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who is the resurrection and the life And therefore as by the will of the Father Rom. 4.25 He was delivered to death for our sinnes so he was also raised againe for our justification Here you see that our most gracious and mightie Redeemer was as Gorran saith Pugil in morte victor in resurrectione Gorran in Ro. cap. 1. a Champion in his death a conquerour in his resurrection For now He triumphed over the graue and death declaring to the world to men and Angells that he was perfectly just otherwise he could never haue risen unto Glory had he beene uncleane had he beene any way polluted and defiled with sinne for into the heavenly Ierusfalem such shall in no wise enter Yea He rose againe for our justification to shew himselfe a justifier of all that beleeue in him to shew that he had taken away their sinnes the wages wherof is death that so they might at the last day rise againe unto eternall life The resurrection and glorification of our Lord Iesus Christ August desurrect dom Cant. Allelujah according to St. Austine doe shew what life we are to receiue when he shall come to render digna dignis evill to the evill and good to the good then all the members of his mysticall body shall rise up in Him their head and so liue ever with him Fulgent serm de dupl nativ Christi for as Fulgentius saith Resurgens è sepulcro fecit nos participes vitae suae by rising out of the sepulchre He made us partakers of his life And we know as the Scripture teacheth us 2 Cor. 4.14 that He who raised the Lord Iesus shall raise up us also by Iesus And when Christ Coloss 3.4 who is our life shall appeare then shall we appeare also with Him in glorie CHAP. XIII Christs Intercession WHen the sonne of God had suffered his most dolorous and bitter agony on the Altar of the Crosse when he had victoriously triumphed over the graue in his most glorious resurrection He ascended upon high and led captivity captiue and is set on the right hand of God continually making intercession for us there he ever presents unto the Father his humane nature wherein He died and rose againe and performed so great things for us there we sinners haue an Advocate with the Father 1 Iohn 2.1 even Iesus Christ the righteous and he is the propitiation for our sinnes whereupon St. Augustine saith Aug. in Psal 94. Sacerdotem si requiras supra caelos est interpellat prote qui in terra mortuus est prote if thou require a Priest He is aboue the Heavens He maketh intercession for thee who on earth died for thee Who shall lay any thing to the charge of Gods Elect it is God that justifieth who is he that condemneth Rom. 8. v. 33.34 it is Christ that died yea that is risen agaìne who is even at the right hand of God who also maketh intercession for us What greater comfort and consolation haue we in our pilgrimage than to know and beleeue that the Lord Iesus is our most faithfull Advocate who intercedeth for us day and night who as St. Ambrose speakes Amh. in ca. 8. ad Rom. Semper causas agit nostras apud patrem perpetnally pleades our causes before the Father Who as the Apostle saith maketh intercession for the Saints according to the will of God He onely intercedeth for all Saints and none of all the Saints intercede for him So he is our onely true perfect Mediatour He intercedes with the Father for us merito suo by vertue of his owne merit The Saints on earth intercede for others but merito Christi through Christs merit for all their holy requests for others all their pious intercessions are offered upon the Golden Altar and doe sweetly ascend up unto the throne of grace Apoc. 8.3 per Iesum Christum Dominum nostrum through Iesus Christ our Lord. CHAP. XIIII Our union with Christ WHat will it availe us to know the merit of Christs death the power of his resurrection the benefit of his intercession unlesse we participate of so great blessings But participate of them wee cannot unlesse we haue communion with Christ unlesse we be of him and in him as the branches are in the Vine unlesse we be members of his bodie flesh of his flesh and bone of his bones And this is a great mysterie concerning Christ and the Church Eph. 5.32 which to understand in some measure is most necessary but to haue a spirituall sense and feeling of it is even an unspeakeable fountaine of joy and consolation As we are of and in Adam by nature so are we of and in Christ by grace And Christ who cannot be had by portions is whole in the whole Church and whole in every faithfull member of the Church And thus he communicates himselfe unto us by his Spirit for the same Spirit which giveth life unto the Head quickeneth and enliveneth the members also for if any haue not the Spirit of Christ Rom. 8.9 he is none of his and therefore in Iohn 14.19 he saith to his Apostle Because I liue yee shall line also And all this proceeds from our union with him which he insinuateth in the twentieth verse following At that day shall yee know that I am in my Father and you in me and I in you This holy Spirit whereby wee are united to Christ is the seede whereby we are borne of God and the sonnes of God Because yee are sonnes saith the Apostle God hath sent the Spirit of his Sonne into your hearts crying Abba Father Obscuro For our spirituall subsisting in Christ is correspondent to his personalitie and subsistence whereby he is the Sonne of God So in him we also are the sonnes of God He is such by nature we onely through him by adoption and grace Hence is it that St. Peter saith We are partakers of the divine nature 2 Pet. 1.4 which is communicated to all the three subsistences in the blessed Trinitie and consequently to the Sonne and in him to us This Christ prayed for and was heard in that he requested and desired for the faithfull in those words That they all may be one as thou Father art in me and I in thee that they also may be one in us Iohn 17.21 And St. Iohn intimateth as much saying Truely our fellowship is with the Father and with his Sonne Iesus Christ 1 Iohn 2.3 Entreating here of the union of the Church with Christ I was drawne to speake of our adoption through Christ For by one and the same Spirit we are adopted in Christ and united unto him He unites himselfe to us by grace we are united to him by faith And so the whole person of the faithfull is united to the whole person of Christ first to his flesh then through his flesh to the Word which was made flesh And this union is wrought after

