190 7 zt redt'mptiowby Chrif r.rnot tinirae ,ePl. .,,ft,-; f it andbeleeue:By all which places it is euident that this word (all) fometime Iignifieth many', and fometime ail of one kinde ; and therefore in thofe places where it is laid that Chrifl bath died for all men, we mayunderhand it ofmany, as it is expoundedMatth.26.z8. or ofall the faithfull, as in Aatth.16,z3, many places it is refiraincd. Secondly, it is obie6ted that Chrifldied eucn for the wic- ked and damned; for it is Paid that fore (hall deny theLord whobathbought them, z.Pet.z.i. that forre who are pur- 2.P'et.2.r, ged afterwards becomeblinde and forgetfull,2.Pèt.t..9, that Cbap.t.z.9. he maybe deliroyed forwhomn Chrill died,Rom.i4. i 5. that Rom 14 15. they who are fan&ified maycount the blood of the Tefla- 116 `O i9' ment anvnholy thing, and tread it under their feete, Hebr, 10.29. Towhich I anfwere, that thefe and filch like places are tobe vnderflood of men, not as they are in truth and in Gods fight, but as they are inoutward flew, prófelhon, and in the eílimation ofinen,whoaccording to therule ofchari= tie iudge the bet}, when they fee not euidenti reafon to the contrarie;. or it may be vnderfloodof hypocritesas theyare in their owne opinion, or according to their vaineboafiing; and fo thofe that are in fhew,or in their owneopinion redee- med by Chrilis death, may be reprobates and condemned, but not any whe.are redeemed in truth. Secondly, thofe hy- pocrites that are in the outwardvilible Church are Paid to be redeemed, in refpeC1 that they are numbred for a time a- mongíl the faithfull, till they bewray(their hypocrifie, and depart from .the communion and fellowfhip which they haue outwardly with the Saints,though they are not in truth redeemed, vrile(fe they be of the Church and members of Chrilis bodie. Lafily,it.isobicaed that as in Alanalldie, menfainChrif; 72°igatallare not J74!lall6émadealote,as theApoflle fpeaketh i.Cor.i 5.2a..but redecraed by all died in Adam,and therefore all are made aline in.Chrifl h anfwere that the Apotilehere vnderflandeth all the faithfu1l, riPedin of-whoferefurre6lion hehercdif uteth; and it is asmuch as g,Cor i s.:i.. ifhehad laid, asall the faithfull died in Adam, foall fhall be made aline in Chrill; or though it be vnderflood of all, that they.died iii Alm, yetit proouethnot that all are redeemed by
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