1 282 IL III; 1. II. 2. IV. 4 V. j. Quefiions,andCafei ofCon fcience Chap. z 9 Secondly, that all this was ofGod the Father. Its his will andgracious appoint- ment that Chia should do all thefe things for his, Co1.1.14. Thirdly , its the duty of all Cods children to know and believe this ful- nelfe of Chritl for them , and CO look upon Chrifl , and all his benefits as for then. Cleft. Why s it their d#tie to dojo? Firli,becaufe otherwife Chrifl wouldbe in vaine,and not of that ufe that God hath appointed him for : the fountaine runs in vain, if none will drink of it. Secondly, becaufe in, and through him, God dothmagnifie his glory : his at- tributes of grace, mercy, and unfpeakable bounty : fo that if Svc do not thus re- ceive Chrili,we deprive God ofall his intended glory. Thirdly, becaufe of the insufficiency ofall other things to fatisfie the troubled, and broken heart,which may make us to the CO this, and to fay,Whitherfhall wego? thorn haft the words ofeternal life. . Feu thly, our necelfity may enforce us to it : Confider, when our own hearts difquiet us : when theperfe& Law troubles us and when the Devil accufes us,we fhould then flee to Chill whichwill anfwerall. Quell. M Nether did not Christ diefor all men ? Anfw. Chrifis Mediatory prayer , john 17. and Death , is not for all the world , but onely for force certaine perfons who are given by the Father to him. Quell. How can this be made ant, and proved? /lnfa..Firil,Confider that there is a neceffary connexion between Chrifis prayer or intercelliion, and his death : they are ofequal latitude ; whom he prayed for, he died for, and whom he died for , he prayed for : So, Rocs. S. 34. and this mull needs be fo, becaufe Chrifis prayer is one part of his Pritftly office, and the oblationofhimfelfa facrifice for fin was the other. Secondly, though Chrifi in his prayer,and death had fpecial love,and regard to force of mankinde, and not to all , yet there is no man that is damned that can lay the blameany where but upon himfelf : So, Hof. 13.9. Death and hell are the wages offin. Thirdly, we mull diflinguifh of the fufficiency, and worth ofChriflsdeath in it felf, and the effe&ual application of it : Chrifis death is of value enough to redeeme ten thoufand worlds, becaufe its the obedience to death of that perfon who is god as well as man, andby reason of his Deity there is fuch amerit, and fatisfattion upon his death, that the fins of all men, and devils are not able to counterpoife it : But Chrifisintention, and purpofe was to laydown his life only for his lheep,'ohn to.11. Fourthly, Chrifts fpccial and particular love to force rather then to others is no ground ofdefpairc. For if aman will all according toreafon, his condition upon thefe tearms is more hopeful then tobe left to fuch an incertain univerfal benefit ofChrifis death , which yet (as themfelves confeffe) none may be a&u- ally faved for all that. Is it not more deferable to have fuch a fpecial love, wherebywe are fure Come will be faved, then fuch a generall one by which no manmay receive falvation at all ? Fifthly, in this, as in all other points of Religion, we muff not go according to our carnal affe&ions and defires, but the dire&ion and revelation that is in the Scriptures: For the way of falvation wholly depending upon Gods will, we cannot judgeof it,but fo faras he difcover s his willtherein ; but God doth not difcover any fuch thing to us in Scripture, asuniverfal redemption : therefore we fhouldnot hold it. Sixthly, yet it cannot bedenied but that the Scripture, when it mentions the fubjeCt for whomChrift died fpeaks indefinitelyof all. As all died inAdam, fo all (hall'
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