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B36556	The spouse raised from under the apple-tree, or, The way by which children of wrath come to be made the children of grace opening the doctrine of our redemption by the Lord Jesus Christ, both in respect to the purchase and application / by John Collings ...	Collinges, John, 1623-1690.	1650 (1650)		31,472	83

and this should quicken us and strength derived from Christs Resurrection by faith doth quicken the Saints of God to live to God as becomes the redeemed ones of the Lord. 3. It hath an influence upon our raising by being a pledge to us of our owne rising unto everlasting glorie to live with that Christ who was dead and is alive againe This the Apostle fully proves in that fifteenth Chapter of the first Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians from the thirteenth Verse to the five and twentieth Now I take by raising I raised thee not onely to be understoed of the work of Redemption but also all the privileges that from that worke of Redemption flow out of course to the servants of God being but as severall steps from one of which to another the Saint is raised till hee bee got to the toppe staire of glory Christ hath raised us by his owne rising from the pit of the grave 5. He hath raised us by his Ascension and sitting at the right hand of his Father Now Christs Ascension and sitting at the right hand of the Father hath an influence upon our raising these wayes 1. In going before hee provides a place for us Take this out of his owne mouth John 14.2 I goe to prepare a place for you And if I goe and prepare a place for you I will come againe and receive you unto my selfe that where I am there you may be also Christ is now preparing Mansions for his redeemed ones for in his Fathers house are many Mansions never a Saint of his shall want a seat or a roome in glory 2. In going he hath raised us in being our Way He being ascended and with the Father wee have through him a way unto the Father John 14. verse 6. I am the way hee was the way by which the Father came to us he communicated himselfe unto us in and by and through the Lord Jesus Christ and hee is our way by which wee goe to God whatsoever we aske in his Name if we believe we shall receive it we shall receive it The Saint could not pray with comfort if he did not remember that Rev. 13.8 There is an Angell that stands before the Throne to whom much Incense is given to offer up the prayers of his people unto God But knowing we have a friend in the Court we offer up our prayers with boldnes and a great confidence in his goodnesse 3. His Ascension hath an influence upon our raising in that wee know now we have an Advocate with the Father even Christ Alas with what comfort can the child of God whose conscience the Lord hath awakened to consider his daily sinnes and corruptions thinke upon God or look up unto God if he did not know Christ were with him But now that Christ is with his Father wee know 1 Joh. 2.1 That if any man sinne wee have an Advocate with the Father even Christ the righteous Hebr. 7.25 He is therefore able to save them to the utmost that come unto God through him because he ever liveth to make Intercession for them Rom. 8 27. yea and verse 34. Now Who is he that condemneth It is Christ that dyed yea rather that is risen againe who is even at the right hand who also maketh Intercession for us Observe there how the Apostle gives Christ ascension and sittting at the hand of God as the proximate cause of our Intercessor his Death and Resurrection made him not our Intercessor his Death made him our Saviour his Resurrection our Conqueror but his Ascension and sitting at the right hand of God hath ultimately made him in a capacity to bee our Advocate and Intercessor Thus he hath raised us by Ascension Yea 4. His Ascension and sitting at the right hand of the Father hath an influence upon our raising in that now from thence he giveth gifts unto men Ephes 4.8 When hee ascended up on high he led Captivity Captive and gave gifts unto men The Psalmist Psalme 68.18 from whence that passage is taken saith he received gifts for men he received them from his Father Now saith the Apostle when hee led Captivity Captive he distributed these to men As Conquerors use when they have taken the spoile to deale it out in gifts What gifts The Apostle expounds it in part ver 11. He gave some to be Apostles and some Prophets and some Evangelists In short I take to be meant by it all the gifts of Gods Spirit whether of common or speciall grace whether externall or internall gifts for the benefit of the Church and gifts for the benefit of our soules Nay the descending of the Spirit was a fruit of Christs Ascension See it Joh. 14.16 John 16.7 I tell you the truth it is expedient for you that I goe away for if I goe not away the comforter will not come unto you but if I depart I will send him unto you Now it is plaine that the internall gifts of the Spirit and workes of it are fruits of Christs Ascension as well as the more common and externall gifts given in the dayes of Pentecost from the 14. of Joh. ver 16. where Christ promiseth them that the comforter which upon his departure he would send to them should abide with them for ever And thus I have shewed you now what course the Lord Jesus Christ hath taken to raise his redeemed ones that had lost all their life and strength and comfort in Adam out of this their lost condition thus he did it meritoriously These were his acts for us But now to what purpose is all this for any soules wounds that there is Balme in Gilead that there is a Phisitian there without the Balme bee applyed to its soul 6. Lastly therefore as Christ hath meritoriously thus raised the whole number of the Elect ones so he Particularly and Actually raiseth each one of those whom hee hath purchased by his bloud by applying himselfe unto each of their soules Now for the manner of this Application the blessed Apostle describes it Rom. 8.30 Moreover whom hee did predestinate them he also called and whom hee called them he also justified and whom he justified them he also glorified under Predestination is included Redemption and Sanctification under Justification Now therfore a little to open this mysterie of our Redemption in the Application of it to the soules of them that shall be saved You have seen how there came to be Balme in Gilead and that there is a fulnesse and sufficiency in Christ Now what doth the poore Electone want that it hath lost in Adam I conceive three things 1. Life 2. Strength 3. Light 1. Life It is a damned Creature in Adam it wants a way of salvation a pardon for its sinnes a righteousnesse to appeare in the sight of God 2. Adam hath left it a weak creature not able to do any thing that is good no not so much as to think a good thought it wants a strength to Act in