thousand times Luther in Gal. cap. 5. that he would become a better man yet after all his vowes he perceived no impreouement or bettering of himselfe Now in that he was not better he was imperfect but in as much as be desired carnestly and endeavoured to be a better man he was perfect Bern. uhi supro For as Saint Bernard saith Indefessum proficiendi studium jugis conatus ad perfectionens perfectio reputatur An indefatigable desire of profiting and continwall endeavouring to be perfect is perfection Wee desire to be vertuous holy and good but are not such as we desire to be and therefore St. Augustine saith Aug. 1. cp Ioan. ca. 3. Tota vita boni Christiani sanctum desiderium est the whole life of a Christian is an holy desire but if there be in us a desire a readie and willing mind God will accept of that from us which he himselfe hath wrought in us If through 〈…〉 of Christ sanctifying of us and renew●●● 〈…〉 God 's image we bring forth the fruits of the Spirit Rom. 7.6 walking in newnesse of Spirit and not in the oldnesse of the Letter then are we perfect according to the state of this life If we walke in the Spirit Gal. 5.16 striving against sinne and the flesh wrastling with Satan and the world obeying the secret motions and sweet invitations of grace then are wee perfect Aug. de doct Christ 3.39 quanturn in hac vita as St. Augustine speakes with such a measure of perfection as is attaineable in this life If so be then we referre our whole life to God and his glorie if wee endeavour and studie to walke in the Spirit and to bring forth abundantly the fruits of the Spirit then are wee perfect for wee keepe the Law seeing the righteousnesse of the Law is fulfilled in them Rom. 8.3 who walke not after the flesh but after the Spirit And if wee doe this what is it but to doe the will of God but to please God but to hearken unto the voice of God speaking to Abraham the. Father of the faithfull and in him to all that be of the faith of Abraham Ger. 17.1 saying I am the almightie God walke thou before me and be thou prefect CHAP. XXXII Of Perseverance PErseverance is a stable and firme continuance in grace and righteousnesse And it is a singular gift of God not to be acquired by humane meanes or merits It is a rare and admirable vertue which the old Philosophers and Sages of the world could not well understand and no marvaile seeing Adam adorned with such ornaments of grace did not learne it in Paradise Now this singular gift and rare endowment is necessarily required to the consummating of our perfection by inherent righteousnesse This the first Adam wanted this the second Adam in whom is the fulnesse of all grace freely conferreth and bestoweth on us and therefore Fulgentius saith well Per illum amisimus priorem gratiam peristum recepimus ampliorem Fulg. ferm de dup nat By him the first Adam wee lost the former grace by this the second Adam we haue received more ample grace Although Adam was perfect and righteous in the day he was created yet for want of perseverance hee became imperfect and unrighteous whereupon St. Augustine noteth thus much Etsi peceatum in solo libero arbitrio erat constitutum Aug. Ench. ad Laur. cap. 106. 〈◊〉 temen retinen dae justitiaesufficie●at solum liberu●● arbitrium nisi participatione immu●abilis boni divinam adintorium praberetur Although sinne stood in the free will alone yet the free will alone was not sufficient to retaine righteousnesse unlesse divine ayde was aff●●●ded by partaking of the unchangeable good So that as without perseverance we cannot hold on our way and retaine righteousnesse so neither without it can wee be perfected and consummate in righteousnesse Hell is full of good purposes but no performances of good be there therefore now let us not be wearie of well-doing for in due season we shall reape an eternall reward Let us not be like to pope Eugenius to whom St. Bernard saith Bern. de consid ad Eug. li. cap. 1. Vbi incipis ibi desicis where thou beginnest there thou endest When we purpose to ascend up into the tabernacle of the Lord and climbe up the craggie rocke of vertue wee must not delay and conferre with flesh and bloud or stand to parley with the world 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 it is no fit time to sit downe and demurre for as St. Ambrose saith Dum cunctaris dubitas iter quod ingressus es perdidisti whilst thou delayest and doubtest Ambr. in sest Cathedrae S d Petri. thou hast lost thy journey which thou didst begin The traveller by holding on his way with patience at length commeth to his inne the little bird carrying at hee bill a little clay or straw and such like matter by little and little at length sinisheth her nest the Merchant patiently holding on his course amids many stornes and tempests and other dangers at Sea at length commeth to the Haven where he would be the painefull Mason by laying stone upon stone in continding his labour at length erects a stately and goodly building Now if diligent perseverance be able to doe these things being assisted by nature how much more powerfull shall he be in spirituall affaires being assisted by grace Oh let us be constant immoveable alwayes abounding in the workes of righteousnesse let us not faint nor fayle in doing well that we may obtaine an inheritance which faileth not let us by patient continuance in well doing seeke for honour and glorie and immortalitie Rom. 2.7 then shall God render unto us eternall life Christ is the forerunner Heb. 6.20 we must with the Apostle Philip. 3. ver 12. follow after and that with all diligence and constant perseverance Bern. ep 254. for as St. Bernard saith Quid prodest Christum sequi si non contingat rensequi What will it avaite us to follow after Christ if happily we overtake him not Though thou run never so if thou continuest not unto death saith he Bravium non apprehendis Bravium Christus est thou layest not hold on the prize the prize is Christ Wherefore if hee running on thou makest a stand thou commest not nearer unto him but setrest thy selfe further off from him Surely the faithfull and zealous follower will runne and not be wearie the righteous will hold on his way saith Iob Iob 17.9 and he that hath cleane hands shall be stronger and stronger But you haue neede of patience saith the Apostle that after you haue done the will of God you might receiue the promise Vt perseveret is in agonè Amb. in Heb. cap. 10. v. 36. do nec recipiatis coronam condignam labori vestro saith S. Ambrose you haue neede of patience that yee may persevere in the combat untill yee receine a