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A97360	The works of the judicious and learned divine Dr. Thomas Taylor, part 1. sometimes preacher of Aldermanbury, London. Published by himself in his life time, in several smaller volumes, now collected together into three volumes in fol. two of which are here bound together. The first volume containing, I. An exposition on the 32. Psalm ... The second volume containing, I. An exposition of the parable of the sower and seed, on Luk. 8. ... The third volume is in the press, and will containe in it, I. The progress of sts, to full holinesse ...	Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632.	1659 (1659)	Wing T560A	683,147	498

death better than the day wherein they were born 2 As the Saints in Heaven being delivered out of the prison of the body have all the bolts and chains of their corruption struck off so the godly who have their parts in the first resurrection have after a sort changed their lives and put on a Divine nature 2 Pet. 1.4 they have bid farewell to the follies of their former times yea renounce and as farre as frailty will permit loathe their sins saying unto them as Ephraim to his rejected Idols get you hence what have I to doe with you they that were of the Synagogue of Satan are now in the Temple with true beleevers Thus is it said of the hundred forty four thousand that were bought from the earth that were not defiled with women but were virgins that is sanctified in part and washed from their filthiness and will have no more fellowship in the unfruitful works of darkness wherein sometimes they were chief actors 3 The Saints in heaven never joyn with the wicked of the world any more that being verified which Moses spake to the Israelites concerning the Egyptians The enemies whom your eyes have seen this day you shall never see more even to the faithful hate the company of the wicked with whom they can neither do good nor take any whereas before their calling they were mixt with them and ran with them to the same excess of riot Now their fellowship is dissolved they are no more Companions with them the light of the one admitteth no communion with the others darkness and that they are often forced to dwell in Mesech with them it is the woe and grief of their hearts Another part of this agreement What the Saints are called unto in five things standeth in the things to which the Saints are called which are sundry As 1 Look as their chief happiness standeth in the beholding of the face of God and seeing him as he is together with their rejoycing in his blessed communion and that most sweet fellowship they have one with another even so the chief blessednesse of the Saints in earth is their fellowship with God and Christ though it bee not so immediate as the former They see his back parts indeed rather than his face and rejoyce after a sort in his face but afar off and as in a glass of the Word and Sacraments not face to face nor in that brightness wherein they shall behold him when they are at home with him at his right hand but yet what they want in the thing they want not in desire to be where hee is that they may see his glory so as they may be satisfied with the fulnesse of it that they may so see him as they may bee like him that they may drink not of the streams but of the well of life and see light in his light And because loving him that begat they cannot but love him that is begotten the next happiness to the former do the godly justly esteem the communion of Saints placing under God their chief delight in such as excel in vertue Secondly as the heavenly life of the Saints is spent in the perfect praise of God wherein they imploy their eternity keeping in the presence of the Throne of God a perpetual Sabbath and serving him day and night Rev. 11.17 7.15 even so beleevers indeavour in their measure that the same mind bee in them which was in Jesus Christ who thought it as his meat and drink to do the will of his heavenly Father they bring free-will-offerings they esteem one day better in his Courts than a thousand besides and account these persons blessed that may dwell in his house because they ever praise him Not that much rebellion and corruption of nature doth not often dead and dul even the most sanctified but yet something they get forward and delight in the progress they make to the chearful praise and worship of God And this they do not by fits and starts but imitate that heavenly life in the continual indeavour to make the pleasing of God their principal delight and the chief thing that most soliciteth them Thirdly as the Saints in Heaven live according to the Law of perfect righteousness which is the Law and charter of Heaven and have obtained perfect sanctification so Beleevers on earth set the same Law before them to rule and direct every particular action by and begin the self same obedience they begin to weigh all they give out or take in by the weights of the sanctuary which God hath sealed as just they follow the Lamb whither-soever he goeth before them whether by voice or example Fourthly as the Saints in heaven enjoy God for the means of all their lives Rev. 22.3 5. for hee is their Temple their light their Tree of Life their Crystal river c. evenso the Saints in the World though they live by means and must not look to reap without sowing as once it was 2 Kin. 19.29 yet injoy they God above all means and acknowledge that hee is their life and the length of their daies that they live not by bread alone but by every word proceeding out of the mouth of God