.Se0.3. .,4tunfold end el oar redemp- tion,Godsglory andour happi- nefe., 296 Thatkrhom Chrift redeereth,themhe alfofat7ifieth. God fieáke,nay fweare an vntruth,as thofe maybee teedee. med who liue in their finnes,deaituteofal holineífe towards God,and righteoufies towards their neighbour. Thirdly, we arcro confider that the Lord bath redeemed vs to a twofold end : the firli and principali is hisowne glo- rie,the fccondwhich is fubordinate vnto the other,is our fal- uationand euerlaíiing happineffe : both which concurre in all thofe,towhom the redemption ofChria is made effeelu- all. Now God is not glorified by redeeming fuch as continue in their rebellion towards him, andwill not by any meanes kaue the feruiceoffinne and Satan,but rather in (hewing his iuftice and power,in punifhing theirfinnes which they com- mit withgreedines : but he is glorified whenbee mercifully deliuereth repentant fanners, outofthebondage offanne and Satan, who are wearie of their captiuitie,anddefirenothing more then freedome,that theymay in the ref} of their liues fcruehim their redeemer in theduties ofholines and righte- oufnes. And therefore theywho liue in their finnes without repentance, continuing Gill traitors toGod, and feruantsof Satan,can haue no affuranceoftheir redemption;for the Lord bath therefore bought vs with aprice, that weefhouldglorífte him both inour bodies andfoules : and therefore thofe who in headofletting their lightes ofholineífe and righteoufneffe thine cleerelybeforemen, that their heauenly father maybe glorified,doe nothing elfe but difhonor him by their fins and wicked conuerfation, Phew plainely that the redemption wrought by ChriPdoth not asyet appertaine vnto them. Fourthly,we are toknow that the worke ofour redempti- on wrought by Chrifi, confifieth of three parts or degrees ; for firfi Chrifi redeemed vs by paying the price ofourre- demption,and thus he is faid in the Scriptures tohaue redee- med vs with hisblood.Secondly,he redeemeth vs when ashe applieth this benefit ofour redemption vntovs inparticular, and doth therebyfree and deliuer vsfrom the diuell finand death, fo as wee areno longer in their bondage, fubieci to their powerand gouernixsent,although we be continually al- faulted and often foiled by them ; thirdly,he redeemeth vs when as heperfe6ily freeth vs,not only from the power and gouernment, .Cor.6. to. §.Se1.4. Three degrees ofour redemp- tion which al- *'aies cottcurre L
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