4wow -*r ThAtt redemption by Chrifrt ifnot -vnirierfall. 28 flatly excluded from the participation ofthem. Ioh.3.r8. He Ioh.3.18. that beleeueth inhim fhall not bee condemned, buthe that belee- ueth not is condemned alreadie. And verle 3 6. He that beleeueth vèrfe 36, in the Sonne h,thesrerla/link life, anti hee that obeyeth not the Sonneíhallnotfee life, but thewrathof Godabideth onhim. So Rom.8.9. Lfany man hauenot the f irit ofChrífl,thefame is not Rom. z.9.- his ; and confequently it followeth that ifhet be not Chrifls, then Chrifl and his benefits belongnot vnto him. And the Apoffle I.Ioh.3.8. plainly affirmeth, that bee who committeth fnne(that is, hee who liueth in finnewithout repentance) is of thediuell, and that hee who is borne ofGod (that is, regene- rate by his fpirit)finneth not, that is, liueth not in his finnes, neither cotmnitteth them with full confent ofwill.And Paul willeth firothie to inflrrreI his hearers, that theymiçht come 2.Tittr.2.26;, to amendment out of theflare of thedittell: whereby it is ma- nifea that thofe inwhom fin raigneth, are not ofChriflbut ofSatan, and that. notwithflanding Chrifls death they are 11i11 in the flareofthediuell till they come toamendment of life; becaufe the bloud of Chrifl is not effe6tuall to free any outoftheirfpirituall bondage,till it be appliedvnto themby a liuélyfai'th: Mel thus it appearethby plaine teflirnonies, that the re §,Sec7.3,' demptionwrought by Chrifl belongethonly to the faithful; Rearons to which allo byvertueof Chrifls death andbloodfhed, haue proue that re- their finnes andcorruptions in fome meafure mortified; and demption eis. not vino the wicked, who liue and die.. n their finswithout not repentance. Now I will alío confirme this truth by ffrong reafons : Firfl, thofe whowere neuerknowne ofChrifl (that is, acknowledged for his) were neuer redeemed by his pre ciousbloodfhed;neither is it probable that the Father would giuehis welbelo.ued fonne, and that the fonne woúld giue himfelfe for the redemption ofthole, whom in his eternal"' counfcil hehad decreed to reiee`I,or(as all confef e)whom he forefaw fhouldperifh:but our Sauiour willprofeff to the wor- kers ofiniquitie that he neuer Iene'b them,Mat.7.2; : and there- Matth.7. z;.;. forehe neuer gaue hirnfelfe for their redemption. Secondly, forwhomfoeuer Chrifl bath offered a facrifice vetohis Father, for them alfo hee rnakcthinterceflïon and is become
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