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288

That

redemption

by

Chrif

is

not vniuei

f

all,

"mow

ç'

whale

tr.

orld.

To

which

I

anfwere

;

firfl,that

thefe

fpecches are

not

to

be vnderflood

of

all

and fingular men,

but

of

all

the

faithfull which

arc

gathered

out

of

the whole

world;

for

the

drift

of

the

Apoflle

is

to

Phew

that

our

Sauiour

Chtifl

died

not

onely

for

the

belecuing Iewes,

but for

the Gentiles alto,

of

what

countrie nation or conditiou

fouler

they were.

And

fo

thefe generall

fpeeches are

expounded

Ioh.t

i

.52.

lob.

inIa.

where

our Sauiour

Chriiisfailto

haue

died, not

onely

for

the

Iewiíh nation,but

that

alto he

might gather together

in

one,the

children

of

God

which

were fcattered.

So

alto hec

Reuel.

f.9.

is

Paid

Reu.5.9. to

haue

redeemed

vs

(that

is,all

the

faithfull)

unto

God

by

his

bloud,out

o

f

euery hinred, tongue,

people

and

na-

Gal.

3.2.6.

a3.

tion

:

and Galath.3.26.

that

dare

the

formes

o

f

Cod

by

faith

in

Chris`s

left's;

and verf.28.

That

there

is

neither

Iety

nor Gre-

cian,bond,nor

free,male norfemale,but all

are

one

in

Chrifl

lefts.

So

that

thefe

places

are

not to

bee vnderflood

of

all

and

tiri-

guIarmen,but ofallbeleeuers,

of

what nation

or

condition

foeuer they

be.

For

all

the promifes and

benefits promifed

in

the Gofpell,which

is

the

couenant

ofgrace,are

tei

be

reílrái.

ned to

the

condition

of

the couenant,be they

neuer

fo

gene-

tall and

vniuerfail;

&

this

condition

is

fometimes

expreffed,

and

fometimes

vuderaood,butneuer

excluded:

So

Ioh.3..i6.

Iohn

3.16.

So God loued the lborld,

that

he

hath

giuen

his

onely

begotten

fonne,th.

at

whofoea

:er

beleeueth

in him fbould not perifh,

but haue

Rom.3.24.

life euerlaflrng.

Rom.3 22.

it

is

laid;

that

the rtçhteoufnefe

of

God

by

faith

in

Iefus Chrifl,is

á

iuen

to

all

that

beleeue.So

Gal.

.

Gal, 3A

a.

2

2.

The

fcripture bath

concluded

all

under

f

nne,that

the

promife

by

the

faith

o

f

lefts

Chri/l

(.'could

begiuen

to

them .that

beleeue.

Aa.1o.43.

AsalfoA

í.r0.43.

Secondlyl

anfwere,that

Chrif+ in

fome

fenfe

may

be truly

laid

to

haue

died

for

all

the world,

narnelie in refpe&

ofthe

fufficiency.ofhis

death,

though not

in

refpeet

of

the

efficacie;

for by

his

death hee paied

a

fufficient

price for

the

finnes

of

all

the

world,

and

a full

ranfome

for

all

mankind,ifall

would

or

could

applie his

merits and obedience

vnto

themfelues by

a

liuely

faith

;

but

in

refpeet

of

Gods

counfaile, Chrifls

will,

and the euent,his death

was

not

effcaual1

förthe

redenptí-

.on

ofall, but

the faithfull onely. Euen

as

a

foueraigne

falue,

may