First, The righteous man hath a better tenure •o this little, §1than wicked men have to their multitude of riches. The righteous man holds his Tenure, by virtue of his marriage union with Christ, who is the heir of all things. We had an 1equal right in the first Adam to all the good things of this world; but in his fall, we lost our original right to the good things of this world. But now the righteous man by the second Adam has recovered his right to all he enjoys. Rom 8. 32. How shall he not with him a so freely give us all things? 1 Cor. 3. 21. All things are yours. v. 22. Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come, all are yours. But how come they to be interested in this large Char•er? the Apostle answers it in ver. 23. Ye are Christs, and Christ is Gods. All comes to us by Jesus Christ. All the Corn in Egypt came through Josephs 2hands. So all we have, be it little or much, we have i• through Christs hands upon the account of our marriage union with Christ. We may say as Hamar and Shechem said to their people, Shall not all their Cattle, and substance, and 3every beast of the field be ours? So being married to Christ, and become one with him, all comes to be ours, through him who is the heir of all. By virtue of our marriage union with Christ, our title to the creatures is not only restored, but strengthened. That little we have, is entailed upon us by Christ, in a more firm and b•tter way than ever. In the first Adam our Tenure was lower, and meaner, and baser, and uncertainer, than now it is: for our Title, our Tenure by ⟨p. 199⟩Christ is more honourable, and stronger, and sweeter, and lastinger, than ever it was before. For now we hold all we have in Capite, Christ is our head, and husband, and by him we hold all we have. But now wicked men by the fall of Adam have lost their Original Patent and Charter which once they had to show for the things of this life. By Adams fall they have forfeited Gods primitive donation of all right in the creatures, every wicked man in the world has forfeited his right to the creatures in Adam, and lies under that forfeiture. But to the glory of divine patience be it spoken, God has not sued out his forfeiture, God has not brought a Writ of ejection against him; and by this means he comes to be lawfully possessed of those earthly blessings he dos enjoy.
First, The righteous man hath a better tenure •o this little, §1than wicked men have to their multitude of riches. The righteous man holds his Tenure, by vertue of his marriage union with Christ, who is the heir of all things. We had an 1equal right in the first Adam to all the good things of this world; but in his fall, we lost our original right to the good things of this world. But now the righteous man by the second Adam has recovered his right to all he enjoyes. Rom 8. 32. How shall he not with him a so freely give us all things? 1 Cor. 3. 21. All things are yours. v. 22. Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come, all are yours. But how come they to be interested in this large Char•er? the Apostle answers it in ver. 23. Ye are Christs, and Christ is Gods. All comes to us by Jesus Christ. All the Corn in Egypt came through Josephs 2hands. So all we have, be it little or much, we have i• through Christs hands upon the account of our marriage union with Christ. We may say as Hamar and Sechem said to their people, Shall not all their Cattel, and substance, and 3every beast of the field be ours? So being married to Christ, and become one with him, all comes to be ours, through him who is the heir of all. By vertue of our marriage union with Christ, our title to the creatures is not only restored, but strengthened. That little we have, is entailed upon us by Christ, in a more firm and b•tter way than ever. In the first Adam our Tenure was lower, and meaner, and baser, and uncertainer, than now it is: for our Title, our Tenure by ⟨p. 199⟩Christ is more honourable, and stronger, and sweeter, and lastinger, than ever it was before. For now we hold all we have in Capite, Christ is our head, and husband, and by him we hold all we have. But now wicked men by the fall of Adam have lost their Original Patent and Charter which once they had to shew for the things of this life. By Adams fall they have forfeited Gods primitive donation of all right in the creatures, every wicked man in the world has forfeited his right to the creatures in Adam, and lies under that forfeiture. But to the glory of divine patience be it spoken, God has not sued out his forfeiture, God has not brought a Writ of ejection against him; and by this means he comes to be lawfully possessed of those earthly blessings he dos enjoy.
- 1Heb. 1. 2.
- 2Gen. 41.
- 3Gen. 34. 23.
