The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

THE holy Angel telling Joseph of a Son¹ to be brought into the World, whose name should be called JESUS, rendereth this reason of the Name: ^qFor he shall save his people from their sins. That Salvation, the Spirit of Christ dwelling in us, and being ours by Regeneration, effectually doth work: for it washeth us from our sins, it justifieth our persons, and sanctifieth our hearts, slaying sin in our mortal bodies, and quickening our souls to a living hope, through the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, and shall hereafter quicken both our bodies and our souls unto everlasting Glory. Thus the Apostle writeth to the Corinths, ⟨p. 440⟩ⁿBut ye are washed from (the sins wherein they formerly wallowed) but ye are justified, but ye are sanctified in the Name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. And to the ^oRomans, If the Spirit of him that raised Jesus from the dead, dwell in you, he that raised Christ from the dead, will also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit dwelling in you. As on the other side ^pChrist saith, Unless ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye shall have no life in you: for without an Union with Christ, there can be no true partaking of his gifts unto Salvation, no more then a woman can be partaker of the riches and honour of some great man, except she be joined with him in Marriage, so that they become one body and one flesh; or then the members can draw life from the head, if they be not knit unto it.

THE holy Angell telling Ioseph of a Sonne¹ to bee brought into the World, whose name should be called IESVS, rendreth this reason of the Name: ^qFor he shall saue his people from their sinnes. That Saluation, the Spirit of Christ dwelling in vs, and being ours by Regeneration, effectually doth worke: for it washeth vs from our sinnes, it iustifieth our persons, and sanctifieth our hearts, slaying sinne in our mortall bodies, and quickening our soules to a liuing hope, through the Resurrection of Iesus Christ, and shall hereafter quicken both our bodies and our soules vnto euerlasting Glorie. Thus the Apostle writeth to the Corinths,