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

2. Others are raised by the power and virtue of his Resurrection, but he hath risen again by his own power, Joh. 10.18. ⟨p. 148⟩I have power to lay down my life, and power to take it up again, raising the dead is a work of divine power, for it belongs to him to restore life who gave it at first. Therefore Christ is said not only to be raised again, but to rise from the dead, Rom. 4.25. He dyed for our offences, and rose again for our Justification, as the Sun sets and rises by his own motion.

2. Others are raised by the power and vertue of his Resurrection, but he hath risen again by his own power, Ioh. 10.18. ⟨p. 148⟩I have power to lay down my life, and power to take it up again, raising the dead is a work of divine power, for it belongs to him to restore life who gave it at first. Therefore Christ is said not only to be raised again, but to rise from the dead, Rom. 4.25. He dyed for our offences, and rose again for our Iustification, as the Sun sets and rises by his own motion.

3. All those that rose again before Christ arose only by special dispensation, to lay down their bodies once more when God should see fit, and rose only as private and single persons, but Christ rose as a public person. His Resurrection is the cause and pattern of ours, for head and members do not rise by a different power, he rose ato gain show the virtue that should quicken our mortal bodies, and raise them at length.