that it is hee that giveth them power to get substance and blesseth their children with increase that hee which cloatheth the Lillies and feedeth the Sparrows will cloathe and feed them yea and more that before they shall want that which is good for them it all means should fail hee would sustain them without means by Miracle that his Promise cannot fail them when the Indian Mines shall come to nought that his word is means enough which commandeth the Rock and it giveth water and the Winds and they blow Quails before his Host shall perish Fiftly as the Saints in Heaven would not for all the world forgo their Happiness for one day and yet are they not now so fully happy but that they still wait and long for further perfection of their glory saying Lord how long Holy and Just Rev. 6.10 so the godly would not for all the world be separated from their estate in Christ A cloud of Martyrs in all ages manifes●ed that all the World the sweet of it nor the sour the flattery of it nor the tyranny could draw the godly from the fruition of their priviledges in Christ And yet dwell they not in these first fruits but wait still for the perfecting of this their redemption Hence the Apostle describeth them by their inseparable property 2 Cor. 5.2 Rom. 8.23 which is to love the appearing of Jesus Christ 2 Tim. 4.8 These notes laid together Examination of a mans self by the former notes will give witness with or against a man whether his conversation bee heavenly and consequently whether hee partake of all the former benefits of Christs resurrection Examine thy self by them Whether art thou called out of the World in thy affection whether art thou actually separated from the corruptions

son honours his father Thus doe all they that are subtile to pervert the straight ways of God as Elymas therefore called by Paul the child of the Devil Acts 13.10 because he sought to hinder the word and work of God Thus doe all those tares the children of that wicked one Matth. 13.38 which grow up in Gods field to the molesting and anoyance of the Lords wheat Thus doe all they who when they should spend the Lords Sabbaths in his worship they worship and serve the world in buying and selling or the Devil in play and gaming in their own houses falling down to the worship of the Devil when true worshippers are in Gods house performing their homage and service to him Conclus 4. Satan prevails against numbers by drawing the affections of their hearts from the true God to something besides him to love trust and follow it more than God as the voluptuous person that makes his belly his god and so is a lover of pleasure more than of God and the covetous person making his wealth his god whom Paul therefore calls an Idolater All these and many more are worshippers of the Devil and fallen down to him and cannot possibly worship the true God II. How and by what means Satan doth thus prevail And the means are these 1 He hath often the Secular arm and Human authority 2 Chron. 11.15 Rehoboam ordained Priests for the high places for the Devils and for the Calves that he had made Thus Antichrist the Beast of Rome Revel 13.16 by power made all both small and great rich and poor bond and free to receive his mark in their hands and fore-heads So he did in our Country by fire and faggot in Queen Maries days 2 Sometimes he draws men to his own worship by policy for he can transform himself into an Angel of Light he can preach Christ for a need to overthrow the preaching of Christ Mark 1.34 he can be a lying spirit in the mouthes of four hundred false Prophets 1 King 21. at once and can put on the shape of Samuel being still a Satan 3 Sometimes by fair promises as in our text he will give a whole world to bring Christ to one sin Thou shalt have case pleasure wealth credit in a word thy hearts desire if thou wilt fall down and worship me 4 By perswasion that it is a vain thing to serve God Mal. 3.14 no joy for the present no recompence hereafter thus he carries with him innumerable companies with things present not considering the time to come 5 By threatning of crosses losses disfavour as Balac said to Balaam Thy God hath kept thee from preferment By violent persecutions Revel 12.13.15 the red dragon persecuted the woman which had brought forth the Man-child the Serpent cast out of his mouth waters like a floud to cause the woman to be carried away 6 By effectual delusion by means of Signs Wonders false Miracles and slights which Satan putteth forth to give credit to false worship as it is spoken of the great Antichrist 2 Thess 2.9 10. that he shall come by the working of Satan with power signs and lying wonders and in all deceiveableness of unrighteousness among them that perish and thus shall the beast deceive all those whose names are not written in the Book of life Thus many are deceived in Popery by the jugling and crafty conveyances of the Priests and often by Magick making their Images appear to sweat to nodde to roll their eyes to pass voyces through them and make bloud appear in the Host which they would have their people beleeve and thus Satan mightily draws them to the worship of himself Vse 1. Here let us learn to bewail the misery of men seduced by the Devil and thrust from their God whether more openly or more secretly as 1 Such as joyn to Popery renouncing the worship of the true God and fall down to the Devil to worship him Revel 13.4 and they worshipped the Dragon and the Beast noting that the worship of the Beast is the worship of the Dragon Now they worship the Beast that give him power