Of 1!./etlion. 1. By his Influence thereinto, and engagement thereupon_, as he :s ~I Chr1jl. . Chap. 8. And 2ly, As he is 1efus: By Chrijl, and by Jejus each. ~ I undertook that every word in the Text would contribute fomething to our main Point; and tr~ly thefe two will contribute a great dtal; and indeed ; more then I am able to grafp, or mean to fetch in. I flJall but give you a fmall taflc of thefe, and that will perhaps afford fome lighr, comfort, and flrength unto our Faith in this grand Point. You will firfi ask me, What my mcaningfuould be to putthis difference be– tween his being, r. Chrifl to us, and 2.]tjus a Saviour, as you know it fig– nifies; He foal/ fave hiS people from thm ji11s, I fhall open my heart in this particular, as God fuall vouchfafe to enable me. r. I find this diflind: Confideration of him, as Head or H11s6alld, and then· of Saviour, made by the Apo!lle, Fphef. S· 23· Evm tU Chrif/ is thr He,Jd of the Church, and he is the Saviottr of the Body. And by Head, is meant his Relation of Ht<S6andunto his Church, as to his Body,ns the words afore fhew, For the Husband is the HetJd of the Wzfe; and it is exemplified •nd profecu– ted by t he Inflanoe of Adam and his Wife, confidered afore the Fall in their Marriage, as then typifying out Chrifi and his Chrtrch, verf.l I ,32, And he is firjl fa1d to be the Head, and then the Sflvtoflr: And Saviour as an additional unto that Relation of Head, as thofe words carry it, .lfnd he is the Saviour, &c. As if he fhould have faid,Farthtr, or woreo?)er, he is the Sa– viour of his Body, 6ejides that of his bezng ""Head. Adam, his Type, was not the Saviour of his Wife, though her Head. And according unto this double Relati@n there, I do take the boldnefs here, and worrant to make this Diflinttion and Apartment, 1. By Chrifl, as he is Head to this Body, which is, in a recipmcal Relation to him,again called his Body, and both together Chrzfl. 2. By Je]tu, as Saviour,which Title is proper to him alone. In I Cor.r2.12.both he,and his Body,if you obferve, are coiled one Cbriji:For tU the Body is one,and bath many Memhers, and"I/ tbe Members of that one Bodj•, being mml)', are one Body; fo a!fo is Chrijl : But to be fliled Sa?iour, is proper to him alone; and therefore h1s relauon to us, as Chrtfl, rs d1flmd: from that of Saviour. There is a Controverfie among thofe that are Orthodox in point ofEleClion, Under and in what view in Eternity the Elett came up before God, whether in their fain or unfaln E!latc, when they were the Subjed: of his Eled:ion. Thofe that are called s~ptrlapfarians , they fay, Ma11 came up i11to G•d's mi11d firfl without the coJtjiderfltio= of the Fflll; and th,,t the Creatiou, and thm ,the Permi!Jion of the Ftlll, wert lmt af mea11s to bring about the defigns of El•– {/zOJt, which wer! ordamed 6efore the Ftlll. Others, whom you call Jit6lap(arimu, Account the Creation aJJd the FaD 6ttt a matter of common Provi– dence, Hot intmded tU memrs to accomp!tjh E/e{/i011, 6ut only as .lf11tecedents; atJd that God begfln his Ele{/iott, havi11g firf/ forefem man wotJidfait. Thefe are two extream Opinions: But there is a third, and tbat is, That both man unfaln mtd fa/11, mtd all things that did, or cotdd fa/J ottt cot1cn·ttint mm1, being in one e11tire view before God at Oltce, ( whofe infinite V11der{landing grajps and comprehends all in o11e profpeef, M he doth a/J time into 1111 m– jlmtt) being all pre(mt to God, (though of the thi11gs themfe!vo one {itcceed the other ;., txewtion) that God had re{peef to both Eflates i11 his EleEitott, mtd tbat jome fort of his 'Decrees of EleEiiorz rejp_eefedmrm tU ttnjaht, and fomt as falll. Now it is certain, jonu muf/ rejpeef mrm tU [t}ht: For to ap· poittt ma11 to Faith in Chrifl huRedeemer, to appoint ma11 to Repmtance,{ttch 'Decrees mufi be upon the cortfiderfltion of mall -ufaltJ. Give me leave to be of the latters Opinion, and I explain my felf thus in ir, That there is an Eleefion to the End, which is to the utmofi glory which I have fpoken of: And there is an Eleefion to tbe Means, as Chri!l's R!demptiofl on his part , Faith and Rept11tm,ceon ours, which are in the way to that Glory. This Notion I have elfowhere enlarged upon, but as_to my prefent purpofe, as God's Eled:ion had thefe two refped:s, fo fuitably Chrifl bears a twofold RelaRr non
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