CHAP.2.14.. 498 draw.out thefpeciall vfeeither concerning God,or our felues,which the place aimed; at : and fo in the confcionable readingofthem , we (hall come to a confcionable ;peaking of them, as this Apofiolicall example enioyneth vs. Vert. r q.. Who himfelfefor vs,that hemight redeeme vsfromall ini- quitie,andpurge vs to be apeculiar peoplevaco himfelfe, zealoue ofgood worer. In this verfeour Apo(lle vfeth another forceable argument, to vrge the deniall of vnrighteoufneffe,and praélifeof the former vertuesoffo- brietie, íu(lice, and pierie; for the Gofpel not oncly teacheth thefe things,which whilewe profeffe ir,wemutt adorne,buc allo if we looke for any benefit by the death ofChrill, we may not like riucn veffels,let this dodlrine flip : for towhat other ende did Chrill fo willingly glue himfelfe to death for heleeuers in his name, but that they (hould reape the double fruit of it, mentioned in theverle. Fittl, redemption from Gnne; and fecondly,fanflrfication: the which i.iuwardly purgeth belee- uers tobecame theLardsowne peculiar: 2. caufeth them outwardly to IEthc ronbc du!I,puCmore hineout in the zea/sn, fra /Lleof good worker. Well knew our Apo- ttrenath to it. file how doleGene fitteth veto vs , and how heauie our frailtie is veto that which is good in Gods eyes; and thereforewhereas ifwe were wife to doe well, oneword were inough : he forceth and preffeth vs with di- uerfe arguments, and chofe fo waightie,as eueu inmans tudgemenc,arid much more inGods, he is iudged vnworthy of life that (hall defpife them. For fuppofe there be Inch graceleffe men, as by the appearing of grace cannot be mooued,or will not he be taught,when lie heareth that the Son of Godhimfelfe came clown from heauen,tp deliver the bieffed dcélrineóffaluation veto his Church ; ler filch fee rather then hcare an argument: more weighry,let the call their ele upon the death of Chriti, who willingly luffred fuch torments as are vnconceiueable;and alitoa- boli(h finne,and rat le finners'out oftheir grauesof liinne and death,vnfo the life ofgrace and glorie. And though forme may be found fo graceles, as they will haue nothing todoe with his teachingof grace; yet teeing none is fo deiperatelygone,as torefufe his part in the death of Chrifl, let this be a motiue vnto fuch,as with whom any thing in the world can preuaile,to the timely taking vp the pra&ifeof the former precepts , of which we haue fpoken at large. In fpeaking of this argument, feeiug the Apotile bathcall it into fo excellent anorder to our hands , we will accordingly followe the bran- ches laid downe , and they are two. Firfh, thefaE3 of Chri(l, who game himfelfefor vs: fecondly, the fruits of it : which are two, z. redempti- on, that bemight redeeme vs : 2. fanitifteatien andpurge tit tobeapecu- liar c.4Cosmnentarie vponthe
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