Sermons preached

3. The next Ground of Comfort is, That our Redeemer liveth. This is true of Christ, whether you consider him as God, or as Man. (1.) As God. So he is Co-eternal with the Father, the First and the Last, the Beginning of all things, and the End of them. So he saith not, he hath, or shall live, but he liveth. In my Flesh shall I see God. He speaks of the Redeemer's Life without any distinction of Time, past, present, or to come. So that he is altogether with the Father and the Spirit, from everlasting to everlasting one living God. (2.) As Man after his Resurrection. Rev. 1. 18. I am he that liveth, and was dead, and behold I am alive for evermore, Amen. And have the Keys of Hell, and of Death. Now in this Sense I take it for his Life in Heaven after his Resurrection from the Dead; and that is of great Comfort to us. For the Apostle telleth us, that, If we were reconciled by the Death of Christ, much more shall we be saved by his Life. The Comfort is great that arises from the Life of the Redeemer.

3. The next Ground of Comfort is, That our Redeemer liveth. This is true of Christ, whether you consider him as God, or as Man. (1.) As God. So he is Co-eternal with the Father, the First and the Last, the Beginning of all things, and the End of them. So he saith not, he hath, or shall live, but he liveth. In my Flesh shall I see God. He speaks of the Redeemer's Life without any distinction of Time, past, present, or to come. So that he is altogether with the Father and the Spirit, from everlasting to everlasting one living God. (2.) As Man after his Resurrection. Rev. 1. 18. I am he that liveth, and was dead, and behold I am alive for evermore, Amen. And have the Keys of Hell, and of Death. Now in this Sence I take it for his Life in Heaven after his Resurrection from the Dead; and that is of great Comfort to us. For the Apostle telleth us, that, If we were reconciled by the Death of Christ, much more shall we be saved by his Life. The Comfort is great that arises from the Life of the Redeemer.