over the Scripture over the Consciences of men to make laws to bind them to pardon sins to open Heaven Hell Purgatory and receive his Bulls and Canons before the Canonical Scripture A lamentable thing that Satan gets such great ones daily to fall down and worship him 2 Such as get livings by bribery symony chopping and changing and such indirect courses here the Chaplain hath fallen down to the Devil and worshipped him and he hath bestowed the benefice 3 Such as seek to Witches for help or cunning men and women a plain and open service of the Devil by vertue of a league and compact at least secret Should not a people seek to their God or can all the Devils in Hell remove the hand of God 4 Such as by flattery dissembling injustice lying swearng or breaking the Sabbath obtain wealth or profit All this the Devil hath given thee because thou hast fallen down and worshipped him Whatsoever a man doth against the Word against his Oath or Conscience is a falling down to the Devil and a worshipping of him Vse 2. Take heed of coming under the power and service of the Devil and to that end observe these rules 1 Hold thee to Gods Word and Will in all duties of piety and justice both for matter and manner For wee must not only doe our Masters will but also according to his will 2 Hear and foster the motions of Gods Spirit which are ever according to the Word It is a note of a man given up to Satan to have continual disobedience breathing in him Ephes 2.2 The foul spirit savours nothing but the flesh 3 Renounce the world daily be not a servant to any lust neither take pleasure in it For when Satan findes a man serving pleasures he halters him with them and clogs him with cares of riches and voluptuous living Luk. 8.14 4 Walk in the light love it and such as walk in it It is a sign of a man in Satans snare to despise them that are good 2 Tim. 3.3 to make a shew of godliness denying the power thereof ver 5. Satan himself pretends light but walks in darkness and leads such as he rules in the same path 5 Contend for the faith Jud. 3. and Gods pure worship stand for God be at warre with thy sin keep an inward conflict and combate for not to be tempted of Satan is to be possessed by him Luk. 11.21 When the strong man keeps the hold all is at peace Vers 10. But Jesus answered and said Avoid Satan For it is written Thou shall worship the Lord thy God and him only shalt thou serve NOw wee come by Gods assistance to the answer of our Lord to the D v●● third da●● In which consider three things 1 The deniall and resistance But Jesus answered and said 2 The manner of it Avoid Satan 3 The r●ason For it

necessarily followeth that the Scripture foreseeing that God would justifye the Gentiles through faith Gal. 3.8 that is a thing to come to pass almost two thousand years after must needs bee of God Again it followeth as necessarily that the Prophets in preaching and the Holy Pen-men of God spake and writ as they were moved by the Spirit of God and directed by the immediate assistance of God and therefore could not erre in any thing for they foretold directly such things which both for matter and manner came to pass many years after Jacob in his will foretold that the Scepter should not depart from Judah till Shiloh came this prophecy was not accomplished till above seventeen hundred years after the prediction for not much above twenty years afore Christs birth Herod became King of Judea killed the whole Colledge of the Jews called the sanhedrim wherein was the heir apparent of the Kings blood King Cyrus was named by the Prophet Esaiah an hundred years before hee was born Isaiah 44.28 and of him prophesied that hee should build the Temple The worthy King Josiah with his facts were declared three hundred fifty nine years before he was born 1 King 13.2 The Apostle Paul prophesyed of the destruction of the Romane Empire and thereby the rising of the Antichrist which was not accomplished till about the year four hundred seventy five after Christ For whereas the Roman Empire was divided into Eastern and Western the Western which onely hindred the revelation of Antichrist was in that year quite overthrown and Rome it self taken by the Gothes Joh. Funct in ●●no praedicto and after this never had any Romane Emperour his seat of Authority in Rome These and the like neither man nor Angel could ever of themselves foretell and therefore the Author and Director of them must needs be God Observ 2. Secondly from hence also note The Antiquity of the Gospel in that it was Preached by the Prophets to the ancient Israelites and known for the substance of it not onely to the Apostles and ancient Christians and beleevers but to the Patriarks and Prophets yea even to Adam in Paradise to all whom Christ was preached the Lord of all and that blessed seed in whom all the Nations of the earth were to bee blessed This Doctrin although it bee called a new Testament Our religion is the oldest religion and Popery but a novelty is no new Doctrin Let the Papists make a vain brag of Antiquity and charge us with a new religion the truth is whereas the body of their doctrin was not known to the Prophets nor Apostles nor Beleevers for many hundred years after Christ our doctrin is that which God sent to the children of Israel and therefore is most ancient and true And to prove this that I say we will goe no further than our text That doctrin which preacheth peace by Jesus Christ is the doctrin which was sent to Israel which we professe at this day but so is not Popish doctrin which preacheth peace not by Christ but by