VER. 7. Epheflnnr,Chàp.i. yÍ of godlineffe. Chrift was put under the Law, that we might be redee- med and receivethe fpirit ofGod. This fpirit is that life ofthe world, for which he did fuffer death,asthe Gofpell fpeaketh. Laft ofall, through this death wehave deliverancefrom all evills, fo that all teares in Gods time (hall bewiped from our eyes, and in the meanewhile all our fufferings are fo changed,that theyare not effects ofGods revenging jufticeto deftroy us ; but they are fuchthings, in which God doth offer himfelfe as a father , intending to make us partake further , by meanes of them , in the quiet fruit of righter oufneffe. TheVfes of thefe aremanifold.r.It letteth us feethat loveofChrift, to dye for us, when now we didpradtife nothing but open hoftility a- gainft him,Rom.s. Againe, we fee how fitly that is fpoken of this bloud,that itcryeth firbetter things then the bloodof(,Abell ; This Both appeafe revenge, not provoke it, this doth call for all kinde of bleflìngs : Wherefore let us getour confciences (prinkled with this, and flye to it by faith, as they were wontto the fandtuary,to the homes ofthealtar ; for this is ourtrue refuge inevery neceffity. This doth thew us how we fhould efteemeofall thofe benefits, as remiffion offnne,&c. which arepurchafed by it:Things bought at high price, we doe efteemeofthem accordingly.Many will not come out of their vanity , but leave the thing asnot worth the taking , which Chrift hathpurchafed with hisdeareft blòud:Knowingthat you are redeemed from your vaine converfation, not withflver andgold, but with the blondof Cbrift,aLambe undefiled'. Remiffion ofinnes out afhic richgrace.] Whence obferve ; Firft, that to have our finne forgiven, is tobe redeemed,orfet free fromall evill ; That which before he called Redemption, is here called Remiflion of finne. Our naturali effare, ifit be confideredas a fpirituall bondage, Chrift his deliverance is redemption ;but ifit be confideredas a flare, P in which we (land guilty,and underpunifhment ofthe Law,then Chrift his deliverance is the procuringof remiffion of finne ; and they cannot but be one in fubftance, thoughin reafon and confideration theydiffer: For what is forgivenelfeoffinne,but an at of grace,acquitting us from all the guilt and the wholepunifhment of all our finne a And as we did fpeakeofredemption, fo we may fpeake of remiffton : For though the fentence ofpardon be whollyand atonce paffed to us, yet theexecuti- on ofthefentence is here begun only, and (hall thenbeconfummate, when every teare (ball be wiped from our eyes;in which regardwe may grant, without any danger of Poperie, that in the lifeto come,evenat the time of Chrifts appearingto refrefh us, or to re- animate our bodies by thereturne of the fouleto them,thateven then finnes fhall be blotted forth,that is, the fentence which had abfolvedus from all the puni(h. ment and confequencesof finne, (hall then be fullyexecuted. Againe, the forceof this remiffion is fuch,that it fetteth men free from the con- demnationofGods juftice in theLaw, fromthat powerof the Devil,and my, yfe i, lift z. Doc - Rete,itiriatir; Redemption, rtificatioz, RZrit, One thing in regardofdi- ed.
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