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By what power did Christ rise againe?

Not by any power begged from others, or any power of a na∣ture created, but by the proper power of his Godhead. Iohn. 10.18. No man taketh my life from mee, but I lay it downe of my selfe. I haue power to lay it downe, and I haue power to take it againe. For which cause his true Doctrine is shewed by his resurrection. Rom. 1.4, in these words; And declared mightily to be the sonne of God, touching the spirit of sanctification, by his rising from the dead. Yet be∣cause the workes of the trinitie ad extrà without are vndiuided,

therefore this rising againe, being taken actiuely, is attributed both to Christ himselfe, to the father and the holy Ghost. Ephes. 1.20. according to his mightie power, VVhich he vvrought in Christ, vvhen hee raised him from the dead, and set him at his right hand in heauenly places. Also Coloss. 2.12. and Rom. 8.11. If the spirit of him that hath raised Iesus from the dead, dwell in you, he that hath raised Christ from the dead, shall also quicken your mortall bodies by his spirit vvhich quickneth & dvvelleth in you. For that power wherby Christ was raised againe is essentially common to the three persons.