Christs eternal existence, and the dignity of his person asserted and proved in opposition…

2. It is applied to us by the Almighty power of his Spirit. Christ is first the Ransom for, then the fountain of Life to our souls, and so the honour of our entire and whole recovery is to be ascribed only to our Redeemer, who as he satisfied the Justice of God for our sins, so he also purchased a power to change our hearts, and he purchased this power into his own hands, not into another's, and therefore doth accomplish it by his Spirit, 2 Cor. 3.18. We should often think what a foundation God hath laid for the dispensation of his grace and how he would demonstrate his infinite love in giving us his son to be a ⟨p. 144⟩propitiation for us, and at the same time showeth forth his infinite power in renewing and changing the heart of man, and all to bring us back to him to make us capable of serving and pleasing him.

2. It is applyed to us by the Almighty power of his Spirit. Christ is first the Ransom for, then the fountain of Life to our souls, and so the honour of our intire and whole recovery is to be ascribed onely to our Redeemer, who as he satisfied the Justice of God for our sins, so he also purchased a power to change our hearts, and he purchased this power into his own hands, not into anothers, and therefore doth accomplish it by his Spirit, 2 Cor. 3.18. We should often think what a foundation God hath layed for the dispensation of his grace and how he would demonstrate his infinite love in giving us his son to be a ⟨p. 144⟩propitiation for us, and at the same time sheweth forth his infinite power in renewing and changing the heart of man, and all to bring us back to him to make us capable of serving and pleasing him.

I come now to the other Title which respects the life of Glory: The first-born from the dead. The same appellation almost is given to Christ when he is called,