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much more being reconciled, we fhall be faved by his life. 11. And not only fo, but we alfo joy in God, through our Lord Jefus Chrift, by whom we have now received the atonement. 12. Wherefore as by one man fin entred into the world, and death by fin; and fo death paffed upon all men, for that [Or, in whom] all have finned. 13. For (1) until the law, fin was in the world: but "fin is not imputed when there is no law. 14. Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam to Mofes, even over them that had not finned after the fimilitude of Adams tranfgreffion, who is the figure of him that

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2. 16. That he might reconcile
both unto God in one Body by the
Grofs, having flain the Enmity
thereby. Col. 1. 20, 21. By
him to reconcile all things to him-
felf, by him, I fay, whether they
be things in earth, or things in
heaven. And you that were fome
time alienated, and Enemies in
your Mind by wicked Works, yet to
now hath he reconciled. 1 Joh. 2.
2. He is the Propitiation for our
Sins and not for ours only, but
alio for the Sins of the whole
World. 1 Joh. 4. 10. Herein is15
love, hot that we loved God, but
that he loved us, and fent his Son
to be the Propitiation for our Sins.

9 † Joh. 14. 19. Because I live, ye shall live also. 2 Cor. 4. 10, 20 I. Always bearing about in the Body the dying of the Lord Jefus, that the Life alfo of Jefus might be manifeft in our Body. For we which live are alway delivered un-25 to Death for Jefus fake, that the Life alfo of Jefus might be mani

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† Gen. 2: 17. In the Day thou eateft thereof thou shalt furely die. Rom. 6. 21, 23. What Fruit had ye then in thofe things whereof ye are now afhamed? for the end of thofe things is Death. The Wages of Sin is Death.- Jam. 1.15. Sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth Death. Gal. 6. 8. He that foweth to his Flefh, fhall of the Flesh reap Corruption.2 Efdr. 3.

7. Unto him [Adam] thou gavest Commandment to love thy way: which he tranfgreffed, and immediately thou appointedt death in him, and in his Generations.

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(1) From Adam, to Mofes, the World was almoft folely governed by the natural Law; which feems to be the Meaning of that hard Text Rom. 5. 13. For until the Law fin was in the World, that is, before the Law of Moses was given, Men were capable of offending againft fome other Law, for otherwife Sin could not have been imputed to them, for Sin is not impu ted where there is no Law. And then it follows, Nevertheless, &c. that is, during that Space from Adam to Mefer, Men finned against the natural Law, and were liable to Death upon that Account, though they had not offended against an exprefs Revelation from God, as Adam had done; for that the Apostle feems to mean, by finning after the fimilitude of Adam's Tranfgreffion. Bishop Tillerfon on Mich. 6.6,7,8. Vol 4. P. 24.

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that was to come: 15. But not as the offence, fo alfo is the free gift. For if through the offence of one, many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jefus Chrift, hath abounded un-. to many. 16. And not as it was by one that finned fo is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation; but the free gift is of many offences unto juftification. 17. For if by one mans offence, [Or, by one offence] death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace, and of the gift of righteoufnefs, fhall reign in life by one, Jefus Chrift. 18. Therefore, as by the offence of one [Or, by one offence] judgment came upon all men to condemnation : even fo by the righteoufnels of one [Or, by one righteoufnefs], the free gift came upon all men unto juftification of life. 19. For as by one mans difobedience many were made fimers fo by the obedience of one fhall many be made righteous. 20. Moreover, the law entred, that the offence might abound: But where fin abounded, grace did much, more abound: 21. That as fin hath reigned unto death, even fo might grace reign through righteoufnefs unto eternal life, by Jefus Chrift our Lord.

