288 That redemption by Chrif is not vniueifall, "mow ç' whale tr.orld. Towhich I anfwere ; firfl,that thefe fpecches are not tobe vnderfloodof all and fingular men, but of all the faithfull which arc gathered outofthe wholeworld; for the drift of the Apoflle is to Phew that our Sauiour Chtifl died not onely for thebelecuing Iewes, but for the Gentiles alto, of what countrie nation or conditiou fouler they were. And fo thefe generall fpeeches are expounded Ioh.t i .52. lob. inIa. where our Sauiour Chriiisfailto haue died, not onely for the Iewiíh nation,but that alto hemight gather together in one,thechildrenofGod which were fcattered. Soalto hec Reuel. f.9. is PaidReu.5.9. to haue redeemed vs (that is,all thefaithfull) unto God byhisbloud,out ofeuery hinred, tongue, peopleandna- Gal. 3.2.6. a3. tion : and Galath.3.26. that dare theformes o fCodbyfaith in Chris`s left's; and verf.28. That there is neitherIetynor Gre- cian,bond,norfree,male norfemale,but allareone in Chrifl lefts. Sothat thefeplaces are not to bee vnderfloodofall and tiri- guIarmen,but ofallbeleeuers, ofwhat nation or condition foeuer they be. For all the promifes andbenefits promifed in the Gofpell,whichis the couenant ofgrace,are tei be reílrái. ned to the conditionofthe couenant,be theyneuer fo gene- tall andvniuerfail; & this condition is fometimes expreffed, and fometimesvuderaood,butneuer excluded: So Ioh.3..i6. Iohn 3.16. So God loued the lborld, that he hath giuen his onely begotten fonne,th.at whofoea:er beleeueth in him fbould not perifh, but haue Rom.3.24. life euerlaflrng. Rom.3 22. it is laid; that the rtçhteoufnefe of Godbyfaith in Iefus Chrifl,is á iuen toall that beleeue.So Gal. . Gal, 3Aa. 22. Thefcripture bathconcludedallunder fnne,that thepromife by the faitho fleftsChri/l (.'could begiuen to them .that beleeue. Aa.1o.43. AsalfoA í.r0.43. Secondlyl anfwere,that Chrif+ in fome fenfe maybe truly laid tohaue died for all the world, narnelie in refpe& ofthe fufficiency.ofhis death, though not in refpeet ofthe efficacie; for by his death hee paied a fufficient price for the finnes of all the world, anda full ranfome for all mankind,ifall would or could applie his merits and obedience vnto themfelues by a liuely faith ; but in refpeet ofGods counfaile, Chrifls will, and the euent,his deathwas not effcaual1 förtheredenptí- .onofall, but the faithfull onely. Euen as a foueraigne falue, may
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