7iat redemption lyChrifiz is not vniuer/'all.' 283. l fore-doubtleffe he will not lofe his labour, nor (pill his blood invaine ; he will not willingly letanyperifh, whom hebath purchafed at fo high a rate, and redeemed with fodeare a price : he is allo fo powerfull that nothing fhall be able to pull them out of his hand, asbimfelle affirmeth, Ioh.io.zS; Iohn io.Zó. and fo wife that he wouldnot ]bed his blood, for thofewh6 he would not faue. And who can imagine that Godwho is mofi iufi,will impute thofe fnnes vnto thee for which Chrifi bath fuffered,inflia deathon thee for whom Chrifi died,and require' that debt againe which is alreadiediicharged?Or ho can imagine that God,who is imniutable,fiiould- Phew filch inconfiancieas to fend his forme into theWorld, to fuf- fer death for the redemption ofthofe whom-he nowwill not faue ; for ifhee would, who could refifi his will or vvithfiand his power ? And therefore ifhe hath redeemedall,fiirely bee will faceall,and confequcntiy thee among{: the refs, though thou line as thou lift and follow the lufis ofthine own heart : for thy fins andvnbeliefe cannotmake hispurpofe voide,nor annihilate the worke of thy redemption; nay the more thy finnes abound, the more his grace will abound alfo. For the anfveringofwhich temptation,weeare to know, §.Set.l.2 that vniuerfall redemption which is theground and founda- The n ft tre to tion thereof; is an idle dreameofmans braine, which cannot tb° f rmcr be iufiifiedby the wordofGod the touchfione ofall trueth; trmptai" . neither hath our Sauiour Chrifi redeemed any other, than thofewhom hee efeáIually calleth v.iito the facing know- ledgeoftheir rcdemption,indueth with true faith and vnfai- ned repentance,iufiifieth,faná ifieth,and lafily faueth, ifwee refpeél the purpofeofGod, and the willofour bleffed Sa- uiour; although indccde the price hee gaue for our redetnp tion,was offutficient valuefor the homes ofall theWorld,i it were applied.byaliuclyfaith. Butbecaufe this doarinebathmany.eneniies, it is not cif- TV/jinni-oaf ficient to propound it vnleffe I proue it :and therefore I will seioureat- eagrdaaiir1 Phew firfi by teflimonies ofScriptures, and after by firong ILrel,fe I re reafons,that our Sauiour Chriui bath died for,& by his death demption._ redeemed,thofe onlywhombee induéth with true faith and - ynfained repentance, andnotfor all the world, asthey iina- gine,.
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