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17. c Rom. 8. 17. If Children, then Heirs; heirs of God, and 10 Joint-heirs with Christ: if fo be that we fuffer with him, that we may be alfo glorified together. 1 Cor. 4. 8. Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as Kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we alfo might reign with you. 2 Tim. 2. 12. If we fuffer, we fhall alfo reign with him. Rev. 5. 10. And haft made 20 us unto our God Kings and Priefts:

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fhall we that are dead to fin, live any longer therein? 3. Know ye not, that fo many of us as were baptized into Jefus Chrift, were baptized into his death? 4. Therefore we are buried with him by baptifm into death: that like as Chrift was raifed up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even fo we allo fhould walk in newness of

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life. Rom. 8. 11. If the Spirit of him that raifed up Jefus from the Dead dwell in you; he that raised up Chrift from the Dead, fhall alfo quicken your mortal Bodies, by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. † 2 Cor. 13. 4. Though he was crucified through Weakness, yet he liveth by the Power of God.tot Phil. 3. 10, 11. That I may know him, and the Power of his Refurre

bt Rom. 7. 4, 6. Wherefore, my Brethren, ye alfo are become dead to the Law by the Body of Chrift.- Now we are delivered from the Law, that being dead 5 wherein we were held; that we fhould ferve in newness of Spirit, and not in the oldnefs of the Letter. Ver. 6, 14. Rom. 8. 2. For the Law of the Spirit of Life in Chrift Jefus, hath made me free from the Law of Sin and Death. Gal. 2. 19, 20. I through the Law am dead to the Law, that I might live unto God. I am crucified with 15 Chrift: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Chrift liveth in me: and the Life which I now live.in the Flesh, I live by the Faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. Gal. 5. 18, 24. If ye be led by the Spirit, ye are not under the Law. They

tion, and the Fellowship of his Suf. ferings, being made conformable to his Death; if by any means I might attain unto the Refurrection of the Dead.

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Rom. 12. 2. Be not conformed to this World, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your Mind20† Eph. 4. 22, 23. That ye put off concerning the former Converfation the old Man, which is corrupt, according to the deceitful Lufts: and be renewed in the Spirit of your Mind. † Col. 3. 8, 10. But now you alfo put off all thefe; Anger, Wrath, Malice, Blafphemy, filthy Communication out of your Mouth. And have 30put on the new Man, which is renewed in Knowledge after the Image of him that created him. Heb. 12. 1,

that are
Chrift's, have crucified the
Flefh with the Affections and 25
Lufts. Gal. 6. 14. God forbid that
I fhould glory, fave in the Crofs
of our Lord Jefus Chrift, by whom
the World is crucified unto me,
and I unto the World. Col. 3.3. For
ye are dead, and your Life is hid
with Chrift in God. Col. 2. 20.
Wherefore, if ye be dead with.
Chrift Pet. 2. 24. Who his
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Let us lay afide every Weight, and the Sin which doth fo easily befet us, and let us run with Patience the Race which is fet before us, Looking unto Jefus. Jam., 1. 21 Wherefore lay apart all Filthinefs, and fuperfluity of Naughti nefs, and receive with Meeknefs the engrafted Word, Pet. 2. 1, 2. Wherefore laying afide all Ma lice, and all Guile and Hypocrifies; and Envies, and all Evil-fpeakings,

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life. 5. For if we have been planted together in the likenefs of his death: we fhall be alfo in the likeness of his refurrection: 6. Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of fin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not ferve fin. 7. For he that is dead, is freed [Gr. justified] from fin. 8. Now if we be dead with Chrift, we believe that we fhall alfo live with him. 1 9. Knowing that Chrift being raised from the dead, dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. 10. For in that he died, he died unto fin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. 11. Likewife reckon ye also your felves to be dead indeed unto fin; P but alive

As new-born Babes defire the fincere Milk of the Word, that ye may grow thereby. 1 Pet. 4.1, 2. Forafmuch then as Chrift hath fuffered for us in the Flefh, arm your felves like wife with the fame Mind: for he that hath fuffered in the Flefh hath ceafed from Sin; that he longer fhould live the reft of his Time in the Flesh, to the Lufts of Men, but to the Will of God.

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6. Gal. 2 20. g † Gal. 5. 24. Gal. 6. 14. The Words under Ver. 2. † Eph. 4. 22. The Words 15 under Ver. 4.

ht Col 2.11. In whom alfo ye are circumcifed with the Circum cifion made without Hands, in putting off the Body of the Sins of the Flesh, by the Circumcifion of Chrift.

