~-.----~bf~t~h~e~H~o'L-Y~ . -G=-H7 0-S~T-~--------------6-55This RedemptiQ/1 hath a DllJ· But by this reckoning~ that Day lho.uld~epafi. • Then•r o1 Thellay ofHis J''Afioll, was the Day ofthat_paymenr, ~nd that IS pall : How can we: Rtdrm1.,..,. b fi ledagainftit rhen ~ . But (It yee rn.arkett well) Ltg~tly, there are moredayes t~a~~ne, goe to;full Redemption : Two, at leaft: And, nil the fecond come, the Re~ demption is not 'complear. · , · . , In the ll.ea!l: there is one day of 1 paying .th~money 1 ,~nother, _of • putting ; 11 P'lfefion, ever. That (lightly) is not the faine day; but fomeumes, a good whileafrcr. · ·. .. ·r ' · · d. '· d ' InthePerfondll : 1 Oneqay;whenconcermngaPruoner, aeon em~e. man, 1t is grarioully[aid, by Hi.sMa)cfti~, I-l:e fhall nor dye. • Another,,whenthts IS put un• . derSeale,andbroughttotheprifon,forhisreleafc: And poffibly, a good dtftance, berwcenethefe. . . , · . · ·. · . . I know, all is counted as_ good as done, whcnthemmey IS patd, or thewordf!o· keN: Bur, the Prifoner lycth by idlill; and the porfcffion IS out ofour hands, till the fecond day commeth: So,t~at istl\eDay of Redemptioncqnfummate. , And even fo, ftands it With us. The Ran{omewas paid downe; TheSent.encere~ 'Vtrfid the day of His Pafion.The putting us in porfeffion,the perfect ferring us free; that, hath another day, not yet come. For; out of porfe!lionw~ are as yeti and, ina kinde ofpri!On, we are frill. )'he firft day; thepay.day,ispaft; we hold<! memory of ir,ofall dayes, on G~od-.ftidaj. But Himielfc tells us, of anorherdayaftcrth<t (the . day ofHis[econdapp_earing) and, rvhen thAt comes, t~en f!elmls m lift up 011r heads and Luke u.>l. ' t 1 oke 11 ptheerefuUy ifor thm o11r lledemptz~n drarves mgh,ts even hard at hand; (that IS) our full, perfetl,ple'!ary Jledemp,tion, indeed. _And till rhar,~ome,for all thejir.ftfrui~s , . of rheSpirit, Wegroanejltll, .uJubjtfl to _vamtte and~lrru;tton, (our prz{on~m~s, as it Rom.t<u;, ,1; were) and aflth'ccreatures together rvtth Ut,. doe the hke. Thus farre lledempttoll, and theDay ofit: And thus farre C a 1l 1 s T's office. · Now betweene thcfe two Redemptio'n.d4jes (the fir!l: and theTecond) commt>th j reartft•l<i in the Stale. And, again!l: that fecond day come (which is in cruth; the veryDay of ~gsinllth" full redemption) it will ftand us in hand,eo provide, we beSeil~ed, and have this marke "'T· ofSeparation. It is exceeding materiall. No claime ofredemption without ir. In vainc fhall we fay, we areredetmed; unlerfe, w~thenhave thisSeale to lhew. Therefore, not to refi upon Redemption with a blan(ke, or the ,conceit ofrhat: but know, there isafurther mattef fiill (evenob.fignati eilu) and looke to rhar. For, \Vhen that D•y comes, allwill goe by it. In very deed (upon the point) the Day it felfe goes by it: for,iffea!ed, then • Day ofReilemptiqiJ: If otherwife:, then noDay cif Qedemption, but aDay ofutterdefolatun. Ycehave aType of this, in the Old Te!l:ament (Ezelc. 9.) Six fellciwescarrte Ezek. 9 , 4 ; fonh witha.'as, to m,akc havock'e and defiroy. There goes one before, arid makes aTau in the fore-.heaiis of fome cerraine perfons : They, :md n'one but tll.ey, fpared : Thmll:, hewed Ill peeces every mothers fonne. , . · ,, , . The )ikeagaine, in the NewTefi~ment (Apoc.7.) The foim AngeHs hold the Rml.p; fourew<Nds, ready todeflroy theeArth. But fir!l: goeth one with aStAle; andaprocla- · mattonthercis, to make fray' till WC haveSealedforrie: and (that done) as forthe reft,de{\royt_hem arid fpare not. As much to fay: Thde with theSeale, are they,to whomtheredemptilnlh•ll be applied, and for whom onely, it is availeable. Paffe over thefe : Thefe are mine, Ifee my Se4le upon them, The reft, nefciom; I finde not my marke,Iknorv them not, Doe with them, what yee will. And (b~cau\elfpakeofpajingover) in the F4/fe-over, itwasfo; both aCl:s, :~~lrblhc Lambejlaine, Jhere is RedemptM1: Thepo.fts lkoken withHyffofedippd ExO<!.u.l, 1 •., b rh ot~d,There ts theStg»Ature. Anfwerable to thefe two, with us; Ridemptton :!:h· ) S?N N. of G0n,at Ellflt~: AndtheSealingbythe HoLy G H os r at .. "· tf;unttde, Bur, furcheryct: th&with theseale, not onely fave them, dcll:roy them not:, but,
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