CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

And 1. They that have an Interest in Christs Death they are dead to sin;¹ Christs Death and sins death go together; So the Apostle, As Christ died once, so should we to sin and live to Righteousness, Rom. 6.10, 11. and Gal 5. He that is Christs hath crucified the flesh with the lusts thereof; If Christ be crucified for thee, the lusts of sin are crucified in thee; For the end of Christs Death was not only salvation and happiness but to kill all the spiritual Enemies we have of this happiness, and sin is the main, for Death had no sting, no, neither could hell be hell, or the devil a devil to thee, did not sin put power into all these; Be not then presumptuous, but fear and examine thy self; Thou speakest much of Christs Death, This is in thy month, I trust in Christ that died for me; But is Christs Death the death of thy sins? Canst thou see those lusts which like Pharaoh and the Egyptians did once rule over and oppress thee, now drowned in the Red Sea of Christs blood. This is necessary if thou wilt have any comfort because Christ is dead, see whether thou art dead to sin or no: Art thou as a dead man who in respect of all pleasures and delights finds no Inclination, thus it ought to be with thee: The Scripture speaks often concerning this, that the godly are dead to sin, sin hath not that dominion and power once it had; Oh but how many as the Scripture distinguisheth are dead in sin not to sin; Though they have mountains of sins lie upon them, Though the vengeance of God belong to them all the day long; That whether they are eating, drinking, or sleeping, they are an accursed people by the Law, which is Gods own Sentence and doom, yet for all that they are not afraid, neither do they tremble; Oh then examine thy self faithfully in this, If Christ died for me how comes this sin to live in me, for Christ like Sampson when he died wrought the death of his Enemies; When he died, it was that those lively active lusts should die also.

And 1. They that have an Interest in Christs Death they are dead to sin;¹ Christs Death and sinnes death go together; So the Apostle, As Christ died once, so should we to sinne and live to Righteousnesse,