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"Luk. 20. 38. For he is not a God of the Dead, but of the Live ing for all live unto him. Heb. 10. 12. But this Man, after he had offered one Sacrifice for Sins, for ever fat down at the right Hand of God.

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P Rom. 14. 7, 8, 9. None of us liveth to himself, and no Man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore or die, we are the Lord's. this end, Chrift both died, rofe, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the Dead and Living. 1 Cor. 206. 19, 20. What, know ye not that your Body is the Temple of the holy Ghoft which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a Price; therefore glorifie God in your Body, and in your Spirit which are Gods. 2 Cor. 5. 15. That he died. for all, that they which live fhould not henceforth live unto themfelves, 39 but unto him which died for them, and rofe again. † Gal. 2. 19, 20. I through the Law am dead to the Law, that I might live unto God. I am crucified with Chrift: Ne135 vertheless I live; yet not I, but

7. Pet. 4. 1. The Words under Ver. 4.

8. k·: 2 Tim.2.11. It is a faith- 25 ful Saying, For if we be Dead with him, we fhall also live with him.

9. Rev. 1. 18: I am he that liveth, and was dead; and behold) I am alive for evermore.- Rev. 4. 9. When thofe Beafts give glory, and honour, and thanks, to him that fat on the Throne, who liv. eth for ever and ever. Rev. 5. 14. The four and twenty Elders fell down and worshiped him that livth for ever and ever... 20. Heb. 9. 26, 27, 28.

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unto God through Jefus Christ our Lord. 12. Let not fin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye fhould obey it in the lufts thereof. 13. Neither yield ye your members as inftruments [Gr. Arms, or, Weapons] of unrighteoufnefs unto fin: but yield your felves unto God, as thofe that are alive from the dead; and your members as inftruments of righteoufnefs unto God. 14. For 14. For "fin fhall not have dominion over you: for ye are not (1) under the law, but

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live by the Faith of the Son of God.- i Thef. 5. 10. Who died for us, that whether we wake or fleep, we should live together with him. 1 Pet. 4. 2. That he no longer fhould live the rest of his time in the Flesh, to the Lufts of Men, but to the Will of God.

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12. Pfal. 19.13. Keep back thy Servant alfo from prefumptuous Sins, 10 let them not have dominion over me. - † Pfal. 119. 133. Order my Steps in thy Word: and let not any Iniquity have dominion over me.

&c. Jam. 4. 1. Whence come
Wars and Fightings among you?"
come they not hence, even of
your Lufts, that war in your Mem-
berse.
Luk. 1.74.
That we being
delivered out of the Hands of our
Enemies, might ferve him without
fear. Rom. 7.4.-Ihat we fhould
bring forth Fruit unto God. Rom.
12. 1. I beseech you therefore, Bre-
thren, by the Mercies of God, that
ye prefent your, Bodies a living Sa
crifice, holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable Service.
1 Pet. 4. 2. The Words under
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(1) The Defign of the Apoftle here, is not to fhew that we may fafely continue in Sin; but it is, on the contrary, to fhew that we are obliged to become the Servants of God, and to have our Fruit unto Holiness, as is manifeft from this, and the following Verfes. Thofe therefore who fancy that the Gofpel gives Men a liberty to fin, are under a very great and dangerous Miftake. For the great Design thereof is to call Men to repent of, and fortake their Sins. It commands us to deny all Ungodliness and worldly Lufts, and to practife whatever is Praife-worthy, and of good Report; all thofe Duties which are comprehended under thofe extenfive Words, living foberly, righteously, and godly. It requires us to outdo the frit among the Jews, even the Scribes and Pharifees, in Righteousness; and it offers fufficient Grace and Strength to enable us to perform what it requires. We are not indeed under the Curfe of the Law, nor bound to obferve those burdenfome Rites and Ceremonies, which the Jews were; but we are admitted into the gracious and merciful Covenant made with Man in Christ Jesus, by Vertue whereof a fincere and univerfal Obedience will be accepted,inftead of one that is abfolute and perfect. The Law of JeJas Christ therefore must be a Rule of Life to us, or we cannot have a rea Tonable Hope of being faved by him." [See on Joh. 8, 36] Our Obli

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