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redemption
by
Chrifrt
if
not
-vnirierfall.
28
flatly excluded from
the participation
ofthem.
Ioh.3.r8.
He
Ioh.3.18.
that
beleeueth
in
him
fhall not
bee
condemned,
but
he
that
belee-
ueth
not
is condemned
alreadie.
And
verle
3
6. He
that
beleeueth
vèrfe 36,
in
the
Sonne
h,th
esrerla
/link
life, anti
hee
that
obeyeth
not
the
Sonneíhall
notfee
life,
but
the
wrath
of
God
abideth
on
him.
So
Rom.8.9.
Lfany man
haue
not the
f
irit
o
fChrífl,
the
fame
is
not
Rom.
z.9.-
his
;
and confequently it followeth that
if
het
be
not Chrifls,
then Chrifl
and his benefits
belong
not
vnto him. And
the
Apoffle
I.Ioh.3.8.
plainly affirmeth,
that
bee who
committeth
fnne(that
is, hee
who
liueth
in
finne
without
repentance)
is
of
the
diuell,
and
that
hee
who is
borne
of
God
(that
is,
regene-
rate by
his
fpirit)
finneth not,
that
is,
liueth
not
in his finnes,
neither cotmnitteth them with
full
confent
of
will.And
Paul
willeth
firothie
to
inflrrreI his
hearers,
that
they
miçht
come 2.Tittr.2.26;,
to
amendment out
of
the
flare
of
the
dittell:
whereby
it
is
ma-
nifea
that
thofe
in
whom
fin
raigneth,
are
not
of
Chrifl
but
of
Satan, and that.
notwithflanding
Chrifls death they
are
11i11
in
the
flare
of
the
diuell
till they
come
to
amendment
of
life;
becaufe
the bloud
of
Chrifl
is
not
effe6tuall
to
free
any
out
oftheir
fpirituall
bondage,till
it
be applied
vnto them
by
a
liuélyfai'th:
Mel
thus
it
appeareth
by
plaine teflirnonies,
that
the
re §,Sec7.3,'
demption
wrought
by Chrifl
belongeth
only
to the
faithful;
Rearons
to
which
allo
by
vertue
of
Chrifls death
and
bloodfhed,
haue
proue
that
re-
their
finnes
and
corruptions
in
fome meafure
mortified;
and
demption
eis.
not vino the wicked, who
liue
and
die..
n
their
fins
without
not
repentance.
Now
I
will alío
confirme
this
truth
by ffrong
reafons
:
Firfl, thofe
who
were neuer
knowne
of
Chrifl
(that
is,
acknowledged
for his) were neuer
redeemed by
his pre
ciousbloodfhed;neither
is
it
probable
that
the Father would
giue
his welbelo.ued
fonne,
and
that
the
fonne woúld
giue
himfelfe for
the redemption
of
thole,
whom
in
his
eternal"'
counfcil
he
had decreed to
reiee`I,or(as all
confef e)whom he
forefaw fhould
perifh:but our
Sauiour will
profeff
to
the wor-
kers
of
iniquitie
that
he
neuer
Iene'b
them,Mat.7.2;
:
and there-
Matth.7.
z;.;.
fore
he
neuer
gaue hirnfelfe
for
their redemption.
Secondly,
for
whomfoeuer Chrifl
bath
offered
a
facrifice
veto
his
Father, for
them alfo hee
rnakcthinterceflïon
and
is
become