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Two sermons preached before Her Majesty the Queen-Dowager in Her Majesty's chapel at Somerset-House / by Phil. Ellis.
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Ellis, Philip, 1652-1726.
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Wing E604
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upon the Principal Mysteries of our Redemption and shews how they are apply'd to us and express'd in us as a spiritual Circumcision Col. 2.10.11.12 by putting off the Body of Sin signified by the Circumcision of Christ a dying and being buried with him in the Waters of Baptism imported by the shedding his precious Blood and laying his dead Body in the Monument that we are quickned and revived together with him and continues Let no man judge you in part of the Holy Day In parte diei festi 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for so the vulgar Latin and the Greek have it where the common Translation reads in respect of the Holy Day I know the sense of the Letter according to the general Interpretation is Let no one condemn you for neglecting to observe the Jewish Festivals or Ceremonies But some Expositors understand it to be spoken in a larger and more spiritual sense and by way of Caveat that we should not flatter our selves as if we had perform'd the Obligations of this Day for the purpose by devoutly meditating upon the Resurrection of Christ which is only one Part of the present Solemnity without proceeding to the other to solemnize our own Rising again from the Death of Sin which is the Second Part the Fruit and End of the other But whether you allow of this Interpretation or no at least this is fidelis sermo a faithful Saying an unquestionable Truth If we be dead with him 2 Tim. 2.11 we shall also live with him Die therefore we must not only a natural Death which is the Punishment of Sin but also a spiritual one which is the Death of Sin We incurr'd the fatal Sentence of returning into Earth by seeking those things which are upon Earth we revive into a Spiritual Life by seeking those things which are in Heaven The one consists in the Separation of the Soul from the Body the other in the Union of the Soul with Christ 2 Cor. 4.11 that the Life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our mortal Flesh as the Apostle speaks that our Conversation even in this World may be so pure our Actions so spiritual and our Affections so fix'd upon things above as to express a lively Similitude of our Lord's Resurrection Wherefore the Holy Fathers observe a threefold Analogy or Resemblance between the Resurrection of Châ—â—st and that of a Christian The first arises from the Cause of his Resurrection which the Apostle tells us was the Operation of God or the Omnipotent Hand of the Divinity reuniting the Blessed Soul of Jesus to his dead Body and not permitting his Holy One to see Corruption Thus a Soul once dead to God can never by its own Strength for it has none by its own Endeavors or Performances which are inanimate or by the practice of Moral Vertues which are dead in themselves re-enter into the Life of Grace without the merciful Assistance miraculous Operation and the Change of the Hand of the most High whose sole Prerogative it is to command Light to shine out of Darkness 2 Cor. 4.6 as well to repair what has once ceas'd to be as to make what never was before This is a Fundamental Truth and as it were a First Principle of Christian Religion deliver'd by Jesus Christ declar'd and frequently urg'd by the Doctor of the Gentiles and repeated by the Holy Ghost in many Councils and at last in that of Trent where it is decreed Conc. Trid. Sess 6. Can. 1. de Justificat to the condemnation of Modern Pelagianism and to vindicate the Churches Doctrin from the Calumnies or Mistakes of those who still misrepresent it That whosoever asserts Man by his own Works perpetrated either by the Strength of Nature or by the Assistance of the Law may be justified without the Grace of God thro' Jesus Christ Anathema Let him be accursed By declaring the Insufficiency of Nature to a Good and Justifying Life she condemns those Men who think they may be sav'd by leading only a Moral Life according to the Dictamen of Reason without the Practice of Religion By excluding the Old Law she censures the Judaizing Christian wâ—â— places it in equal Ballance with the New or at least thinks this not sufficient without the Observance of the other And lastly By establishing the Necessity of Grace to perform every Good and Vertuous Action she warns us not to presume or relie upon our own Merits she directs us whither we are to lift up our Eyes whence we are to expect our Salvation and points him out who gives Birth to our good Desires Warmth to our Affections and Life to our Actions both the Velle Perficere Philip. 2.13 the Will to rise again and the Execution of it by seeking those things which are above This is the Second Analogy of our Resurrection with that of Christ the Proof and Experiment that we are risen from Death to Life For as we cannot distinguish an Animate from an Inanimate Body but by the Palpitation of the Heart Pulse of the Artery Heaving of the Lungs or the Exercise of some sensible Faculty so cannot we discern a Soul inform'd with the Life of Grace from another which is depriv'd of it but by such Operations as are proper to that Life as the Restraint of our Appetites a Command of our Passions a Modesty in our Behavior a Veracity in our Words a Sincerity in our Dealings a Relieving the Poor assisting the Distressed embracing and doing good to our Enemies These are the Authentick Proofs of a Real Resurrection and a lively Resemblance of Jesus Christ's Surrexit Dominus vere Our Lord is truly risen And how did he make it out he was truly risen Multis Argumentis says St. Luke By many Arguments many infallible Proofs And wherein did these consist but in appearing often to his Disciples shewing the Marks of his Death eating and drinking in their Presence Acts 1.3 and speaking of the things pertaining to the Kingdom of God In like manner Matth. 5.16 if our light so shine before men that they see our good works we express the Resemblance of a Glorified Body Donum Claritatis 2 Cor. 4.10 If we carry about the Mortification of Jesus in our Bodies we copy out the Marks and Stigmata of his Passion If we stand firm and unshaken in the midst of Persecution we become a lively Representation of his Impassibility Donum Impassibilitatis Psal 118.32 If we run with delight the way of his Commandments when Charity has enlarged our Hearts and even the Lets and Impediments we meet with in the Service of God are so far from retarding the Course of our Vertue that on the contrary they inflame our Zeal and furnish new Matter to provoke and heighten our Courage we imitate the Third Quality of his Glorified Body Donum Agilitatis In fine If whether we eat or drink 1 Cor. 10.31 or whatsoever we do we do all to