Although' to make a Body that is dead and ⟨p. 111⟩turned to dust, to live again is above the Power of all the Men on Earth, or of all the Angels in Heaven; Nevertheless ••• nipotence can do it. That Power which created the World out of nothing, can easily do it. We may also Argue from the Omniscience of God, that there is a possibility of the Resurrection. He that has such Infinite Knowledge, with His Almighty Power can Raise every man that is or shall be dead. All things are Naked & Opened unto his Eyes; neither is there any Creature which is not manifest in his Sight. He knows all that are dead: And he has a singular Eye on the dead Bodies of […] Servants. When their Flesh and their […] are dissolved and turned to Dust, there is not an Atom of that Dust, but what is known to the Omniscient GOD. Let the dust of their dissolved Bodies be dispersed never so much, the Omniscient GOD knows where every particle of it is; and he knows how to make the dissolved Flesh and Bones, to become Flesh and Bones again and to live. As tis said concerning the Dry Bones in Ezekiel, in which ⟨p. 112⟩there is a manifest Allusion to the Resurrection of the Dead at the Last Day. Can these Bones Live? O Lord God thou knowest […] The Bones came together Bone to his Bone: The Sinews and the Flesh came upon them, and their Skin covered them; Breath came into them, and they Lived & stood upon their Feet, Ezek. 37. 7, &c. Moreover, There is some resemblance of the Resurrection in the Ordinary Works of Providence, which although' we can not thence infer, that certainly there shall be a Resurrection, we may infer a Possibility of it. In the Winter Season, Plants seem, as if they had no Life or Vegetation in them, but in the Spring we see them Revive wonderfully. GOD by his Spirit and Power Reviveth the Face of the Earth, Psal. •4. 30. We see Corn is cast into the Ground, it Dyeth there, and yet after that it Ri••th again. By this Similitude, does our Saviour Illustrate the Resurrection, Joh. 12. 24. Except a Corn of Wheat fall into the Ground and Dye, it abides alone; but […] Dye, it brings forth much Fruit. […] was that Wheat which Died and […] ⟨p. 113⟩again, & brought forth much Fruit, by which GOD is Glorified, and his Elect are Sav'd. After the like manner does the Apostle reason, 1 Cor. 15. 35,—Some […], How are the Dead raised? with what […] do they come? That which thou sowest, is not quickened, except it Dye.
Altho' to make a Body that is dead and ⟨p. 111⟩turn'd to dust, to live again is above the Power of all the Men on Earth, or of all the Angels in Heaven; Nevertheless ••• nipotence can do it. That Power which created the World out of nothing, can easily do it. We may also Argue from the Omniscience of God, that there is a possibility of the Resurrection. He that has such Infinite Knowledge, with His Almighty Power can Raise every man that is or shall be dead. All things are Naked & Opened unto his Eyes; neither is there any Creature which is not manifest in his Sight. He knows all that are dead: And he has a singular Eye on the dead Bodies of 〈…〉 Servants. When their Flesh and their 〈…〉 are dissolv'd and turn'd to Dust, there is not an Atom of that Dust, but what is known to the Omniscient GOD. Let the dust of their dissolv'd Bodies be dispersed never so much, the Omniscient GOD knows where every particle of it is; and he knows how to make the dissolv'd Flesh and Bones, to become Flesh and Bones again and to live. As tis said concerning the Dry Bones in Ezekiel, in which ⟨p. 112⟩there is a manifest Allusion to the Resurrection of the Dead at the Last Day. Can these Bones Live? O Lord God thou knowest 〈…〉 The Bones came together Bone to his Bone: The Sinews and the Flesh came upon them, and their Skin covered them; Breath came into them, and they Lived & stood upon their Feet, Ezek. 37. 7, &c. Moreover, There is some resemblance of the Resurrection in the Ordinary Works of Providence, which altho' we can not thence infer, that certainly there shall be a Resurrection, we may infer a Possibility of it. In the Winter Season, Plants seem, as if they had no Life or Vegetation in them, but in the Spring we see them Revive wonderfully. GOD by his Spirit and Power Reviveth the Face of the Earth, Psal. •4. 30. We see Corn is cast into the Ground, it Dyeth there, and yet after that it Ri••th again. By this Similitude, does our Saviour Illustrate the Resurrection, Joh. 12. 24. Except a Corn of Wheat fall into the Ground and Dye, it abides alone; but 〈…〉 Dye, it brings forth much Fruit. 〈…〉 was that Wheat which Died and
