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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70652	A sermon preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and aldermen of the city of London at Guild-Hall Chappel, on Easter-day, 1689 / by Tho. Mariott ...	Mariott, Thomas, d. 1708?	1689 (1689)	Wing M718; ESTC R8989	15,913	38

case if Christ had not risen The Gentiles Religion at that time was no better than Irreligion the Jewish Religion was now grown such a Yoke and Burden that the World grew weary of it and 't was thought by the wisest that it was high time there should be an end of that Yoke so that had not Christ risen the Christian Religion which was now to be the standing Religion had been but tottering and all the Professors of the same would have sneaked away when they saw the Founder of their Religion conquered by death and not able to rise again Had not Christ risen our Faith and Preaching had been in vain What profit had there been in his Blood if he had not risen Surely none but we had still been in our sins that therefore the cost of his Blood might not be in vain unto us necessary was it that he should rise again As also that we might have a testimony of the Father's satisfaction Christ undertook to be Man's Surety to discharge his Debts and thus made himself the Debtor as you heard very well explained last Friday so long as the Debtor is in Prison it is a sign the Debt is not satisfied therefore that we might be assured the Debt is fully satisfied the Prisoner must be let out Christ must rise the Surety being set at liberty now we are begotten unto a lively hope by the Resurrection of Christ from the dead And necessary it was Christ should rise as the first fruits of our Resurrection in which respect one of the Fathers well calls Christ Just Mart. Q. Resp ad Graec. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Lev. 23.10 c. The Captain of our Resurrection leading the way to us that are to follow The Law concerning the First-fruits is set down in Leviticus in which we may observe that the lifting up the Sheaf before the Lord did note Christ's rising out of the Grave and as those Fruits had the name of First-fruits because they were the first that were gathered so was Christ the first that rose from the dead the first that rose in Incorruption the first that rose unto present participation of Glory S. Cyp. lib. de resur Dom. Just Mart. Q. R. ad orthod q. 85. Bern. Ser. 1. de festo S. Pasch for all who we read were raised before him did die again to take a larger Draught of that Cup they had before but tasted of so that their Resurrection was imperfect and incompleat but Christ was the first that ever rose by a full compleat and perfect Resurrection unto the present participation of Glory But that is not all the First-fruits had a special reference unto all the rest so that all the Sheafs in the Field were holy by the acceptation of that and in that Christ is said to be the First-fruits of them that slept it shews that he rose for us that our dust might be sanctified our Mortality consecrated to Eternity Christ's Resurrection hath an influence upon us in order to a twofold Resurrection a Resurrection from the Grave of Sin unto the Life of Grace and to the Resurrection of our Bodies for besides that it is a strong argument for the possibility of our rising the same power that raised Christ being able to raise us it hath the influence of an efficient cause upon our Resurrection he rising not as a private Person but as a publick Principle if the Head be raised the Members shall also rise INFERENCES If Christ be risen according as the Scriptures declared there was a necessity he should then will he undoubtedly come to Judgment for why rose he but to receive all Power in Heaven and in Earth Know this Act. 17.31 That God hath appointed a day wherein he will judge the World by him whom he hath raised from the dead Than which nothing can be more terrible to such who are the Enemies of Christ and lead an ungodly Life he whom Death and Hell could not hold how shall any thing hold him from revenging himself to the full upon such who shall be found his Enemies If he were in the Grave then you might swear and curse and be intemperate and unclean and break all his Commands dreaming of Impunity but consider O Christians 't is not a dead but a living Christ you thus dishonour who will come to call you to an Account who as he will be a bountiful Rewarder of them that serve him so will he be a most powerful Revenger of the Injuries offered him We will not enlarge upon so sad a Meditation at this time 't is a day of Joy and much comfort is there in Christ's Resurrection especially to those who believe in his Name If on any day you lift up your selves with Joy then on this day when Christ did rise and lifted up his Head out of the Grave the Jubilees in old time were the Figures of the Joys in this acceptable time for by the Resurrection of Christ every true Believer is set free from the hands of his Enemies his Trespasses forgiven he is restored again to his interest in that Heavenly Possession which was lost in the transgression of Adam Here is comfort against the fear of Death how may you triumph over Death and the Grave O Death where is thy Sting O Grave where is thy Victory Assure your selves Death can have no Victory over you Tertull. lib. de Resur Caro salutis est cardo c. Tertullian doth excellently and comfortably treat upon this point The Body saith he is as it were the Hinge of Salvation as we see in Baptism the Flesh is washed and sprinkled with Water that the Soul may be cleansed And when the Holy Ghost was given by laying on of hands the Body was shadowed by laying on of hands that the Soul might be enlightened with the Holy Ghost Thus in the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper the Body eats and drinks the Bread and Wine Christ's Body and Blood Sacramentally that the Soul may feast upon Christ and be satisfied It cannot therefore be imagined as the same Father well argues that the Body and Soul being thus joined in the Acts of Religion should be separated in the Reward Nay we may further take notice that where the work of Grace is truly wrought the whole Man is renewed the Body as well as the Soul so then if the Body be not raised the new Man should be destroyed the Soul alone not making the new Man but in conjunction with the Body Suffer not therefore any to shake or unsettle you in this great Foundation-Doctrine of the Resurrection Though Heathens and Epicures may laugh at this as an old Wifes Fable Vid. Min. Fel. Oct. de id●l●rum ●vanit though Atheists and Hereticks may scoff at it as a Childish Vanity and Madness yet be not shaken though it be a Doctrine above reason it is not against reason The Apostle so argues before King Agrippa Why should it be thought a thing