CHÁP. a,s vtComritentarte vfon the 444 vs,that never did any Church wilfully refufe this grace, but ere long God gaue them ouer into the hands ofChrilisgreatea enemies : and fo ofpertons it will be true,that whofoeuer lour not blelfìng , the curfe of God (hall befall them,and tonne into their bowels like water. Toall men,] Theft words may be expounded, r. withoutexception ; and then it muff be conceiued by way ofpublication or rnanifeflation of this grace, which inthe generali promifes ofthe Gofpel is pnblifhcd and offred to Mar.róaó. all, excepting none ,whofoeuer beleeuethfhallbepeed. . a. with reataint, when this grace bringeth faluation by way of ezhilütion,not offring on- ly,but conferring the lame.And the rearaints are twes.it brim_>eilr fall- cation co allmen,namely,that are eleeted and fatted : for whofoeuer are faued,mufl paffe by this doore,and come to the knowledoeofthe truth: neither can this be thought orangeof him, who confidereth that the Scriptures acknowledge fuch a generalitie,yea aworldof the ele&only. God was in Chriti reconcilsng the worldveto himfclfe , that is the bolee uers who onely are reconciled : and Chrill is the Iambe that takes away Genera i ncuh the fins ofthe world,that is,ofhis elehì: fee alto lob. iq.; r. a. It bring_ forum non fin eth faluation to ail men,that isallkindsandconditionsofinen,nottoe- gutagenun.n uery particular or fingular of the kinds,but ro all the forts and kindes of men,to feruants as well as mafters,to Gentile as well as Iew,topoore as xich.Thus is it faid that Godwould haue allmen faued,that is,ofall forts ofmen fome: fo Chrifl healed alldifeafes,that is,all kinds of difeafes;and the Pharifes tithedall hearbs,t hat is, all kinds: for they woke not every particular hearb for tithe, but tooke the tenths ofevery kinde, and not the tenth ofeveryhearb. 'r,aíffercnee And hence we note a third difference betweene the Law and Gofpel. b,m:one ill! Lew &Gotpel. That dot:I-sine ofthe law brought nor faluation, no not by way ofmani- feflation to all men ; no nor yet-Jo all forts and conditions ofinen; that was a more reflri6liue doélrinc to the Iewes only : and in that covenant was alwaies a difference held,and a wail ofpartitionwas let vp between Iew and Gentile, and betweene people and people. Before the flood were the formes ofGod,aud the Cannes oftnen. Alter the flood, before the law,there was the promiled feed,and the feed of the fleflt ; the Eons of the freewoman,and of the bondwoman: after the law before Chrifi, was held the diflinEfionoflew andGenrile:vtcith the former God made his coucnant, them heCooke into his teaching andpaffedby theother: to thefe pertained the adoption, the;g-lorÿ, thecouenant, the ;iuing of the law, the feruice of God, theoracles, thepromues; thefe had his Temple,his Prophets ordinaryandexteaordinary. ThisdifferenceDa- uid implied, Pfal. 147. Heefbewed.b,0 word veto Iaceb, his fatutet and urdgre-
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