our selves our merits and satisfactions and peace by the Popes Pardons Bulls and Absolutions and Indulgences now these with other dependences thereon being the main points and pillars of their doctrin were never preached to the children of Israel by any Prophet nor ever by any of the Apostles to the Church of God but have crept in one after another many hundred years since Christ and his Apostles Let their own rule stand in force therefore with good will if we cannot plead antiquity we will lay no claim to the truth Observ 3. Thirdly hence we note That there is but one way to salvation But one way to salvation and this was declared to the Children of Israel for substance as well as to us who went to Heaven by the same way which wee doe-There is but one Christ one precious Faith one and the same Gospel common to all times one common Salvation preached by the same Christ who is the same yesterday to day and for ever Heb. 13.8 who is the Lamb slain from the beginning not actually but by the efficacy of his Sacrifice the vertue of which to come they laid hold on to salvation as wee do upon it past and accomplished already Thus Abel beleeved and received testimony that he was just before God Heb. 11.4 Thus Noah was made heir of the righteousnesse which is by faith Heb. 11.7 Every religion will not save thr professors there is but one way and that a strait one that leadeth to life Wee come into the world one way we depart many ways so there is but one way to find life everlasting but many ways to lose it only Christ is the way by his Doctrin by his Merit by his example even the new and living way his bloud is ever fresh ever trickling down and ever living it quickneth them that walk in it and refresheth them with new strength never any rent the veil but he never any but he made a high way into the Holy of Holies in the highest Heaven never any came to the Father but by him neither was peace ever preached in any other name but his who is Lord over all blessed for ever Which is Lord of all Christ may be said to be Lord of all two ways 1 More generally hee is with the Father and Holy Ghost Lord of all things unto whom all Creatures by right of Creation even the very Devils are subject Thus he ruleth in the very midst of his enemies disposing of the wicked and their malice to his own glory In this respect he is both owner and possessor of all things Bagnal Ado● and a sustainer and maintainer of all things and that by his word Heb. 1.3 2 More specially he is Lord of all men whether Jews of Gentiles beleeving in his name even a Lord of his Church and in this latter sence Christ Lord of his Church Christ is called Lord of all in this place 1 Now Christ is Lord of his Church consisting of Jew and Gentile Reasons 1 Because God hath given the Church unto him for his inheritance Psal 2.8 I will give thee the Heathen for thine inheritance which being a Prophecy of the calling of the Gentiles implieth that the kingdom of grace whereof Christ is appointed King in Sion consisteth of all Countries and peoples and is not bounded or bordered but with the ends of the earth and sheweth further that all these his subjects are given him of God to become his servants Joh. 17.2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh that he should give eternal life to all whom thou hast given him 2 They are so given unto him as he must win them before hee can enjoy them He winneth partly by ●onquest partly by ransom hee both conquereth and casteth out the strong man that held them captive spoyleth him of his armour and weakneth his arm for ever as also he payeth a precious ransome for

Preist for ever after the order Not his Priestly Office not after the order of Levi or Aaron but of Mel●hisedeck without beginning or end of daies and this also the Lord had sworn unto his Son and could not repent that hee should bee a Priest for ever Psal 110.4 wherein the Priest-hood of Christ is advanced above all the Priests that ever were who having received their Office in time in time also ceased their office with their life but Christ his Priesthood was not limit●ed in any time but was every way eternal They were many who succeeded one another because they were not suffered to indure by death Heb. 7.23 But this man because hee endureth for ever hath no successor but an everlasting Priesthood They were made Priests after the Law of the carnal Commandement but hee after the power of the endless life vers 16. that is hee was not made a Priest by the Law namely Ceremonial which established for a time dying and vanishing things signified by the name of flesh but hee was made by the efficacy of the Word and oath of his Father which gave him endless life and perpetual duration so as neither death it self n●● the grave could hold any dominion over him when they seemed to have clasped him fast in their bands which yet were powerfull enough to have held down any or all other men in the world besides himself and the Apostle to the Hebrews giveth a double reason why he must necessarily out-live death it self The former because hee must not onely make a perpetual oblation that need no repetition but also hee must live ever to make intercession Heb. 7.25 and that perpetually without which the Apostle implyeth that he had not perfectly saved his people This is most clearly proved Rom. 8.34 It is Christ who dyed yea or rather which is risen again who is also at the right hand of God and maketh intercession for us and Heb. 9.24 Christ is entered into the very Heaven to appear now in the sight of God for us which