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VERSE.
7.
Doe.
8pbeJana,Chap.i.
V
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purpofe
the
end unto-them
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What
(hall
hinder him from loving them
thus far
as
to purpofe
to
them that
bee can
jufily
ex
a
cute
e
Obferve laftly, to and
through whom the
g
rac a
cf
God doth
bring
us
to
receive
favour
and
grace, evenin, and
thr
o
ugh,
his
beloved.
The
Law
came
by
c_tofes, butgrace
and
truth
through
Iefue
Chriff.
The
Angels
did
fing
at
his
bitth,Glory
to God,
peace
on
earth,
good
will
to
men;
In
him
God
was reconciling
the world,
and
God
did
give this teftimony
of
him,
This
is
my
beloved,
in
whom
1
am
well
pleated.
For Chrift
bath per-
formed
fuch an obedience
at
the commandement
of
grace,
as
doth
yeeld fuch fatisfaelion to Juftice,
that
grace may
juffly
give
us
every
good thing
;
yea
fuch an
obedience,
as
Both procure
from grace
every
good thing for
us
;
for Grace
and Juftice
kiffe
each
other
in
Chrift;
Grace freely
bellowing
all
her gifts
unto her
glory,
and
that without
any
wrong,
nay
with
full
contentment
of
revenging juftice.
See
the
firft
tothe
Colaff.
what
is
written
on thofe
words,
Who
hath tranflated
us
into
the kingdome
of
hit
beloved
Sonne.
in
whom
we
have redemption
through
his blood,
even,
6-c.]
Thus
we
come from that gratifying, mother,
childbearing
grace, from
all eter-
nity
in
God
himfelfe,
to that
grace which
is
freely given
to
us, and
bath
his reall effect in
us
:
And
this
is
handled,
fiat
in
regard
of
the
Jew,
who had
received
it,
Paul
with
the
refs
heleeving. Secondly,
in
regard
of
the
Gentiles
;
and
in
particular, thefe
Ephefians.
The
grace
toward
Paul,
with the
aft
of
thofe who
are firft called
to faith, bath
two
maine
branches
:
Firft,
the
grace
of
redemption, or
juftification. Secondly,
the grace ofglorificatìon, beginning
verve
r
I.
reaching
to the
r3.
Now
in
handling this
firft benefit
:
firft
in
this
verfe,
he doth
propound
in
the former part
of
the
verfe,
expound
it in
the latter. Secondly,he doth
fet downe the
benefit
of
vocation
effe&uall,
which
did
goe before
ir,
and make
way
to
ir,
verfe
8.
Thirdly,
the
meanes
of
their vocation,
verfe
9,
Io.
In
his
propounding the benefit,
1h11
we mull marke
in
whom
we
come to have
ir,
in
chri
fl.Secondly,what
this
redemption
is,
that
is
the
bringing
us
out
of
bondage. Thirdly, the ranfome
in
which
we are
re-
deemed,
through
bu
blood.
The expofition,viz.that
he meaneth nothing
by redemption,
but
remiffion
of
finnes,
the
fountaine whence
it fpring-
eth being annexed,
viz,
the
riches
of
Gods
grace.
The
fumme
is, out
of
his
eternall grace he bath made
cis
accepted
in his
Chrift
; for
in his
Chrift
(whereas
by
nature we are
in
thraldome
and
bondage)
he hath
delivered and redeemed us,
through
no
other
ranfome then the blood
of
his
Sonne; He
hath,I
fay,fet
us
free
both
from guilt
and punifhments.
ofour
finnes,
through
his
moll rich
and
abundant grace towards us.
Obferve
firft,
in
whom
deliverance
is
to
be found from
all fpirituall
thraldome,
even in
Chrift
:
It
is
often faid
in
Chrift
(as
above, we
are
bleffed
thus
and
thus.)
The
Reafon
is,
Becaufe
God bath
made
Chriff
an
I
dam,
head, roote, common
receptacle and ftorehoufe, in
whom are
treafured
all
thofe
good
things
which from him
are
communicated
to
us
:
There
are
three
phrafes
in
fpeaking