That Cheíf îmerits¿elmgs to etcery belee: er; 3o; numerable deaths ? andhow could the temporary and fhort punifhment which Chrifi indured, free vs all that-beleeué AEt,ao : from theeuerlafiing punifhments ofhel fire,fceing the iuflice ofGod requireth that there fhouldbe fome proportion, be- tweene the punifhment whichwee deferucd, and the fatisfa- &ion which Chriftmade and offered ? I anfv-vere, that Chrifl who fuffered for vs,was not manonlybut God alto; in which, refpe6Ì it is Paid, that God purchafed his Church with his blood; not thatGod hathblood,but becaufe he that flied his b!ood,was. not.only manbut alfb God;and therfore his fhort fufferings were oftnoreworth, vertue and value, than the e- =Tailing fuffrings ofall the world;for they fhould euerhaue fitffred,but could therbyneuer haue fatisfied,becaufe our fins defamed infinitpunithments,in that wee had by them offen- ded the infinit iuflice and Maiefly ofGod which becaufe finite creatures :could not beare, Gods iufiice required that they fhouldbee infinit in time and euerlafiing, feeing they could not bee infinite in meafure ; but the fufferings of Chrifi,though fhort in time, yet were they infinit in value, worthand merit, becaufe he was not man alone,but God al- £o,and thereforeatonce he put-away finneby the facrifieof hitnfelfe,andbq his oane ob1r ton he rooksa:ay the fins ofmany -, Hcb.9,zI. as it is Heb.9.z6.28.As therefore Adams fn,whzch in it felfe was finit, as proceeding fr6 a finit creature,notwithfianding deferucd infinitpunifhment,becaufe Godwhombyhisfinne he offended was infinite ; fo contrariwife Chrifis fuffrings werebut offhort continuance in refpe& of time;bnt yet of infinit merit and worth,becaufehe that fuffered wasnot man alone,but allo God,and therefore infinit. . Lafily,the tetnpter will obie& that Chrifis death andmen §.g rits,though theybee in themfelues a fuffìcient price for our That rbrrßs .redemption,yeethey doe notbelong vntoys, neitherwill be death aid n11.;' effeetual for our faluation.Let it be graunted(wil he fa that rlts Gelong t® g y) partite. thedeath andmerits ofChrifl are fufficientfor the (ablation far Gelerer> ofall:yetwhat comfort cants thou receivehcrby,feeing thou cants haue no affurance that they belong unto thee,or will beef}eéuallfor thy redemption? for either he hath'redee- Rued áll or but faint only; ofall, then fore who are redec-
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