Of Redemption. 19, 20, 21, &c. yob. 3. 16, 18, 19. .H.e governeth the Worldon terms of Grace. He giveth all men abundance ofMercies andMeans of re+ covery and life. He keepeth the World in order hereby ; and maketh thewicked ferviceable to theSalvationof Believers. Ina word, hewill lofe nothing by any mans fin againft Nature or Grace. Where then is the vanity of the Death of Chrift, if in a common degree it be for all ? The fecond Crimination. C. "They make Chrill an imperfect saviour ; by pretending that he died cyríl.Hierofol. cptech. r s. "for fume, to famelowerends, whomyet hefavithnot. Mukaa aternee vita )a :real aperuit,.at opines B. This needeth noother anfwer than the laft. Is Godan imperfect quantum in ippo e/i abfq; God toAdam, becaufe he faved him not by the way of Innocency, at "Opel metro ille path: firft made by God the way of Life ? Or was he.an impeded God and 0! Salvationto the Angels, becaufe they kept not their firft Eftate ? Or is the Holy Ghoft animperfe& Sanítifier, becaufe hegivethibme but fuch common and temporaryGrace and Faith, as is mentionedin Heb. 6. q, 6. Matth. 53, &c. Or dare you fay that no man that perifheth had any Grace or Gifts of theHoly Ghoft, when fome prophefied, and caft out Devils inChrift's Name ? Mutt Chrift doall that our muddy brains will di&ate tohim, orelfe be reproached as an imperfeét Saviour ? O take heed ! The third Crimination. C. "Theycafl that abfurdity on chrifi, as to die for thofe.thatwere its " Hell when he was dying for them, and to make a Medicinefor the dead " anddefperate. B. t. As you would fiate the Suppofition, it would be as liable to your chargeof abfurdity, to fay, That he died for them that were long ago pardoned and faved, and to purchafe Heaven for, them that had poffeffionof it long before. 2. But when we fpeak ofChrift's Death as a Sacrifice for the Sinsof all the World, we mean no more, but that in effecognito& volito, theundertaking was fofar for all, as thatall Ihould have theconditional Promifeor Gift of Life by theMerits of it. And foas all that were faved beforeChrift's Death, had ahtual Salvation by it before-hand, asundertaken; fo all that perifhed had a Gift ofcon- ditional Pardon and Salvation, and perifhed for refufing it. But at the time when Chrift was dying, we fay that hewas not then intending to offerthe fecond Edition of his Covenant, either to thofe in Hell or in Heaven : But only that he purpofed to dowhat he from the beginning undertook, for the undertakenends. K 2 The Augull. ale Symbol. ad Ca- tech. l.2.c.8. faith, Per- haps Chat keepeth his wounds to thew the wicked at the day of Judgment,and fay, ridc- tie voltera qua infixiffis: agnoJcitrs tatur quad pa- pugiltis: quotiate &per vos er proprio va! apte- tam e/t,neglramen intreet volai(tic.
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