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R.25.
ephefians,Chap.
5'.
2.
It
maketh fuch
the world who
had
not
grace nor
faith;
whereas
it
is
not the not having
of
grace,
but the not belonging and
being
preordained
ro
grace, that
maketh
of
the world
:
for
Chrift
in this
prayer prayeth for thofe
that
had
not
faith
as
yet.
3.
It
doth
infinuate
as
if
the prayer didnot
ferve
toobtaine conver-
fron,
as
well
as
the
facrifice; this
ground therefore ftandeth lure
:
And
to winde
up
this matter,
let
us
hold three things.
s.
That
God
could
not
be challenged
of
injuftice
if
he lhould
not
have given
Chrift
to redeeme
any
man,no more then
in
not
giving the
Angels
a
redeemer.
a.That
the
fufferings
ofChrift
cannot be intended
fo
largely
as
4
the
tranfgreffion
of
Adam,for
then
Chrift
lhould have
offe-
red him
felffor thofe that were
damned
in
hel remedilefly.
3.
That
it
is
onelypurpofed
for thofe
that
in
time were to have
a
fpiriruall being from
&
by Chrift,as
Adams fin
was inten-
ded chargeable upon fuch
as
lhould come
byhim, therfore
Chrift
though
in
the loynes
of
Adam,
yet
becaufe
the
holy
Ghoft
did feparate, fanttiffe and
frame
that
nature, was
not
wrapped
in
the
guilt
of
Adam, Iah.
ro.
for my fheepc
who
fhall
heare my voice and know me.
Now
for the
ufe
of
this
truth:
Ir
doth
confute
the Germane Di-
Yfe.
vines and
Papifts,who
doemake
both that God the Father
and
Chrift
in
death did purpofely ayme at
the redemption
of
all, though few at-
mine
it:
even as
a
woman hath
as
fore travaile
in
bringing
forth
a
dead
child,
as
one that
is
living. But
though
weake
women that often
wantgood
mid wiferie, may have
their fruit
Rill-
borne,
farre bee
it
thatthe Lord
of
Hofts lhould travaile,
and mifcarry
in
that
he
goeth
with. And it
is
good to
marke
the ground
of
their error;
in
the
one
a
dreame
of
a
univerfall
grace;
in
the other
a
conceit
of
an
antecedent
will in
God,which doth
fo defirethe falvation
of
all,
that
he
will doe
that which
is fufficient
for
all
:
but Gods whole delight profpered in
Chrift,
Efey
53.1o.
whereas
that
conceit would cut
the Lord
fhort
ofa
great
deale
of
his
pleafure.
But they
objeét,
r.If
it
be
true
that the
damned believingon
Chrift
lhould have falvation, then he
dyed to
fave
them,
for
he can fave
no
more then
he dyed
for
:
but you
tefifie
to the reprobate
that
if they
believe, &c.
Anfiv.
The
confequence
is
naught;
the
reafon
is
this,
becaufe
there
is
fufficiency
in
his
death to
fave
a
thoufand worlds, though he
did not
purpofe any fuch
thing: God purpofeth
the
Sun (hall
give
the benefit
of
light to
no
more then have eyes,
yetfuppofe that
all
the
eyes
of
the
blinde were
opened,
nay
that
as
many more
men
were created
and fet
on
the earth, the
fame would give
light
to
them
all
:
fo
the
fin
of
t.
dam,
if
another world were to come
of
him,
were
fufficient
to
con-
demne them too.
objelt.
2.
The
Scripture
doth
witneffe
that Chrift
is affected
no
lefTe
toward
the obflinate
fanners
then
others, M4t.z3.37. How
often
would
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