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Redemption
abat
it is.
The
de
jiIltloiS
;atpla:ted.
278
Of
our
Redemption.
der that
our fanetification and
newneffe
oflife,
is
the-
onelie
iueanes
whereby
wee may
cone
to
the
af:furance
ofour
ele-
&ion
and faluation?
CHAP.
XIII.
Of
our Redempt
ion.
Nd
thus much concerning our
elec uion
and
the
lccrtaintie
thereof.' The
next
caufe
ofour
falua-
tion
is
our
redemption by
Iefus
Chrií
for
as
1
the Lord bath
from
al
eternity
eleóed
vs
to
fal
--
Í
nation,
ofhis
meere
mercy
without
any
refpeft
ofour
works
or
worthines
;
fo
he
hath ordained
in
this
his
e-
ternall decree,our
Sauiour
Chrifl
to
bee the
Mediator,who
fhould
worke
the worke
of
our faluation, and
as
it
were
the
conduit
wherby
he
would conuey
his
grace,mercy
and euer-
lailing
faluation unto
vs;and
bath
let
him apart to
be
our Sa-
uiour and redeemer, who fhould
face
and
delitter
vs
out
of
the captiuitie and
bondage
ofour
fpirituall enemies,
and
re-
Bore
vs
to the
glorious libertic
of
the
formes
of
God.
This our redemption
is
an
cffedt
ofGods
ele&ion,
wherby
our
Sauiour
Chri:fl
(being
fet
apart
of
his
father
for
this
pur-
pofe)hath
freed and deliuered
al
G.
ods.eleel
out
of
the
capti
uitie
oftheir
fpirituall enemies,
fnne
death
and the diuell
;by
offring himfelfe for
the
price
oftheirredemption,and
a
fuffi-
cient
facrifice
for fìn,for
the appeafing
of
his
fathers
di
fplea-
lure and fatiffÿing
ofhis
iuflice;to
the
end
that being deliue-
red,they
may
ferue
him
in
holineffe and
righteoufoeffe
al
the
daies
ofthis
life,
ánd.afterwards
may
inherit
the
kingdom
of
glorie,
and
the
Browne
of
eternall happines which
is
purcha
fed
for them.
Fira I
fay,that it
is
an
effe
ofGods eleaion;for
whom
he
had
chofeu
to
euerlafling
life
in
Chrifl, thofe by
Chrifl
bee-
bath
faued and
redeemed, and
thole
onely
as.
wee
dial(
fee-
afterwards.
Secondly,I
Phew
who
is
our Sauiour
and
Redcerrier,name=
ly
Chrifl.Iefus,who onelie faueth
vs
from.
our
finnes,
as
it
is
Matth..