zá6 That redemption byan-ill is not vnister7a.lf. garra1.+ become their aduocate ; neither is it probable that Chrifl woulddie for thofe,for whom hee will not intreate,and that he wouldoffer the facrifice ofhis bodie for thofe, for whom hewould not offer the facrificeofhis lips. Befides it was the officeofthe fame high Priell,to offer facrifice,and to prayfor the people, and confequently of our Sauiour Chrifi, as ap- i.Io' ".h 3. t.2, peareth, i Ioh. z.i.a. where he is Paid as well to be our aduo-. cate,as the propiciatorie facrifice ofour fumes; and theApo- Roin.L. ;f. file Paul,Rom.8.3 5. faith,that as Chrifi died for vs,fo he ma- keth interceflìon for vs ; but 'our Sauiour Chrifü flatly exclu- deth,from all participationofthe fruite ofhis interceflon,all thofe who are ofthe world,that is, all meereworldlings:Ioh. Iohn. t7.9. 17.9. /praynotfor the world, but for themwhich thou hailgi- tenme; and the Apoflle faith, that as he perfe&lyfaueth, fo Fe13.7 z f. alfo he maketh irtercefiîon for thofe who come vntoGodby him, that is,truebeleeuers only. : and therfore for them alone he hathofferedhimfelfe,a facrificevntohis father. Thirdly,Chrifi bathdied for thofe alone inwhomhehath attained vnto theend ofhis death; for whatfoeuer attaineth not his end is done in vaine, which argueth wantofwife.., dome,or power, in the agentandefficient, neither ofwhich without blafphemie can bee afcribedvnto Chrifi, who is in both infinite :but the end ofChrifls death (that is,-the eter- nail faluationof thofe for whom hee died) isattainted vnto Maric.K.16. onely in the ele& and faithfull ; for as it isMark.i6.i6.Hee lohn.3.36. that 'hallbeleeue, ¡hall befaared ; buthe that willnot beleeue,jhall be damned. And.IoL3.36. Hee that beleeueth in theTonne hath euerla f ing life,andhe that obeyethnot thetonnefcallnot fee life, brsr the wrath ofGodabided) on him: And therefore, Chrift bathdied for thofe alone,who beleeue and bring foorth the fruitsoftheirfaith in obedience.,andnot for the vnbeieeuers anddifobedienr. Fourthly,if..all were redeemedby thedeath ofChrifl,then Should they alfobe faced: for what Should hinder them from faluation,whoare redeemed, feeing they haue received the pardon and remiffionof their fnnes,asappea.rethEphef. r.7. Eplefr.7. Inwhomwe haue redemption through his blood, even the rernif- C`104' firmofottr j7nrre.r. Col, 1.14. And confequentlywhofoeuerare redeemed
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