Cor, j. z. That tholewho are once redee- med cannot againebee brought into bondage. iQh. 90.2. g. '31'2 That th'ofe' to hoare truly redeemedareneuer againe toff. b andendleffe happineffe.Heretofore it was the diuelsfergeant to arrefi and carric vs without baile, into the perpetuallp6- fonofvtter darkeneffe, but now it is the Lords gentleman- vfher to conduòi and place vs in the kingdome ofheauen. Heretofore it was like the diuelscart vtlereinwe were carri- ed to execution,now it islike Elias firieChariot wherebyv e mount vp into heauen.And thisPaul fhewetl; 2.Cor. s.i . we know (faith he) that if theearthy houfi ofthis tabernacle 6ede-. f royed,lrehaue abuilding piteen vs ofGcd,a houfe not madepith hands, but etern. ll in the heauens. Why therefore fhould tve feare, nay why fhould wenot defire death, feting now it is unto vs aduantage?as it is Phil. I.2 3 . why fhouldwe not de-. fire to bediffolued and tobe with Chriíi, feeing that is bets of all? as it is verf. ài . for now we may fay, notthat we die, but that we depart and g.oe to our father, as our Sauiour fpeaketh Iohn 8.21. But yet we rnufi take heede thatwe doenot itna ine,that death in it ownenature worketh and procureth for vs theft great benefits ; for in itfelfe this temporarie death is but a üep to euerlafiing death, and as it were a fearefull prologue to a more fearefulltragedie:but our SauiourChriíi it is alone.. who hath gathered holefome honey out of this pornitious poyfon, and by mingling the flefhof this venemous ferpent with hisowne moii preciousblood, he hathmade thereof a holefomeTriade. And thus haue I prooued,notwithflandingSatans tempta- tionsand obiedions,that Chriíi bathperfectly redeemed vs, out ofthehands ofaIl our fpiritual enemies; now in the MI' placeSatan fuggefieth, that thoughChrif}hath once redee- med vs, yet wemay come into their bondage againe, and . then there is no hope ofafecond redemption. But we are to know that our Redeemer isG e,domnipotent, whofe power all the power ofhell cannot withfiand; and therefore no- thing isable to plucke vsout of his hand, as himfelfe fpeaketh Iohn ío.28. neither are we to thinke, that hewill eafily and. willingly lofe them,whichhe fo intirely loues that he fpared not his precious blood, but freely gaue it as a price of their redemption.,And therefore,ashe. is able, perfeCtfy to faue ail thole 11-
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