Answ. 3 Thirdly: If all the Temptations of Gods People, be overcome, and broken, before they do fall on them; then have they no reason to be discouraged, or cast down, because they are tempted. Now so it is, Christ was a common Person, not only in his death, but in his life; he did act, and work, and bear as a common person, as our Second Adam all along; Christus non meruit sibi; Christ ⟨p. 136⟩did not die for himself, nor obey for himself; but he did die for us, and obey for us, and all his Seed were in him▪ as in a common person; look whatever evils Christ did bear, those he did bear for us, and we did bear in him, as in our Second Adam; and therefore, when he was tempted, he stood as a common person in his Temptations, and in him all the Saints and People of God, who are his Seed, were tempted, and in his overcoming, they did overcome; for as when the first Adam was tempted, he being a Common Person, we all were tempted in him; and when he yielded to Satan, we did all yield in him; when he was overcome, we were overcome in him; and when he did eat the forbidden fruit, all his Seed did eat in him; and every Child of Adam may now say, I did then eat the forbidden Fruit: So when Christ was tempted, all his Seed were tempted in him; and when he overcame, all his Seed overcame in him. And therefore when you read the Story of Christs Temptations, ye are not barely to say, thus, and thus, Christ resisted for my Example; but in his resisting, I did resist; in his overcoming, I did overcome: for, as I did eat in the First Adams eating, and yield in the First Adams yielding; so I did refuse, and resist, and overcome in Christ, the Second Adams refusing, resisting, and overcoming: Thus with all the Saints, and People of God, who are the Seed of the second Adam, Christ hath not only overcome their Temptations for them, but in Christ their second Adam, th•y have overcome Satan, and made a spoil of Principalities and Powers: and therefore, why should they be discouraged, whatever their Temptations be?
Answ. 3 Thirdly: If all the Temptations of Gods People, be overcome, and broken, before they do fall on them; then have they no reason to be discouraged, or cast down, because they are tempted. Now so it is, Christ was a common Person, not only in his death, but in his life; he did act, and work, and bear as a common person, as our Second Adam all along; Christus non meruit sibi; Christ ⟨p. 136⟩did not die for himself, nor obey for himself; but he did die for us, and obey for us, and all his Seed were in him▪ as in a common person; look whatever evils Christ did bear, those he did bear for us, and we did bear in him, as in our Second Adam; and therefore, when he was tempted, he stood as a common person in his Temptations, and in him all the Saints and People of God, who are his Seed, were tempted, and in his overcoming, they did overcome; for as when the first Adam was tempted, he being a Common Person, we al were tempted in him; and when he yielded to Satan, we did all yield in him; when he was overcome, we were overcome in him; and when he did eat the forbidden fruit, all his Seed did eat in him; and every Child of Adam may now say, I did then eat the forbidden Fruit: So when Christ was tempted, all his Seed were tempted in him; and when he overcame, all his Seed overcame in him. And therefore when you read the Story of Christs Temptations, ye are not barely to say, thus, and thus, Christ resisted for my Example; but in his resisting, I did resist; in his overcoming, I did overcome: for, as I did eat in the First Adams eating, and yield in the First Adams yielding; so I did refuse, and resist, and overcome in Christ, the Second Adams refusing, resisting, and overcoming: Thus with all the Saints, and People of God, who are the Seed of the second Adam, Christ hath not only overcome their Temptations for them, but in Christ their second Adam, th•y have overcome Satan, and made a spoil of Principalities and Powers: and therefore, why should they be discouraged, whatever their Temptations be?
