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on to all that believe, the resur- rection and the hfe, iu which if a man believe he shall never die ; the second Adam, and the Father of a spiritual seed, who are born anew of the Spirit, washed with the washing; of regeneration, and renewed in the image of God m rii^hleous*- netss and in true holiness. To iinderttand the mystery of the second Adam, you mu^t nnder- ttand the mystery of the first Adam. The first Adam had the life of the kouI to bequeath unto bis seed, and would have transmitted Ito all his children that im^e of (Jod in which be was formed; hut he forewent it by dis- obedience, and ujadt; himself obnoxious to Uie » 1068 THE CLAUSE A6 TO BOD»LT LABOUR. [DU. eoittd wbtch baUi been und^r oonsiderattoD ; life tod immortality were lost in death, and tbc grave. Spirit iMTcajne ecLtp^d with Ae^h, (It^h ruled ov«r intellect, and io gro^s daikncss begot the devilisb passions whieh now rule and r&vage the earth; and the spiritual affcctiouKdied.-^they for- louk the earth, and, as the aDcientf^ fabled from Paodora s box, every foul pia^c and peatilci^ce 6ew abroad. That life and immortahty beyond death and the gnive, Jf^ns Christ tnith brouglit back again to li}j^bt. The crMinteoance of Im heavenly Father he hath disclosed. The richea of God he hath revealed for our ^^alvution ; and he bath restored to the breast of man that light which Cometh from above. Either he dwelieth tn you, already by faith, or yoa hinder his dwrlliDg in you by want of Jaith and by wicked t^orka. But certainly he waiteth to bo f^racious, and standcth at the door and knoeketh ; and if any man will open the door, and come in unto him^ he ^vill corns ant) sup with hinu and be with him. And if any man will do hi^ will, be will come unto him, and bia Father will come unto him, and make their abode with him. ^^ So that in effect, brethren, ho hath recoreroA^V what Adam lost, and is for ever able to perfect aU them which are sanctified ; arid to «aiK:tify a Ihem which heur und Ivelieve hiss holy wL>rd. He hatb not taken the curse from oif the ground, which still remaina in it^ former barrenness, bat he hath lau^it us bow to guard agaiutt the bra- iQlizm^ cttcct which it hath upon our spinta, and he bath opened up higher employmenta for oQr undcrstjioding and our affections ; and to each d ita calamities he bath apfiointed a coiMolation ; v.] THE CVHltl Aft TO BODU.T r.ABAUfU 1060 and a Hpirit of comrort, and of tniLh, and