C a a P.5. Epi, file to the 7he(faloniams. V e R .9,1 o. Now, Firft, It is !range the Lord 'hould fo farre de. n ithis Sonne, and fend .him downe from Heauen in t theforrine of feruant, for this end only to trace out the way to Heauen, and teach it vnto vs. Sufficiently in all times caught he it to his Church, before euer Chrift was incarnare, infpiring the Prophets. If they 'hall fay, Chrifts liuely voice was more ef- feEluall : Let that bee granted ; yet was it onely to them that heard it. His reaching by liuely voice reached not to vs, for whole faluation t?orwithflanding hee defcended e- qually as for theirs. Secondly, Betides this, whereto ferued the death of our Sauiour, hailing in his life a- bundantly manifefted the way that leades into Heauen ? Thirdly, What oddes betwixt Chriff and his Saints, in their life and death, excepting only fomemore perfèc`ii. on in Chrift than in them ? Euen their deaths afforded vs exempla`Patientie, faith Leo, but not dona Irsiuie. There is a fecond opinion, partly Pepifh, placing the maine of Chrifts mediation in this, that hee merited for vs Grace to fulfill the Law, and fo to merit faluation at Gods hand. That Chrifts merit hath purchafed vnto vs Grace toliuc holily, we deny not ; but that fuck Grace, as whereby we might merit faluacion, is in Scripture unheard of.This we finde,Firft, That our ° Sacrifice: are u t Pet.z,1. accéptable to God by Iefau Chriff. Secondly, That our feruices fhall bee rewarded for the promife fake of the Father, and themerirs of his Sonne ; But that his merit hash transferred Poch dignitie to our workes, that they fhould become x vrorthy of the glory that 'hall be renew. x Rom. 8'18' led, we finde in no Scripture. This Hill we finde; our heft works haue,Firft,Their blemifFies. Secondly,Their inter- ruptions.Thirdly,The molt eminent amongff the Saints, Y not daring to prefont their bcfir work es to beiudg j ed without Y Pfal. 143. mercy. How they meanes of Chrill?The Apoflle anfweres; Inthat hediedforvt. Ee 3 In
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