs speech Iohn 5. You vvill not come vnto me saith Christ that I might giue you eternall life he desires no more of them but that they vvill come to him and he vvill giue them life Alas hovv many is there vvho vvhen Christ doth call vpon them and couer his table vnto them and offer his flesh that vvas broken for them and his blood that vvas shed for the remission of their sinnes vvho not vvithstanding vvill not come at all vnto the blessed Table of the Lord shall euer Christ thinke these men vvorthie of eternall life that vvhen they may haue the food of it for comming vnto it doe not vvithstanding neglect it If vve did but see our miserie and our vvretched estate in sinne vnder Gods vvrath then vve vvould make great account of that vvee dispise and our hearts vvould smite vs for our contempt of that vvithout vvhich their is no life to our soules that is the only bread vvhich brings eternall life to our soules O vvhat vertue vvhat comfort vvhat life and efficacie vnto life shall vvee find in that flesh and in that blood if vve did truly embrace it receiue it from Christ certainly many thousands depriue themselues of all ioy and true consolation in Christ only because they vvill not paine themselues to seeke it Iames vpbraids men in his time not only because they asked amisse but he tells them they got nothing because they asked not and the same Iames shevves vs that if a man doe aske he shall receaue when he saith If any man lack wisdom let him aske of God that giues liberally to all and Christ confirmes the same in the Gospel vvhen he bids vs aske vve shall haue seeke vve shall find their damnatiō then must needs be iust that neuer sought after Christ Novv the last point vvhich vve are to knovve is concerning the ground of all our assurance that vvee shall get this bread vvhich endures vnto eternall life from Christ that is set dovvne in these vvords For him hath God the Father sealed These vvords comprehend a matter of chlefe moment for our consideration for if this vvere not all the knovvledge of Christ vvere but small comforte to a poore sinfull soule but this it is that giues vs ioy in the contemplation of Christ crucified that vve knovv that God the Father hath sealed him To consider this place therefore a right vvee are to knovv that it is taken from the custome of men vvho vvhen they vvill haue any thing to be made sure and sted-fast and vvhen they vvill make it to haue authoritie and strength they are accustomed to adde their seale to it to confirme it by vvhich vvhatsoeuer is promised is made more stronge so God by this sorte of speech doth shevv vs that not only he hath giuen Christ to be our Sauiour according as hee declares in his VVord and that hee is that Lambe of God that takes avvay the sinnes of the vvorld and that hee hath not only reconciled al things by the blood of his crosse but also to make all things sure and firme that vvee might neuer call this into question hee hath ratified all this by adding his seale vnto it Out of this vve are first to learne That the naked knovvledge and consideration of Christ and vvhat God hath made him vnto vs is not sufficient to saluation except vvee know that God the Father hath sealed Christ to be all in all vnto vs that hee hath promised and vvhich he hath made him to be vvhereby I may be confirmed that vvhatsoeuer God saith Christ is or vvhatsoeuer God is said to haue made him for mee is vndoubtedly so here vve may se that in our minds vve must ascend higher then Christ himselfe or the promise of God in him to seeke the chiefest ground or stay of our faith vvhich allthough it can haue no ground vvithout Christ and vvithout the promise yet neither the promise nor Christ in vvhom the promise is yea and amen could be any sure ground of life saluation to me vnlesse both came from this and vvere stamped vvith this seale of the Father in Christ for all though that Christs flesh be said to giue life to those that are pertakers of it yet the ground and reason of this stands in this that the Father hath sealed him in his flesh to be the life of the vvorld so that vvithout knovvledge of this our hope and faith vvere vaine Let vs therefore come to consider this seale of God First in generall vve knovv that a seale vvhen it is applied doth leaue the impression of it selfe most liuely in the vvax vvhere into it is set so that all the forme the shape and marks that are in the seale are liuely imprinted in the vvax thus hath God the Father dealt vvith his Sonne
for there is no promise of mercy of grace of holines of life or glorie vvhich God hath made in Christ to sinners but he hath stamped the same in Christ the man so that euerie man that sees the flesh of Christ vvith true spirituall eies may se that his flesh is stampt vvith righteousnes vvith the life of God and vvith immortall peace euerlasting glory But to come nearer to the consideration of this seale it is true that many men run to his Diety to find this seale and that because it is said in the first of the Hebrewes concerning Christ that hee is the brightnes of the glorie and the expresse or in grauen image of the Fathers person for vvhich cause it is said that he that sees the Sonne sees also the Father but not vvithstanding all this if the Sonne of God had bene sealed by the Father only in his diuine nature as he is the second person of the trinitie that this seale of God had neuer reached from his God head to his humanity