EprffleofS. Paalto Titu.r. CHAP.2.I4! gar, which in likelihood was reached him, to (horten the fence of his Soq paine: and that his foule willingly left his bodie, betides that fìroug cry at his death and expiration, whichargued no languifhing death : all the Euangeli(snote that Chri(tfeat out his foule, orgame vp hisfpirit : yea, tO:°'"t' orndnxsTa in great wifedorne he precentcd the fouldiers violence , in breaking his a ,tt legges, or offeringhimwhile hewas yet aliueany deadly wound;that he might manifeft that he did not violently, but voluntarily vndergoe that v.33. parfton,anddrinkeofthebitterneffeof that cuppe.By all which feuerals, we perceiue the truthof that the Apofile fpeaketh,Philip. a.8.that Chrill wasmade obedientveto the dearh;and thismade it anacceptable facrifice for had it not been a free-will offering, it hadnot been accepted. Let vs then for our comfort, hold fall this point of our Chriflian faith, that looke howwillingly the Father offred his S©ttne in facrifice,fo willingly did theSonneoffer himfelfe: and that thole who crucified him, were not morewilling to doe ir, then he was tooffer himfelfe, and fuffer hitrtfelfe robe crucified; and this maketh it abfokitely meritorious and effebtuall, for the iuftification ofbeleeuers, whereasotherwife it had been no ran- Come. The third and la(t point to be confidered in this fabt of Chri(t, is the ct+rin ane erons for whom he gaue himfelfe,for vr. The whichwords by the lat- himfttife nits p f h g r Chu;ch, atnoe ter part of the verfe, mull be expounded onely of beleeuers, ofwhich fercuetyparti- number the Apofile was; and are not to be meant of all mankind, as eularman, though Chrift gaue himfelfe for anvniuerfall faluationof euery parti- cular man,or intended to Cane all, ifthey would beleeue,as they who are tearmed the Lutheran Divines, doecontend. But thisplace plainely re- araineth it to hi. people, his Church , fach ad are redeemed from iniqui- htutht,ar. tie, fuch as are purged, Inch as area choifeand peculiar people, and fuch as arc zealousofgood worker: for inchChrifl gave himfelfe, and for no other. For, I. if the purpofe of God and Chrifi, was not that he Rearons. fhould die effeëìually for all men, then hee died not for all men. But Godspurpofe could not be fo : for thenwould it followe, r. that Gods purpofe fhouldbe fruftrate,feeing.many are already inplaceoftorment, and many moe (hall be : a. or elfe that he cannot effeót his purpofe, but fomething (hall refift his will : and '3. that the execution of this (ta- blepurpofe ofGod, (hall be grounded vpon theincertaintie , and infla- 10114 it oSe in. biiitie of an euent, depending vpon the mutable will of man. Neither tcrccs&, cunt was Chrifis purpofe fo ; for his purpofe was to givehis lifefor hiofheepe : tabilea facer. and purpofed not fo much as to prayfor any orber; who furely if they aotii christi. haue no part in his prayer, much leffe in his facrifice. Secondly, if z Chrift died effeEtually for ail, it is not poflible that any one man fhould peri(h, andbe condemned : for thenbathChria fatisfied for the frames Ii 4 afwellf 1
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