5, Or. eculiar manner ; they hall be raiſed, as by the AlmightyPower of _ Fd, ſo by vertue. of their Union with Chriſt as his Members, Iwet and by vertue of theirrelation to the Spirit as his Temples. They Wain only Pall partake of a Reſurrefion that is deſirable and beneficial " to them. Therefore 'tis caJled Emphartically the Reſurrc#ion of rhe when Juſt, Luke 14. 14: and theſe two are joined together, as belong- "A ing one to the other ; the Children of God, and the Children of >. the ReſurreQtion, Luke 20. 36. Y 12 Theretore s brethren, we are debtors, not to the X "ts min feſh. to live after the fleſh 7. | + of the Pl This ative particle ſends us to the things before delivered, ererny) 4 a. 4 Seeing we are not 1n the Fleſh, bur have the Spirit of God things 93 dwelling 18 us ; not only ſanQtifying and enhvening our Souls for das tha iG the prelent, but raiſing and quickening our Bodies for time to ) tight come, therefore we are not Debtors, &c. £. i.e. We are not Debtors re, "pſy Nth ;0 Sin, or the corrupt and ſinful narure that is in us. We owe it Ts no ſervice, there 1s nothing due to it from Believers, bur blows, t God: and the blew eye that the Apoſtle gave it. The Aatithefis is "Wap omitted, bur it 15 neceſſarily imptyed and underſtood ; and thar is, undeed That we are debtors to the Spirit to live and walk after ic. B+ 13 For if ye live atter the fleth, ye ſhall die «: but if ws ons , Jo chrough the Spiric w*, do mortifie x the deeds of the wen ad body 1, Ye ſhall live z. | as 5. uoviz, Erernally, and never partake of the glorious ReſurreQion be made before ſpoken of. The Godly themſelves need this caution ; they on of the muſt not think that becauſe they are cletted and juſtified, ec. )f enmity, thar therefore they may do and live as they Jiſt. w. i. e. By the 't (ubmir grace and aſſiſtance of the Spirit. x. 4. e. Kill and put to death. : hiphet 'Tis not enough to forbear the attings of Sin, bur we muſt kill renewed- znd .crucife it. Sin may be left. upon many conſiderations, and moral im: yet not mortified., y Evil deeds are called the. deeds of the Boay,
becauſe the body is ſo inſtrumental in the doing thereof. There are ſome, that by body here do underſtand the corrupt nature , the ſame that before in many places he calls the fleſh : This was called, chap. 6.6, The body of 3in, and here 'tis called rhe body.
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z viz. Erernally. Sce a parallel place, chap. 6. 22. Gal. 6. 8. Xpounded + ” ys vid, v. 6. _ Ied 3 b — - wht ; 14 For a” as many as arele y t 1e Spirit of God, ' nor ap. . they are the Sons of God. s are ded. 4 This proves the latter part of the foregoing verſe; Such as by be under. the Spirir do morrtifie Sin, ſhall live ; for they are the Sons of ucha ue, God ; and that appears, becauſe they ate led by the Spirit of God. b Hz doth nor ſay, as many as live by the Spirit, bur as are Jed by : ſpirit the Spirit ; to ſhew (fays one) that the Spirit muſt be the guide : Now! and ruler of our Life, as the Piiot 1s of the Ship, and as a Rider
isof his Horſe. The Phrate is borrowed (ſays another) either from thoſe which, -are guided and direfted as a blind man in his wy; or from thoſe, who wanting ſtrength of their own, are born and carryed of others: ſo we are both ways led by the Spirit; for we can neither fee our way, unleſs the Spirit directs vs; nor have we ſtrength to wa'k in it, unleſs the Spirit aſſiſt and daw us along. The Spirit leads and draws us irreſiſtibly and ne. c{ſarily, and yet nor violently or againſt, our wills; though we were unwilling before, yet we are made willing afterwards ; ſo villing that we deſire and pray to beled by the Spirit; wid. and 15. 5. Pſal. 143. 10. Cant. 1. 4. .
15 For c” xe have nor received the ſpirit of bon- Cage d again to fear ; but ye have received the * ſpirir of 4% ption e. Whereby we cry *, Abba. Father f.
c This verſe proves the former, that we are led by the Spirit of F Gd, and are his Children, and that by an effect of the Spirit in them, which is to enable them to call God Farher, 4 He doth not tere ſpeak of two diſtin& Spirits, but one and the ſame Spirit of bod in different perſons ; and at different times, 1s both the Spi- rit of Boyuaage, and the *prrit of Adoption. The Spirit of Bondage kems to reſpe& either that ſtate of ſervicude, which the People of God were under in the time of the Ceremonial Law ; wid. Gal. 4, 3, 9. Orit reſpe&s the Publiſhing of the Moral Law upon Mount Sinai, which was with horror-and fear. Comp, Exod. 19. 16. with B. 12. 18, 19, 20, 21. vid. Gal. 4 24. or elſe it reſpe&s that torrour and flaviſh fear, which the Spirit of God doth work in mens hearts and conſciences, by the Miniſtry of the Law ; when he Opens the Eyes of men to tee they are' in Bondage and Slavery to \ and Saray, and that they are ſubje& and obnoxious to the Wrath and Vengeance of God ; this is many times preparatory and ntrodutory ro their convertion ; but when they are regenerated ley are delivered from it; vid, Luke 1. 74. Heb. 2. 15. 1 John 4.18. ObjeF. Many of Gods Children are tull of doubts and fears. dnſv. Theſe are nor always from the ſuggeſtions of Goa! Spirit, uthemiſgivings of their own Spirits. Some diſtinguiſh between tie Spirit of Bondage and Deſertion; the Children of God are deli- Ifred from the former, but exercifed with the latter. e The Spz- "it of God is called the Spirit of Adoption, both becauſe he works nd effes it in us, and becauſe he teſtifies and ailures it to us. He | might have ſaid, the Spirir of Liberty. The antitheſis required it ; ſon, that ſpall bur he ſaid as much, when he calls him the Sp:rir of Aaoprion, for ns indeed, 019 Ciildren are free. f Or, by whom we cry, Acceptable prayer 1s for ever; Trought in us by the Speric ; wv. 26. Abba is an Hebrew Or Syriack ertainly ber word, ſignifying Father; why then is the word Father added in
i: Greek? To fignifie, that God is rhe Father both of Jews and p Jeſus from, _ chap. 3. 29. and 10 12 or to ſhew the double Paternity Chriſt f-oM mt 1s in God, he is the Father of all Men by Creation, of Belie-
Ties 4 by: 7 only by Grace and Regeneration : Or, rather to denote the im-
2QIKES 4 > * iPortunity ind earneftneſs which ought to be in Prayer, and fo it \ WK > << with the former word cory:ng. Ingeminations Carry an ear-
1 himſelf, oy - neſs with them. There are two places more where theſe two