A practical commentary, or an exposition with observations, reasons, and uses upon the first…A practicall commentary, or an exposition with observations, reasons, and vses upon the first…

Prov. 8.35, 36. He that findeth me, findeth life, but he that hateth me loveth death. Eph. 2.11, 12. Without Christ we are aliens from life, and strangers from the Covenant.

Quest. Why doth our life depend upon the having of Christ?

Reas. 1. From the insufficiency of all the creature to give life, Heb. 10.1, 4. For it is impossible that the blood of Bulls or Goats, should take away sin. Besides, should we die for our sins our selves, yet we could not satisfy for our sins, because we could never overcome death, neither can our obedience to the law give us life, Gal. 3.21, 23. David speaks it fully in the Name of Christ, Psal. 22.29. No man can keep his soul alive, he cannot keep natural life, much less a spiritual; yea Adam in innocency was taught to look for the preservation of his life out of himself, and therefore he was to eat of the tree of life, implying that the maintenance of that life he then lived, could not have been in himself, but he must eat of the tree of life, a type of Christ; How much less could Adam fallen keep this life in him?

Reas. 1. From the insufficiency of all the creature to give life, Heb. 10.1, 4. For it is impossible that the bloud of Bulls or Goats, should take away sin. Besides, should we die for our sins our selves, yet we could not satisfie for our sins, because we could never overcome death, neither can our obedience to the law give us life,