Ver.4. chjiina from Common Grace. aale... 33 3 hisdeath and blood- thedding. He made a double purchafe of his Elea ; of their perfons to be bit ; of efpecial Grace to be theirs. Hegave himfelffor bit Church, that he might fanctifie and cleanfe it with the wafhing ofwater by the Word , that he ;night prefen; it unto himfel fa glorious Church, not having (pot or wrinckle, or any firth thing, but that it lhould be holy and without blemifh, Ephef. 5. 26, 27. The defìgn of Chrift in giving him- felf for his Church, was to procure for it that Efpecial Grace, whereby through the ufe of Means, it might be regenerate, fanaificd and purified. So Titus 2. 14. He gave himfelf that he might redeem usfrom aE iniquity, andpurifie unto birafelf a pecu- liar people zealous ofgood workj. Real purification in Grace and Holinefs hath this Efpecial Relation unto the Death of Chrift, that he defigned therein to procure it for them for whom he dyed. And in thepurfuit of his Purchafe or Acquifìtion of ir, his purpofe was really to bellow it upon them, or effcaually to work it in them. Moreover, it hath an Efpecial Relation unto his InterceJon; and that in a diilinguifhing manner from any other Gifts or common Graces that other men may receive. Giving us the Rule and Pattern of his i nterceflion, Job. 17. He tells us, that he fo prayes not for the world, but for his Elea ; thofewhich the Father had given him, becaufe they were his, v. 9. And what is it that he prayes for them, in diftinc ion from all other men whatever ? Amongft others, this is one principal thing that he infiLls on, v. 17. Sanctifie them through thyTrutb.Their San iication and Holinefs is granted upon that Prayer and Interceflion of Chrift, which is peculiar unto them with an exclufion ofall others, Ipray for them, I pray not for the world. Now the common Graceof unregenerate perfons, whereby they are diftinguifhed from other men, whatever it be, it hath not this Efpecial Relation to the Oblation and Inter- cefonofChriff. Common Grace is not the procuremntof Efpecial Interceflion. Secondly, They have a Real RelationuntoChrift as he is the living + uickninl-Headof theChurch ; for he is fo, even the living fpiritual fountain ofthe fpiritual life of it, and ofall vital Ads whatever. Chrift is our life, and our life is hid with him in God, Col. 3. 2) 3. That Eternal Life which confif}s in the U. u z Knowledge
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