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The works of the reverend and faithful servant of Jesus Christ M. Richard Greenham,…The workes of the reuerend and faithfull seruant af Iesus Christ M. Richard Greenham,…
The works of the reverend and faithful servant of Jesus Christ M. Richard Greenham, minister and preacher of the Word of God collected into one volume: revised, corrected, and published, for the further building of all such as love the truth, and desire to know the power of godliness. By H.H.The workes of the reuerend and faithfull seruant af Iesus Christ M. Richard Greenham, minister and preacher of the Word of God collected into one volume: reuised, corrected, and published, for the further building of all such as loue the truth, and desire to know the power of godlinesse. By H.H.
London: printed by Thomas Snodham and Thomas Creede for William Welby, 1612London: printed by Thomas Snodham and Thomas Creede for VVilliam VVelby, 1612
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THE SEVENTEENTH SERMON.
Galath. 6. vers. 15. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
Galath. 6. vers. 15. For in Christ Iesus neither circumcision auaileth any thing, nor vncircumcision, but a new creature.
AS we have spoken of the former fruit of the cross of Christ, which was, that the Apostle was crucified to the world, and the world crucified to him: so now we are to speak of the latter effect, that is, he was made a new creature. And here note by the way, that though mention here be not expressively made of the resurrection of Christ, as was before of the cross of Christ: yet it is necessarily understood, and that according to the meaning and custom of the holy Ghost; because as it is the virtue of the cross of Christ that crucifieth sin in us, so it is the power of his resurrection that raiseth us to newness of life; and as Christ died for our sins, so he rose again for our justification, Rom. 4. and as he died to cleanse us from our sins, so also to crucify sin in us; and as he rose to impute righteousness unto us, so also to work in us righteousness and holiness. In that the Apostle speaketh here of a new creature, as also he doth 2. Corinth. 5, 27. If any man be in Christ▪ let him be a new creature, &c. we are taught, that it is not sufficient to be crucified to the world, but we must be also new creatures; we must not only put off the old man, but we must put on the new man, and look what we detract from the one we must add to the other: it is not enough to die, unless we be borne again; it is not enough to be corrupted, unless we be changed. For as it was not sufficient for Christ to be crucified, but he ought also to rise again: so it is not sufficient for us to be freed from the guiltiness and corruption of sin, which we received of Adam, but we must also be clothed with that righteousness, and be made partakers of that holiness which floweth from Christ, so that as none of our sins shall be laid to our charge: likewise all Christ his obedience is as fully ours, as we our selves had done it.