to tie E P H E S I A N S. realh exhtbired ChnlliR it. Yo~ had him in a Promi1e Getore, , bur now y0uhave~ him really; when he gave Chnil IntO the World, tnere IS to le truth of all the ~rr. X V: Promifes; ne therefore that believcth not the Golpel m~kes God ahar: Un- ~ belief is the grcatell: Lie that ever was; why ? becaufe th1s IS the wor(J ol truth in an eminent way. . . Secondly, Why the Gofpel of your SalvatiOn? . . . . . , Firll:, Why of Salvation? Secondly, Why of your Salvation, fpeakmg to the Ephefom.r? · Firfl Why of S~lvation? Becaufe the matter of it is Salvation. Beza there– fore, wl1ereas he ufeth to tranllat~ it as we do, the GofPel or. the Evmzgt!, he tranj]ares it here, (and he doth 1t no where. elfe buthere, and m one place more) the Gl.zd tidings ofyour Salvation; he g.tvetillt 10 the fignl ficattov, why? be– caufe Salv,ztioiJ, it is thegladdejl tJdwgs 10 the World. My Brethr:n,Jf a man were in danger of drowning, go and throw h1m a Crown, and b1d h1m take hold of that and come a fhoar, and he fha!l have ol! the Kingdoms of the World with that Crown, and throw him a rope; he will take hold of the rope and let go the Crown, No, faith he, I wiil take this rope, why? It will fave me, it will tow me a fhoar ; I may be drowned for all the Crown. What could God have fa id to have pleafed you more, than that you poor Sinners fhould be faved? than to fling out to you the Gofpelof your Sa!vatzotJ, as a Tow ro lay hold upon to get fafe over the Sea of his,Wrath,_ and to obtain at Iall: an everlafling Salva– tion? The Matter of the Gofpel 1t 1s Salvanon, 1t 1s called SalvatJo11; the Gofpel is, Heb.2,2, as the Writing wherein a man's Pardon is contained, is called the ·pardon it felf. , It is lilcewife called the Gofpet of Salvation, becaufe it doth bring men to falvation, and becaufe it is thepower of God umo jalvatio11, a• the Apoflle faith, Rom.t. ..,.. Now, my Brethren, what Obfervation fhall we draw from hence? It is the Gl<ld tzdnzgs of SalvatiotJ,fo Beza trantlate~ i~; becaufe _(foith he)this. is the bell: Tidings that ever was; here I Will grve 1t tn the figmf1catJon ot 1t, fauh he, I will not ufe the word Go{pel or Eva11gel; but take it thus,it is the G!adtiililzgs of [alvatio11, Oh, how fhould Salvation therefore be valued by us! When the Apoaie would fet out the Gofpel to you, It i& the GofPel, faith he, ofyo11r Salva– tion. What could he fpeak more to have moved the hearts of men than this? It is awordof trttth, or it is a Faithfulfaying; it hath truth and faithfulnefs in it, worthy of all acctptatio11, that may draw you; but it is a Gojpel of Salvati•11, faith he. When fir(l this Gofpel was preached to thefe poor Ge11tiles, it is faid, Au.q.4?,48. Thrywtregi<Jd, and glorzfi'ed tht word of the Lord. Oh, how glad flJOu!d you be when you hear it preached! For you are not faved yet, you are not in Heaven yet; it is the Gofpel which mutt fave you, and bring you there. It is the Go!pet of your s,,/vatzon that works falvation in you, that bring– eth you to falvation, that buildeth you up to eternal life, Af1.2o. • I fhould have ltkewife fhewed you, why it is calledyo11r Sa!vatio11, but I will pafsover that. I have fhewed, why it is called the word of trttth, why the Gofpelof Salvation; but why are both thefe here put together? You fhall find it calfed the GofPel of Sa!vatio11 fome where elfe, as Hd,. 2.2, and th" powtr of Godu11to fa!v,.tio,, Rom. 1. And you fhall find it often coiled, the wordof·rruth, as Co!off. '· and other places: but here both comethin; for what reafon? For ~=~ . Firll:, Becaufe if he had faid only, the GofPel ofyo11r Salvation, this is fuch mighty news to poor Sinners that they would never have believed it, for men are not apt to beLe,ve too good news, therefore (faith he) itistheGo(pdoj ;•ottr Sa!vatzotz, _and tile word of tmth too. As when the Angel, Rtvel. 19.told .7oh>;· glonous thmgs, becaufe he thought they were too good to be true, the .1ngel c!appeth upon them th1s Seal, v.g. Thefe are the trtte Sayings of God, So the A· po(l]e here, when he commendeth the Gofpel as the Gojpel of;•ottr Sa!vati01z, ·that brings you news of being faved, to draw your hearts to believe it, faith he, it is the word of trml., thegreatell: Truth that ever God uttered. The greatell: :rruth,my Brethren,and our falvation are met in one. It is the wo1·d of truth,and 1t IS the Gofpelof our Salvatio>J. C ~ The
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