Asarkokaukemma, or The vanity of glorying in the flesh, opened in a sermon preached…Asarkokaukēma, or The vanity of glorying in the flesh, open'd in a sermon preached…

And yet withal lest they should be too much dejected, and faint by over much discouragement, he administereth a cordial unto them of singular virtue, and shows, that they were not so low and abject by their natural generation, but they were as high and honourable by their divine regeneration; wise, and righteous, and holy, and redeemed: and yet still that he may keep their spirits in an equal poise, he lets them know, all their excellency is extraneous, they owe it ⟨p. 3⟩wholly to Jesus Christ, Wisdom, Righteousness, Sanctification, Redemption; all is theirs, but not by inheritance, or their own acquisition, it was all by virtue of their union with Jesus Christ; Of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us Wisdom, & Righteousness, and Sanctification and Redemption. The Fathers ordination, and the Sons merit was the fountain of all these transcendent privileges: Of Him, i. e. Of the Father, and in Christ Jesus; so, Wisdom is yours, and Righteousness yours, and Sanctification yours, and Redemption yours, All is yours, ¹and you are Christs, and Christ is Gods.

And yet withal lest they should be too much dejected, and faint by over much discouragement, he administreth a cordial unto them of singular vertue, and shewes, that they were not so low and abject by their natural generation, but they were as high and honourable by their divine regeneration; wise, and righteous, and holy, and redeemed: and yet still that he may keep their spirits in an equal poise, he lets them know, all their excellencie is extraneous, they owe it ⟨p. 3⟩wholly to Jesus Christ, Wisdome, Righteousnesse, Sanctification, Redemption; all is theirs, but not by inheritance, or their own acquisition, it was all by vertue of their union with Jesus Christ; Of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us Wisdome, & Righteousness, and Sanctification and Redemption. The Fathers ordination, and the Sons merit was the fountain of all these transcendent priviledges: Of Him, i. e. Of the Father, and in Christ Jesus; so, Wisdome is yours, and Righteousnesse yours, and Sanctification yours, and Redemption yours, All is yours, ¹and you are Christs, and Christ is Gods.