his flesh could neuer haue bene the bread of life therfore we must labour to see this seale of God ingrauen in Christ the man else hovv can vvee knovv that by eating his flesh and drinking his blood vve haue eternall life since vvith out this seale his flesh and blood could haue no more force to giue life then any other flesh or blood of any other man therfore let vs consider vvherin this sealing of the Son as he is man cōsists This seale hath fiue speciall things in it to be considered The first is Gods eternall ordinatiō appointmēt wherby he did ordaine Christ the man and none but Christ the man to be the food of our soules to be the mediator betvveene God vs so to be the only King Priest Prophet of Gods house for euer by vertue of this appointment of God Christ comes to bee that to vs that hee is and this eternall decree of God concerning Christ in his flesh to bee our redeemer is made manifest in the Scripture vvhen it is told vs that God ordained him before the vvorld vvas in the 1. of Peter the 1. chap. and againe vvhere it is said that there is not a name giuen vnder heauen by vvhich a man can be saued but the name of Iesus only and this is ratified in the Scripture by the testimonie both of God himselfe and Iohn Baptist and of the Apostle The Father from heauen did vvitnes so much vvhen as he said this is my vvell beloued Sonne in vvhom I am vvell pleased there by declaring that in Iesus Christ the Sonne novv made man his vvrath tovvards vs vvas taken avvay and he vvell pleased vvith vs not vvithstanding our manifold sinnes committed against him and all those speeches of God vvhereby God ratifies that Christ the man is his Sonne saying thou art my Sonne this day haue I be gotten thee vvhere by he confirmes him to be our euerlasting Priest for euer after the order of Melchisedeke and vvhereby hee vvitnesses him to be made Lord of his church saying the Lord said to my Lord sit at my right hand till I make thine ennemies thy footstoole all these do make manifest the truth of this point that it is Christ the man vvhom God hath decreed to be both the Author and matter of our saluation And this is the first part of this seale of God this knovvledge that God hath ordained him only and none but him to be the bread of life The second part of Gods seale vvhere by he hath sealed Christ the man appeares in the vvorks of Gods ovvne power which the Father gaue him to doe as in raising the dead commanding of the seas and tempests the restoring sight to the blind curing of all diseases yea and commanding the very diuels c. therefore it is that Christ saith in the 5. of Iohn vers 6. after this manner The vvorkes vvhich the Father hath giuen me to finish the same vvorkes that I doe beare vvitnes that the Father sent me the Father himselfe vvhich hath sent mee beares vvitnes of mee and againe in the 10. of Iohn vers 25 If I doe not the workes of my Father beleeue me not But if I doe them though you beleeue not me yet beleeue the vvorkes that you may knovv that the Father is in me and I in him vers 37.38 These vvorkes vvhich none could doe but God him selfe being done by Christ the man are the second part of Gods seale vvhereby God the Father doth let vs see that this man Iesus is hee alone of vvhom vvee all must looke for life The third parte of this seale consists in this that God the Father hath laid vpon Christ the man the chastisments of our peace that by his stripes vvee might be healed for by inflicting vpon him in his flesh all the punishments and vvrath of God vvhich vvee by our iniquities haue deserued hee thereby sealed his manhood to be the food of life making him as a Lambe roasted vvith fire for our food And for this cause it is said of Christ Hebr. the 5. and the 9 That he being consecrated vvas made the Author of eternall saluation vnto all them that obay him for vvhen God did take vengeance vpon Christ his Sonne for our iniquities he made him sinne for vs that vvee might be made the righteousnes of God in him and by his crosse killed hatred and brought in euerlasting peace therefore in as much as it is hee alone that hath vndergone the curse of the lavve and the vvrath of God for vs that are sinners it is manifest that God giues none to be the bread of life to our soules but him alone and this is the reason vvhy the Apostle to correct that great schisme in the church of Corinth vvhen one said he vvas Pauls another Apollos c. and to force them all to acknovvledge none but Christ for their Sauiour he vses this forme of argument vvas Paul crucified for you c. as if he vvould say none but he vvho is crucified for you are you to depend vpon for life and saluation and the same is the reason vvhy the same Apostle vvritting to the Corinth the first Epist chapt 2. saith that he did determinate to know nothing among them but Iesus Christ and him crucified and againe he saith in the 6. of Gal vers 14. God for bid that I should reioyce but in the crosse of our Lord Iesus Christ. The fourth part of this seale standeth in this that God the Father hath raised Christ Iesus his sonne from the dead and hath taken him out of the povver of the graue and hath set him at his right hand in heauen and crovvned him vvith glorie and honour making him the head of men and Angels giuing him all povver in heauen and in earth and aboue all giuing him to be the head of his church thus setting him in that flesh vvherein he vvrought our redemption and