appearance of his in Heaven with his Merits hath the force of the most effectual prayer that ever was The latter is By dying Christ offereth and by rising hee applyeth his sacrifice to the conscience of beleevers that hee may not onely make one offering for sin as those Priests did many but that hee may alwaies live to apply it as they did not and see that his people have the benefit of it not onely before God for the appeasing of his wrath but also for the purging of their consciences from dead works to serve the living God as the same Apostle noteth Heb. 9.14 and in the last place to bestow upon every beleever the spirit of faith whereby they may apprehend and apply his sacrifice to their own salvation Neither doth it any whit impeach the eternity of Christs Priest-hood because four thousand years almost of the world were passed before hee suffered for howsoever the execution of it was not all those ages after the beginning of the World yet the vertue efficacy and benefit of it reached to the first Beleever that ever was in the World Adam himself whose faith in this seed of the woman saved him Abraham also saw his day and rejoyced and the Holy Ghost feareth not to call him the Lamb slain from the beginning of the World Rev. 13.8 namely 1 In Gods Council and Decree 2 In the vertue and efficacy of his Sacrifice 3 In regard of Gods acceptation of it for Beleevers 4 In the types and shadows of it whereof the Ceremonial Law was full And much less doth that hinder it from being eternal in that after the day of judgement it shall cease when we shall stand no more in need of Priests or Saviours for howsoever the execution of this office shall then cease yet the vertue and efficacy of it shall last for ever and ever 3 Hee must bee also the perpetual Prophet of his Church Nor his Prophetical the unchangeable Doctor of his Church and the Apostle of our profession who must constantly send his Spirit to lead us into all truth raise up Teachers and hold them in his right hand for the gathering of the Saints untill wee all meet in the unity of Faith and knowledge of the Son of God unto a perfect man and unto the measure of the age of the fulnesse of Christ Eph. 4.13 so as it is cleared that no part of his Offices could admit that hee should abide under death and therefore necessarily in this second respect must rise again Thirdly It was necessary hee should rise again because hee was so to dye as that thereby hee must overcome yea and destroy death which hee had not done if hee had lain conquered of death still in the grave yea more hee must so dye as that hee must give eternal life to his sheep Joh. 10.28 and by his death merit it put and hold them in possession of it for ever all signified in the phrases following they shall never perish neither shall any take them out of my hands which could never have been accomplished it himself had perished and had been left in the hands and house of death But hence hath hee brought his Church strong consolation in that being risen from the dead hee hath fully overcome death satisfied for every sin of every Beleever and risen from under all that weight of sin and death which would have oppressed us for ever yea even himself if hee had left one of our sins that beleeve in his name unsatisfied for Out of this that hath been spoken cometh to bee answered that objection That seeing Christ by his death paid the price of sin unto God what need we more of him we can be but acquitted and discharged Ans The providing of the most soveraign Plaster is not enough to work a Cure but the apply●ng of it also Neither was it sufficient for Christ to perform the former part of his Priest-hood namely satisfaction for sin if he had not added the latter thereto which is the application of it This latter maketh the former ours and comfortable unto us And both these the Apostle affirmeth of Christ Rom. 4.25 Christ was delivered to death for our sins and is risen again for our justification where by justification is meant by a Metonimy the application of justice II. The second point propounded to bee considered of in the rising of Christ is the manner of it which will appear in three things the 1 Concerning his Soul the 2 his Body the 3 his whole Humanity standing of both First the Soul of Christ which on the Crosse was separated from the body commended into the hands of his Father and translated that same day into Paradise was by the mighty power of God the Father Son and Holy Ghost brought back into his dead body lying in the grave quickned it and made it a living body moving and sensible in it self and unto others Secondly

you have all the strength and malice of the wicked world against you all which shall bee no more able to prejudice your salvation or hinder your glory than mine own who have overcome it so as you fight against a Conquered Enemy By all this that hath been said that of the Apostle appeareth to bee true that hee hath subdued all things unto himself and hath put all his enemies under his feet that none nor all of them can separate us from God or Christ or our salvation purchased and preserved for us by him How all these enemies are not only soyled but after a sort made friendly unto us Now wee are to see in the next place that Christ by his resurrection hath not onely spoyled these enemies for us but that hee hath made them all after a sort friendly unto us that whereas they desire still indeed and seem to wound us they do nothing else but heal us 1 For sin that now serveth to humble Gods Children and keep them low in their own eyes