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7hät

73edemptrota

by

Chrifl

a

not

vrtíuerfall.

287

redeemed

are

iufiified,and alto heires

ofeternall

blefTednes;

for

Wed

are

thore

whofe

ini

pitte

is

ford

ruen,4nd

rrho

fe

rune

is

Pfai

r..;

Li.

coxt.red,

as

it

is

Pfal.3 2.1. Seeing

alto

Chrifl who

harh redee-

med"vs,

is

f

+rongerthan

Satan and

all

the

poi

;.

er

ofh

ell,

and

therefore

all

their

fpirituall enemies

conioyned

together,

cannot

pluck

thofe whom

he

hath redeemed

out

ofhis

hand

violently and

againll

his

will, neither

can wee

with

any

pro-

bable

thew ofreafon

imagine

that

hee would

willingly

lofe

thofe

l,s'horn

he

hath redeemed with the

inef{imable

price

of

hitnfelfe,neither

will

it

fland

with

the

iuf

{ice

of

God

to im-

pute the

fins

of

any-to

their condemnation,

for which

Chrift

hathfully

fatisfred,

nor

to

exa6t

that

debt

againe which

hee

bath

paid

:

:and

therefore ifChrif} had

died for

all,God

in his

iuf

{ice

could

not

chufe

but

faue all

:

and

Chrif{

might

well

fay

to

his

father, To what

purpofe haue

I

died

if

thou

de

firoyefl thole whom I

haue faued?what profit

is

in my

blood,

ifthou

condemnefl thofe

whom

Ihaue

redeemed

?

Laftly,

ifhee

died and

by

his

death redeemed

all;

then

al-

fo

hedied

for and redeemed

the Pagans,TurkesAtheif{s and

Epicures,

who

were

out

of

the Church

and

couenant

of

grace; and

fo

iufiifcation,redemption

and faluation

fhuld be

out

ofthe

Church,

and be extended to

thole whom

God

ne-

uer

receiued

into

his

couenant;

which

is

quite contrarie

to

the whole

courfe

of

the fcriptures,where

it

is

faid,that

al

who

are faued are

alto

added vnto

the

Church,A6i.2.47.and

that

Chrifl bathgiuen

himfl

reonly

far

hit

Church,

Eph.

5.2

s.Yea

if

2.47.

Chrifl

died

for

all,

and by

his

death redeemed

thetn,then

it

EP""

5'11'.

muff neceffarily

follow

that

bee had redeemed euen

thofe

damned

foules

who

were

in

hell before his

comming, which

is

mofl

abfurd

to bee

imagined;

for

if

they

were

redeemed,

how

did

they againe

fall

into condemnation,feeing

they

be-

ing

once

become Chrifts

can

neuer perifh,neither

is

any

able

to

pull

them

out

ofhishands,asitislohao.a8.

But

againfi this

it

is

obie

&ed,

that

in

the

fcriptures

Chrifi .Sr .4:-

is

faid,

to

haue died and

to

haue

giuen

himfelfe

a

rauíome

4

for

all

men.

r

.Tim.2.6,

cvho

az

e

himfelfe

a

ran

ome

for

al

rren.

'0`r

m;arFtNlr

f

f

f

f

chri(i

tsfi

-d-"/

And

Fleb.2.9.

he

is

faid

to

haue

t47ed'death

for

all

men

;

and

hale

dùdfor

i,Ioh,2,2.hee

is

faid

to

bee a

r

econf

liation

for

the

finnes

of

the

all

rnen.

whole.