The works of William Bridge, sometime fellow of Emmanuel College in CambridgeThe vvorks of William Bridge, sometime fellow of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge

And again, Secondly. Rea. 2 The Lord Jesus Christ is our second Adam, a Common person between God and us. Now look as it was concerning our fore-father Adam, being a Common person; look what nature he had, we have: He was made up of soul and body; and so are we, His body had legs, and arms, and other members; and we have member for member; we have head for head, and arms for arms, and legs for legs: And so, he sinning, we have sin for his sin, pride for his pride, and unbelief for his unbelief; because he was a Common person. So I say, Jesus Christ, being our Second Adam; look what Grace he had, the Saints have; they have Grace for His Grace, they have Holiness for His Holiness. The Apostle says, in the 5. of the Romans: That as by one mans offence, death came: So through the gift of Grace, Grace hath abounded. But not as the offence: (says he at the 15. verse) So also is the Free-gift: For if through the offence of one man, many be dead; much more the Grace of God, and the gift by Grace, which is by one man Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. Now, if we should not have Grace for Grace from Christ, as we had sin for sin from the first Adam; how should Grace superabound? Our Lord and Saviour Christ says himself, I have life in my Self, The Son hath life in Himself: ¹which laid to that expression which you have in the 1. of Genesis, speaks to our purpose; the 11. and 12. verses, God said, Let the Earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit-tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in it self: And so again, at the 12. verse, Whose seed was in it self. That is, these Creatures had a power in themselves to bring forth their like. And so says Jesus Christ, as other Creatures had seed in themselves to bring forth their like: So have I life in my Self, and am able to bring forth my like; and so He does: for He is our Second Adam; and therefore, as we had sin for sin from the First Adam; we must have Grace for Grace from the Second Adam also.

And again, Secondly. Rea. 2 The Lord Jesus Christ is our second Adam, a Common person between God and us. Now look as it was concerning our fore-father Adam, being a Common person; look what nature he had, we have: He was made up of soul and body; and so are we, His body had legs, and arms, and other members; and we have member for member; we have head for head, and arms for arms, and legs for legs: And so, he sinning, we have sin for his sin, pride for his pride, and unbelief for his unbelief; because he was a Common person. So I say, Jesus Christ, being our Second Adam; look what Grace he had, the Saints have; they have Grace for His Grace, they have Holiness for His Holiness. The Apostle saies, in the 5. of the Romans: That as by one mans offence, death came: So through the gift of Grace, Grace hath abounded. But not as the offence: (saies he at the 15. verse) So also is the Free-gift: For if through the offence of one man, many be dead; much more the Grace of God, and the gift by Grace, which is by one man Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. Now, if we should not have Grace for Grace from Christ, as we had sin for sin from the first Adam; how should Grace superabound? Our Lord and Savior Christ saies himself, I have life in my Self, The Son hath life in Himself: