Now if Christ be the Resurrection, and the Life, then there is nothing in this Resurrection, but what is himself, for he is the dead raised, the raiser of this dead, and the life raised too, as he saith, I am the Resurrection, and the Life. Now take notice that I do not denie any thing of Christ all this while, but do advance him, and also our Resurrection in him, as the Scripture saith, We are raised up together with him, to sit in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, and this is the mysterie of the Resurrection, which you say is a great mysterie.
Now saith the Apostle to those carnal enquirers that knew not this mysterie of the Resurrection, but asked with what bodies they should arise, Thou fool, saith the Apostle, that which thou sowest is not quickned, except it die, and thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or some other grain, so it is not, saith be, the same body which thou sowest that is raised, but God giveth it a body as pleaseth him. And why then, say you, that the same bodie shall be raised again?
Now Paul to prove this spiritual Resurrection, tells us, that there is one glorie of the Sun, another glorie of the Moon, and another of the Stars, and one Star differs from another Star in glorie; so also is the Resurrection of the dead, it is sown in cor∣ruption, it is raised in incorruption; 'tis sown in dishonor, it is raised in glorie; it is sown in weaknesse, it is raised in power, and all in us, that I may know him, saith Paul, and the power of his Resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable to his death, if by any means I might at∣tain unto the Resurrection of the dead, for which I presse for∣wards, saith Paul: So that this Resurrection is to be within you, and you are to know it while you live in this bodie, for it is your rising from faith to faith, from glorie to glorie, as from one ad∣ministration of God to another, Behold, saith Paul, I shew you a mysterie, we shall not all sleep, but we shall be changed; that is, changed from the state of the first Adam, to the state of the second Adam, and so he tells us, It was sown in Adam, it was raised in Christ, it was sown a natural body, and it is raised a spiri∣tual body, even as you see your change, for the first man Adam is of the earth earthy, a living soul, the second is the Lord from hea∣ven, a quickening spirit, and as is the earthly, so are they that are