as also provoketh them to walk awfully in regard of God and watchfully over their hearts and lives still groaning to God under their daily infirmities By this means out of the eater commeth meat as was said in Sampsons riddle Judg. 14.14 2 Death is not now to Gods Children as it was to Christ joyned with a sence of Gods anger against it or paying a debt to the Justice of God for it were against the rule of Gods Justice to require the payment of the same debt twice but wherein they have a sweet sense of Gods Fatherly love wherein sin is perfectly to bee abolished whereby way and entrance is made unto life everlasting where wee shall bee with God and Jesus Christ which is best of all The Saints of God in these regards have rather desired than feared it for what man having been tossed a long time upon a dangerous Sea would fear the Haven or who being wearied with the Travels of the day would fear to go to his rest at night 3 Sence of Hell keepeth in us an hatred of sin and a longing after Heaven yea how beneficial the terrors of Conscience are to Gods Children were too long here to discourse The speech is as true as common the way to heaven lyeth by hell gates 4 The Devil maketh us fly to God our help and rely upon his strength yea when men by no other means will bee drawn God setteth the Devil in their necks to drag them to Heaven as a grave Divine speaketh 5 All the evils in the world work to the best to them that love God and hasten them to the fruition of the victory obtained by Christ they wean them from the World and the love of it And whereas they are as prone to pitch their Tabernacles here below as others God useth these as means to keep his from being of the World even while they are in it They conform them to Jesus Christ their head and train them in the imitation of him both in patience and obedience Now how could any of these parcels of Gods curse against the sin of man or mans cursed sin it self bring to any such sweet and profitable fruits but by the over-ruling power of Jesus Christ who bringeth life out of death light out of darkness and who onely can make his own wise out of a rank poyson to suck most sweet and sovereign preservatives which who doth not hee never as yet knew the benefit of Christ his resurrection Christ by his resurrection not only removed evils but procured all our good as appeareth by three instances The second sort of blessings procured to the Church by Christ his resurrection is the fruition of good things which it putteth us in possession of even in this life by giving us our first fruits and a sweet taste but up-heapeth our measure after this life when our Harvest commeth and wee admitted to feed fully at the Supper of the Lamb. The benefits which I will mention are three First We are confirmed hereby in the whole truth of all our Religion the main foundation of which laid by all the Prophets and Apostles is that Jesus Christ the Son of Mary was the Son of God the true Messiah perfect God and perfect man and so indeed hee was such a one as hee was foretold to bee one that was to dye and yet saw no corruption one who must make his soul an offering for sin and yet must survive to see his seed and prolong his daies one that had power to lay down his Life 1 Pet. 3.18 and power to take it up again In a word one that was put to death concerning the flesh but was quickned in the spirit that is by vertue of his Deity raising that flesh up again Let all the Jews and Atheists in the earth despise the indignity of his death we with the Angels will admire the glory of his resurrection II. The second benefit is that hence wee are assured that our 1 Justification 2 Sanctification 3 Perfect salvation is not only obtained but applyed unto us 1 For our Justification before God by means of Christ his resurrection hee brought in to us an everlasting righteousnesse in that hee not only bare our burden upon himself but bare it away from us for what is his resurrection else but his actual absolution from our sins which were imputed unto him and for which hee subjected himself unto the death Whence wee grow up in full assurance that the whole price is not onely paid to the uttermost on Christs part but that the satisfaction is accepted also on his Fathers whose justice would never have absolved him if all the Bills and Writings which were to bee laid against us had not been fastned to the Cross and so cancelled and fully discharged so as now wee may with the Apostle hold out a flagge of defiance and challenge our righteousness for who shall lay any thing to the charge of Gods Elect It is God that justifieth who shall condemn it is Christ which is dead yea or rather which is risen again Rom. 8.34 And the same Apostle thirsting after that Righteousnesse which is by Faith in him counteth all things loss and dung save onely to know him and the vertue of his resurrection Phil. 3.10 2 From this Resurrection of Christ issueth our sanctification which is our first resurrection or raising of our souls from the death of sin because in every reconciliation-making must bee two conditions 1 A forgetting upon satisfaction of all old wrongs and injuries 2 A binding from future offences the former Christ effecteth by his death the latter by his resurrection into the which whosoever are grafted they cannot hence-forth serve sin Rom. 6.5 6. but being risen with Christ they seek the things which are above Colos 3.1 where Christ sitteth they cease further by sin to offend as such who are begotten to a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from