brought them out of their misery who were his elected and redeemed ones He hath pardoned their sinnes acquitted them of their guilt paid their debts set them cleare againe in Gods books and this he hath done for all those that are his Spouses for to them only he speaks saying I raised thee meritoriously when he dyed upon the Crosse for them he did it intentionally from all Eternity he gave his word to his Father for the debt that it should be paid upon demand but when he dyed he made paiment and discharged his word yet he doth not come and proclame the soule discharged till justification when the Lord actually and formally acquits the soule from all and accepts it as perfectly cleare of all accounts due upon any score whatsoever to God and therefore I say in the second place That some he hath raised Actually that is Actually and formally justified them pardoning all their sins and imputing his owne righteousnesse to them and accepting of them as Righteous for his owne sake even for his owne Names sake He hath done it meritoriously he said upon the Crosse All is finished he bore our griefes the chastisement of our peace was upon him and by his stripes we were healed saith the Apostle Isa 53. And he hath done it for some Actually having justified them Rom. 5.1 Being justified by faith we have peace with God where the Apostle speaks of justification as of a past act of grace concerning the beleeving Romanes and so 1 Cor. 6 1. concerning the beleeving Coriathians And Christ is stil justifying every day all his time is spent either in reading pardons for his redeemed Saints or in presenting Petitions from them and pleading for them I raised thee I have done it and I will doe it That is my last Proposition Fifthly He will doe it I meane actually and formally he hath done it already 1. By the engaging of his word to his Father nay more than so by paying downe the price his father abated him not an ace he paid every groat yea and left a surplusage too only he hath not taken out their pardon yet the Actuall and formall discharging of some is behind but they need not feare it is to come out of course without a farthing more paid 1 John 1.9 If we confesse our sinnes he is faithfull and just to forgive us our sinnes There is not a farthing more due and it were in justice with God to deny justification to those that sue it out by confession of their sinnes and seeking of his face God speaks of it here therefore as done I raised thee I take the words to imply the whole reparation of mankind I meane that part of mankinde whom the Lord had from Eternity chosen to everlasting life and for whom Jesus Christ had paid the Ransome of his precious bloud Christ I say speakes of it here as done because of the certainty of it Take onely one place for this John 10.27 28 29. My sheep he are my voice and I know them and they follow me And I give unto them eternall life and they shall never perish neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand My Father which gave mee them is greater than all and no man is able to plucke them out of my Fathers hand I and my Father are one Observe the thing proposed to be confirmed that is that those that are Christs should never perish Now to root this in their mindes he tells them 1 That they were his sheep and hee knew them they could not bee lost then at unawares and he not misse them 2. They were his Fathers gifts to him therefore they should not be lost hee would have a care of his Fathers love-tokens 3 But may they not be taken away No for 1. He is resolved to give them eternall life 2. He hath given his sure word for it Neither shall any man plucke them out of my hand They cannot doe it whether hee will or no for saith hee my Father which gave them me is greater than all Yea and further I and my Father are one My owne power and my fathers power united are ingaged for their preservation Those therefore that are elected though for the present they may be out of Christ yet they shall be raised But what I have already said may be enough to prove the in of the Doctrine that it is Jesus Christ that raiseth his elected ones out of their naturall undone condition It is hee that was designed by the Father to doe it that can and that alone could doe it he therefore must or none else can that hee hath done it meritoriously for all his Elect and actually for some of them and that in his due time he will do it actually and formally for all Now for a little further explication and clearing of this truth let us examine how hee hath done or will doe it To that question I shall answer in these particulars and indeed the answer may be drawne out of what I have already said First he did it stipulatione by entring into a Covenant and engaging his word for us The Covenant of Grace from which flowes all salvation to poore Creatures was originally made with the Lord Jesus Christ as I before prooved from Gal. 3.15 16. Christ engaged himselfe to his Father for the fulfilling of the Law and satisfying his Fathers wrath for us and hence it is that the Prophet sayes speaking Prophetically concerning the Lord Jesus Christ He shall bear their iniquities Isaiah 53. verse 11. Isa 53.6 He hath laid upon him the iniquity of us all verse 5. Hee was bruised for our iniquities With what Justice could God our Father lay our iniquities upon the Lord Jesus Christ Christ was a guiltlesse person nor could wee engage him in our cause but it was a voluntary engagement that himselfe entred to his Father As it is with us A poore Debtor is ready to be arrested for a debt that he is not able to pay there is no way but one either pay or to prison Let him have never so rich and great friends the Creditor cannot charge a farthing of the Debt upon them it is no Justice But if this poore Debtor hath some rich friend that will step in and say Sir this is my friend I pray bee patient with him I will undertake for the debt I will engage my word and bond that the debt shall bee paid at such a time or when you will please to call for it c. The Creditor it may be will be so favourable as to say Sir I know you are able to do it if you will engage your word I shall spare your friend pay it at such a time or when you will set the time and I will acquit your friend The engagement is entred in the Creditors Book and from that day forward the Creditor looks upon this his Debtors friend as now by his own voluntary engagement become his Debtor and never