3. Your bodies and souls are Christs to save them; our members are Members of Christs body, as in 1 Cor. 6. 15. says the Apostle, shall I take the Members of Christ, and make them Members of an harlot? God forbid: thy body is Christs, and thy soul is Christs, the Apostle hath it in so many express terms, in 1 Cor. 6. 19, 20. What know you 1not (says the Apostle) that your bodies are the Temples of the Holy Ghost, which is in you, which you have of God, and you are not your own; for you are bought with a price, therefore glorify God in your bodies and souls which are his. Thus you see what a large field of mercy all you that have an interest in Christ, have here to walk in, you have all things, though you have nothing, all things equivalently, all things conditionally, all things finally, and all things inheritively: all the Ministers of Christ are yours, the whole world is yours, life and death is yours, things present are yours, whether present afflictions, or present mercies, things to come are yours, whether afflictions, or temptations, or trouble, or want, or any things; and mercy to come is yours, as life and Salvation, Heaven and Happiness, all is yours; all that Christ hath is yours, Christs Father is your Father, his Spirit is your Spirit, his righteousness is your righteousness, his graces are your graces, his peace is your peace, and his sufferings ⟨p. 75⟩are your sufferings; and all that you have is Christs, your sins are Christs to pardon them, and your sufferings Christs to sanctify them, and your souls and bodies Christs to save them: I might here add one head more, that all your duties and services are Christs too, he perfumes them with the sweet odour of his merits, and so presents them, and makes them acceptable to God, hence it is that you read in the Revelation, that Christ adds his incense to the prayers of all his Saints; and this is a very great consolation.
3. Your bodies and soules are Christs to save them; our members are Members of Christs body, as in 1 Cor. 6. 15. says the Apostle, shall I take the Members of Christ, and make them Members of an harlot? God forbid: thy bodie is Christs, and thy soule is Christs, the Apostle hath it in so many expresse tearms, in 1 Cor. 6. 19, 20. What know you 1not (says the Apostle) that your bodies are the Temples of the Holy Ghost, which is in you, which you have of God, and you are not your own; for you are bought with a price, therefore glorifie God in your bodies and souls which are his. Thus you see what a large field of mercie al you that have an interest in Christ, have here to walk in, you have all things, though you have nothing, all things equivalently, all things conditionally, all things finally, and all things inheritively: all the Ministers of Christ are yours, the whole world is yours, life and death is yours, things present are yours, whether present afflictions, or present mercies, things to come are yours, whether afflictions, or temptations, or trouble, or want, or any things; and mercie to come is yours, as life and Salvation, Heaven and Happinesse, all is yours; all that Christ hath is yours, Christs Father is your Father, his Spirit is your Spirit, his righteousnesse is your righteousnesse, his graces are your graces, his peace is your peace, and his sufferings ⟨p. 75⟩are your sufferings; and all that you have is Christs, your sins are Christs to pardon them, and your sufferings Christs to sanctifie them, and your soules and bodies Christs to save them: I might here adde one head more, that all your duties and services are Christs too, he persumes them with the sweet odour of his merits, and so presents them, and makes them acceptable to God, hence it is that you read in the Revelation, that Christ addes his incense to the prayers of all his Saints; and this is a very great consolation.
- 11 Cor 6. 19, 20.
