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6

That

redemption

by

an-ill

is

not

vnister7a.lf.

garra1.+

become their

aduocate

;

neither

is

it

probable

that

Chrifl

would

die for

thofe,for

whom

hee will

not intreate,and that

he

would

offer

the

facrifice

of

his

bodie

for thofe, for

whom

he

would not

offer

the

facrifice

ofhis

lips. Befides

it

was

the

office

ofthe

fame

high

Priell,to

offer

facrifice,and

to

pray

for

the people,

and

confequently

of

our

Sauiour

Chrifi,

as

ap-

i.Io'

".h

3.

t.2,

peareth,

i

Ioh.

z.

i.a.

where he is

Paid

as

well

to

be our aduo

-.

cate,as the propiciatorie

facrifice

ofour

fumes; and the

Apo-

Roin.L.

;f.

file

Paul,Rom.8.3

5.

faith,that

as

Chrifi died

for

vs,fo he

ma-

keth

interceflìon for

vs

;

but

'our

Sauiour

Chrifü flatly

exclu-

deth,from

all

participation

of

the

fruite

ofhis interceflon,all

thofe

who

are

ofthe

world,that

is, all

meere

worldlings:Ioh.

Iohn.

t

7.9.

17.9. /pray

not

for

the

world,

but

for

them

which

thou

hail

gi-

ten

me;

and the Apoflle faith,

that

as

he perfe&lyfaueth,

fo

Fe13.7

z

f.

alfo he

maketh irtercefiîon for

thofe

who

come

vnto

God

by

him, that

is,true

beleeuers

only.

:

and therfore for them alone

he

hath

offered

himfelfe,a

facrifice

vnto

his father.

Thirdly,Chrifi bath

died for thofe alone

in

whom

he

hath

attained vnto

the

end

ofhis death;

for whatfoeuer

attaineth

not

his

end

is

done

in

vaine, which argueth wantofwife..,

dome,or

power,

in

the

agent

and

efficient,

neither

of

which

without

blafphemie

can bee

afcribed

vnto Chrifi,

who

is in

both

infinite

:but

the end

ofChrifls

death

(that

is,

-the

eter-

nail

faluation

of

thofe for whom hee died)

is

attainted vnto

Maric.K.16.

onely

in

the

ele& and

faithfull

;

for

as

it

isMark.i6.i6.Hee

lohn.3.36.

that 'hall

beleeue,

¡hall

be

faared

;

but

he

that

will

not

beleeue,

jhall

be

damned.

And

.IoL

3.3

6.

Hee

that

beleeueth

in the

Tonne

hath

euerla

f

ing

li

fe,and

he

that

obeyeth

not the

tonne

f

call

not

fee life,

brsr

the

wrath

of

Godabided)

on

him: And therefore,

Chrift

bath

died

for

thofe

alone,who

beleeue and

bring

foorth the

fruits

oftheir

faith in obedience.,and

not

for

the

vnbeieeuers

and

difobedienr.

Fourthly,if..all were

redeemed

by the

death

of

Chrifl,then

Should

they

alfo

be faced:

for

what

Should

hinder them

from

faluation,who

are

redeemed, feeing they

haue

received

the

pardon

and remiffion

of

their

fnnes,asappea.reth

Ephef.

r.7.

Eplef

r.7.

In

whom

we

haue

redemption

through

his

blood, even

the

rernif-

C`

104'

firm

of

ottr

j7nrre.r.

Col,

1.1

4. And confequently

whofoeuer

are

redeemed