EDifleofS.Paid to Titus. CHAP.2.Z4 liar people, &c. The meaning of theparticulars we will giue,as we come vnto them. la the former part of the verle, containing the fart of Chrifl,are three points to be noted : r. the giuer, who r z. the gift ,gaue himfelfe inclu- ding all that paflion towhich he gaue himfelfe: 3.the perlons for whom, for vs. 499 Firfl the giuer is noted in the words immediately going before,to be Howchrilt lefou Chrifl our Sauteur. Obieíi. But God the Father gaue Chrifi for vs, and therefore he gaue not himfelfe. anfw. God the Father gaue his ÉorvsY"mfalfe Sonne,and Chrift the Sonnegaue himfelfe by one and the Idle fame wil; and one ioynt and infeparable operation of them both, togetherwith the holy Ghofl:Ioh.s.19.Whatfoeuerthe Father doth, that fame doth the Sonne. ObieCt. But Iudas, the Iewes, and Pilate, gaue Chrili for vs to Howludas,Pi paillon, and therefore not himfelfe. Anfw. They did indeed concurre in late,&the the fame a &ionwith the Father, and the Sonne , but in a farre diuerfe manner, and ende: they inmalice, but thefe inadmirable loue: they not far ve, but Pilatefor (care, Iudas for couetoufncífe, the Iewes to pleafe their Priefis and rulers; but thefe gaue himfor vs, and for our faluation: Itwes gal"-Ink neither had anyofthem any power to baue giuer Chrifi to the leaf/ part of paillion, if it had not beene giuen themof the Father , and of him- felfe, who had power to lay downe his life, and none could take, it from him. soh ioi8 Secondly,but the gift will better manifefl the giuer : he ganebimfelfe, the which that we may the better vnderfiand, we muff withal/ confider vnto what Chrifi gauehiwfclfe,for fo the confequent fruits (hall be bet- ter difcouered: and that I fay in one word, was vetopaillon. The which Voto what paffion mull not be re(i:rained to the rime ofhis death , but extended vn- to the whole courfeof his life: as namely, the laying downeof his maie- flic and glorie,wherein he was equall unto his Father, to become man: chrifttgaue and beeing man,whereas he might hue vied heaueuly qualities offoule andbodie,his mind free from forrowe, feare, griefe; his body fromhun- ger, chit(i, wearines, Etc. and at leali hastebeene like Adam before his fall; yet he tookeour nature, fobie&to all infirmities lince the fall,onely firne excepted: hence was it, thathe was borne in afiable, laid in a man- gee; ofPoore parents that hadbut a paire of turtles to bring for his re- demption; brought vpby the labour of his hands ; and entring into his ofñce,he mull beginne with füong temptations: in the executionefir,he became a feruant voto all, for himfelfe came not to be Jerued; he wafhed his difciples feete ; he went about withwearinefle from citie to title to preach: yeamorc,the lawgiuer fubie&ed himfelfe veto the law, that bee might redeeme them that werevnder the lawe: the Lord of life gaue Luk.a.7. I i i him-
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