.1 ilrguments,agairf Univerfal Redemption. 555 power; "13ut it is otherwayes with our TeRatour : and therefore we cannot think , that He left the legacies in his Teftament , at the uncertainty of con- ditions , to be performed by men ; efpecially confidering, how as he died to ratify the Teftament,fo he rofe againe to admintflrate the fame,as the foie executor thereof by his Spirit , & that what legacies he left to be be(towed , upon (itch & filch conditions he left not the matter at an uncertainty ; for the condition it felfwas bequeathed , as the neceffary good of the Te(lament, without which all would have been to no purpofe. It is unreafonable then'to think , that Chrilt died to give force to his Te(lament; and yet it might come to paffe, that he should have no heire,lto enjoy the goods left in legacy. Nor is it reafonable to think , that all the world were equally his heires , feing the Inheritance , and Kingdom is for the little flock Lull. i 2:32. and a peculiar feted number 1. Pet. 1:4. /oh. 17: 24. Col. I: 12. who are heires of th, pro - rn: fer , of God , of falvation , of the Grace of God , of the I(ingdem d.9'c. horn. S: 17. Gal. 3:29. & 4: 7, 3o. Ephef. 3: 6. Heb. a: 14. & 6: I. & 1t:7. 3arn. z: 5. I. Pet. 3: 7. Therefore , all whom Chrift hath appointed heires in his Tellament shall certainly enjoy the good things celled , in due time, for his Death gave force to his Teflament, as being his Laft & Unchangea- ble will , fo that they cannot mif e of the Inheritance, and be difappoin- ted ; efpecially confidering , that Chrilt by his death laid down a valuable .& rich price to purchafe_all thefe good things, which he left in legacy tohis ftiends & heires. Chrift's death moreover (2.5.) is to be confidered , as the death of a Span- for & Cautioner , and this will furtherconfirme our point : Hence he is cal- led a Surety Heb. 7: 22. and is Paid to die for the ungodly Rom. 5: 6. to be made curie for ur Gal. 3: 13. and to be made fin 2.Cor.5:2I. and other expreflions of the like Kind have the fame import: From whence it is evident, that Chrift took the debt upon him , that wasjuftly to be charged upon the account of hnners, that he became one perfon in Law , with finnersthe principal deb- tor ; that he payed & fatisfied for all the debt , and that in their room and place : and that therefore all thefe, for whom he died , mutt certainly be delivered from the Debt, and from the Charge & Confequences thereof. Thefe things are manif fl of themfelves, and need no further confirmation. Now feing all are not delivered from the debt of fin , nor from the punish- ment due becaufe:of fin , we cannot fay, that Chrilt died , as a Cautioner, for all ; for lure his death was a compleat payment of all the debt he under- took co pay., and to fatisfie for. Nor can we fay, that he died as a Cautio- ner for he knew not whom ; far leffe, that he died as a Cautioner, and yet none might poffibly receive advantage thereby. Nor yet can we fay, that he died as a Cautioner , and payed forfome fìnnes of all, and not for all their finnes , for whom he died; Icing he was a Compleet Cautioner. So then , as Chrilt died in their roome & ftead, as their Cautioner, &Sponfor, for whom he died , wrong should be done to Him , if all thefe, for whom he wasa Cautioner, should not at length aEtually be delivered out of prifon & freed from the accufation of the Law : They, for whom he died, being in himlegally, when he died, and morally & virtually dying in him, and Zzz with
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