to tbe E P H E S I A N S. 103 r. the !hall be irl a !late of death; and thert I will give my Son for them to re- ~ do:em them. So that this Plot ot' Redempn<in, was but a further improvement Ser. VIll, or edition of the love ofGod and of Chn!l. . . . ~ And then Lallly, God"s Love IS fer out unto us by a double g1ft of Chh!l: to us and for us. whereof the gtft of lum as o! a Redeemer to us , IS of the two the lea!l. Thou art a good Soul; tell me, whether doll thou prize more t he perfon of Jefus Chri{\ gi>cn thee, or the benefits thou hall by Ins Death? Thou wilt fay, I prize the perfon of Chn!l moft1 and thou p1tche!l nght; 1t IS mo;e worrh then all his benttm.l ufc to fay(and 11 IS mofl: cenamly true,) that Chn!l s love os more then his Sufferings;H1sSuffenngs worth more then all Ius benefits;but Jus per– fan is more then eother benehts or fulfermgs. Now, G~d 10 chooling thee m horn to be a Son,and placing thee 10 hnn by Elechon,and 10 hnn l\cceptmg thy pcrfon; He gave thee in tiJis,hiS perfon;and arelat1bn to h1m,to h ve \~lth horn,& ro have com– munion with him,and to be hketo h1m for ever. And tillS os the firfl: goft,and that w ; 1ich fir{! he intended to thee. But then,dvcr and belldes th1s, God gave him as a R edeemer for thee; and thos Redcmpuon os but a benefit whoch thou hall·by him: And indeed, it was but to remove objections that lay in the way unto that other great plot, as hindering the accomphfhmem of 1t; (as I remember C)•rzl well expreO-erh it. ) 'Pra:ju.dztur no/m Chr~f/us ( faoth he ) 11t poJlit Nattmi Humt1• 11 , 1 , ( fizprratis mrzlzs, qrtt£ mterzm acCJdtra1lt) ad przf/mt1mgrtJtlt1m Chnfli, f!i dz~mtattm ttctlrrerr. It was to recover us out of thofe evils that fell out by the \vay unto that dignity which God in ChriO: firfl: chafe us untd. And ( to conclude) the knowledge of Ch~ifl:, and communio~ with his per· fon and the glory thereof, 1s part of the h.appmefs ordamed for us m the World to come. But the !<nowledge of Chnfl: mhos benefits of R.edempuon, oS that wh1ch takes up our thoughts here; and both doconduce to make him mofl: glorious and mofl:dear unto us, and us mofrcompleatly happy in him. Vrr. 1· In whom we have redonptiofJ through his 6/ood, f!1c. Hereis, · Fir!l Rrdrmptiofl it felf. _ Seco~dl y, 1ht Redttmer, [ itt whom.] . .. Th.rdly, The pric~ of this Redempti~>n ~aid orlai~ d~wri1 [His Btood.l Fourthly, One fruot of th1s Redemptton mllanced m !or all the refl:, Thefor~ gl7lent(s of Sn~. . . . . Fifthly, ~heSpnng or fource of all thos, the Benefactor or Founder of all thos; Tht Rzchti of his Grare. Firil, The RedrmptiotJ it felf; which is iarge.t thed forgivenefs of Sins, for Redemption reatheih toGlory alfo: Glory was tobe purchafed anew, And why? Becauf~r though We were prede!l!nated to Glory in our relation unto Cbri!l's per– fan as our head, yet we forfeited tt.all, and 1t mull: therefore be b0ught again; and therefore th~loryof Hraven~m Luke 2i: 18. JS tailed Redemption. Lzft "Pyot<r Head.r, oryour Redemptto11 draws mgh, falth Chn!l, fpeakmg of the latter day; you ave the hke place, Rom.8.1.~.wegroa11Wtlhm our (elves, wait• i11g for the R~demptiott of our.bodies, And7it.i, 14.. SanctificatiOn itfelfis ea!• led R.edempnbn 1 whogave hzmfelf fonzs, that he mzght redttJ11 us from a!J in• •quzl)', audpurifir unto himfelf a peculzar people ztalotlS of good works. Re– demption is a large word; for Chn!l was fain to buy all that God intended us be• caufe. we lofr :t. That's fbt Redemption. · ' The Second, "this Redemvtion,as is fa id,we have it in Chri!l:; itt whom (faith he) w e have RedemptzotJ, ~e fpea~snot ot th~ R.cdemption we receive here, bur ot t he work of R.edempuon whu:h Cbr1fi hunfelfwrought, that is the caufe of all theRedempti~o we receive; for he ~ait~it is Redemption in Chrifl:. There are fome put this difference between be1ng Kedeefued in Chrifi and redeemed through Chri~; fa~ they,the Elect oni:V are Redeemed through Chrift,that is,his Redcmpuon 1s apphed to them : There IS an univerfal Redemption for all men, but ot os only efficaciOUS for them that are Eleded , they ate only Redeemed through Chrift.But it is confuted here out ofthe Text, by comporing the cohe– rence.Who are Redeemedl/f'e,faith he,what We? Obferve of whom he fpeaks be· fote;
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