CHnr.2.i4. 4 Commeofarie vronthe so$ afwell of Iudas,Caiue, as any other ; and confequently their firmesmutt neceffarily be remitted: for fatisfa&ion for Bone, and remifíionof finne, are infeparabie : fo the Apoflle maketh redemption nothing elfe but re- miglion of finne , Ephcf. r. 17. By whome we haue redemption by hie fblood, earn reitiffien offinne: and where remifiìon of finne is, muff PraLga.t. needs be bleffedneffe: fo asby their do6lrine noue fhould bee damned', Yea further , for whom Chrili giueth himflfe, to thofe he giueth his fpirit, to abide with them, and to Pealevp their faluation co. their owne foules : for the fpirit letteth them know the things that are giuen Them of God. But they cannot receiue him , for the world feeth him not, nor knowerh him, and much leffe can receiue him : fee lob. t 16. 17. 3 Thirdly, for whom Chrili gane himfelfe, chore he loued: Gal. 2.20. who lamedmee, andgame himfelfefor mee : the which is true not oriel y' in Paul, but in euery belecuer,Ephef. 5. 2. and Reuel. I. 5. Hee /ouedzit, and guise himfelfefor vs. Now what is meant here by vs ? all mankind? no fucely, but Gods dearecbildren, and Saints as the firfi place relirai- nette it felfe, verf. a. 3. and thofe that arc wafhedfromjinne and that are made Kings and Prie?s voto God; as the fecond: but mofi expreffely Eeb.a.as the Apofile cxpoundeth his owne phrafe in the : S. verte of the fame Chapter , flee lowed his Church , and gamehimfelfe for it. Now the wic- ked know not Chris, and ho knoweth not them; they hate him, and he loueth not them: he is a terns indeed, that i=, aSauiour , but becaufe he 4 fauethhispeople 'rom their firmes. Fourthly , towhom neither the ends nor fruits of Chtifis death can belong , a vaine thing is it to afcribe any efficacieofhis deathveto them but neitherthe ends nor the fruits belon, to the wicked. For a, the maine ends arc, 1. by his death to a- bolishhim that had thepower ofdeath, that is, the deuil,' : but he Hill ruleth in the childrenofdifobedience. 1. to conquer death it (elfe , 2. l'im.1. t o. but they are Bill held veder the bondage and feare of it. 3. to defiroy finne, that it may die in men, but it liucth and ruleth iu the wicked, 4. that they which liue, might hue to him which is dead, a. Cor. 5. t 5. but they rife againfi him, and attaine not the firfi refurredhi- on, nor thebeginnings of life eternal! here, nor the perfeéiion hereafter. And for the fruits of this death, which are iuflificatiou, rcmiflion of finn, imputation ofrighteoulheffe , reconciliation withGod regeneration, fanafficatiou, and lifeeternal!, noneof thefe belong but to the mem- bersofChrift; fo as we may conclude with the Apoflle, hegane himfelfe Eih.5.55. for his bodie, which if the wicked be not, bee gauc not himfelfe for How Christ s them. i d _o, coi The maine things obieéled and much flood vpon by the aduerfaries taGod. ta { ofthis truth, are theft two. Firfi, filch places as affirme that Chrifi re- deemed
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