Redemption abat it is. The dejiIltloiS ;atpla:ted. 278 Ofour Redemption. der that our fanetification and newneffe oflife, is the-onelie iueanes whereby wee maycone to theaf:furance ofour ele- &ionand faluation? CHAP. XIII. Ofour Redemption. Nd thus much concerning our elec uion and the lccrtaintie thereof.' Thenext caufeofour falua- tion is our redemption by Iefus Chrií for as 1 the Lord bath from al eternityeleóed vs to fal -- Í nation, ofhis meere mercy without any refpeft ofour worksor worthines ; fo he hath ordained in this his e- ternall decree,our Sauiour Chrifl to bee the Mediator,who fhould worke the workeof our faluation, and as it were the conduit wherby he would conuey his grace,mercy and euer- lailing faluation untovs;and bath let him apart tobe our Sa- uiour and redeemer, who fhould face anddelitter vs out of the captiuitie andbondage ofour fpirituall enemies, and re- Bore vs to theglorious libertic ofthe formes ofGod. This our redemption is an cffedt ofGods ele&ion, wherby our Sauiour Chri:fl (being fet apart of his fatherfor thispur- pofe)hath freed and deliuered al G. ods.eleel out ofthe capti uitieoftheir fpirituall enemies, fnne death and the diuell;by offring himfelfe for the price oftheirredemption,and a fuffi- cient facrifice for fìn,for the appeafing ofhis fathersdi fplea- lure and fatiffÿingofhis iuflice;to the end that being deliue- red,they may feruehim in holineffe and righteoufoeffe al the daies ofthis life,ánd.afterwards may inherit the kingdomof glorie, and theBrowneofeternall happines which is purcha fed for them. Fira I fay,that it is aneffeofGods eleaion;for whomhe hadchofeu to euerlafling life inChrifl, thofe by Chrifl bee- bath faued and redeemed, andthole onely as. wee dial( fee- afterwards. Secondly,I Phew who is our Sauiourand Redcerrier,name= lyChrifl.Iefus,who onelie faueth vs from. our finnes, as it is Matth..
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