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hin 31 Whar jhall we then fay to theſe things z ? * If God
ary of al | le for us 2, Who c292 beagainit us a ?
be 2 Rule 1; Some refer this Queſtion to what is ſaid in the Verſes immedi- own Chil ly preceding ; Others, to what he had ſaid, v. 28. and Others go
8. Jngh ligher, and refer it to all that he ſaid before. Some by theſe things
oft underſtand 4ffiifions and Sufferings ; more-eſpecially, What we ſay The other n:kfe ? or what nced we be diſheartned by rheſe ? For if God, &C. the Spirit i,e, Seeing Ged is for us, 'tis a note of Certainty, not of Am-
biguity, wid. v. 9. He takes it for granted, as that which cannot be denied, wid, Pſal; 46. 7, 11. and 118.6, 7. @ z.e. None can; nie can be againſt us ſucceſsfully ; none can be againſt us ſafely ; Such will harm themſelves more than us, vid. Pſal. 56. 4. Maximzli- athe Emperor ſo admired this Sentence, that he cauſed it to be
Written over the Table where he uſed ro Dine and Sup ; that ha- vingit often 1n- his Eye, he might have it alſo in his Mind.
22 * He thatipared not his own Son 6b, bur * delivered himup c for usall 4, how ſhall ke not with him alſo free- yeive us all things e ?
bþ This Phrafe, Either ſhews the Bounty of God, that he did not vith-hold Chriſt ; Or the ſeverity of God, that he did not Favour, but Afi& and Puniſh him, 1ja. 53.4, 5, 11. &c vid. AF, 2, 23. This doth not excuſe Judas, no nor Pilace and the Jews, though they executed God's purpeſe, yer they ated their own Malice and Wickedneſs. d This plainly refers ro ſuch Perſons as he had be. fore mentioned ; ſuch as God foreknew, predeſtinated, called, &c. which is not all Men in general, but a ſet number of Perſons in particular; it is an Expreflion both of Latitude and Reſtridtion ; | of Latitude, in the word all; of Reſtriction, in the word us. eq.4, Without queſtion [He will; Ir may be confidently inferred and concluded, He that hath given the Greater, will not ſtick to give the Leſs. Chriſt is more than all the World, or than all o- ter Gifts and Bleſſings whatſoever. :
?3 Who ſhall lay any thing to the charge of God's cet /? *® It is God that juſtifierh.
/ Who can implead ſuch, or pur inany Accuſation againſt them ? There is nothing to Accuſe them of, they are juſtified ; and there 5none to Accule them ; It is God thats hath juſitfied them ; the Su- pream Judge hath abſolved them. This ſeems to be taken out of Yaiah po. 8, 9, They were Chriſt's Words there, and ſpoken of ods jutifying him ; they are every Believers Words here, and in- tnded of Goo”s juſtifying them. Here ſeems to be two Reaſons of
1 ut, Or by ie Spirit of Father ; he the Spiric of F our Faticr we ſhould many times Jude 20, | by words, al Expieſls he urrereth
knoweth, naketh 1n- of God nm ken of Him) ſearch or 00 pledge comes i$ attributed chis, Thut ' Both witli ; Qur Praje"; 1 5. 14 [3 he Matte- 0! 1C End thetts
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criprure tells tixir Indemnity ; One 1s imply'd. 2z. e. God's elefing them : "The own Expert Other expreſt, 4. e. God's juſtifying and acquitting of them,
of eh .34 * Who 1s he that condemneth g 2? lt is Chriſt that — n = ?, Yea rather that is riſen again z, * who is even at Providence i right hand of God, * who alſo maketh interceſſion
Ts, 8 f\snone can Accuſe the Ele# of God, ſo much leſs can any Con- -5wh them, wid, ver. 1. þ And 'tis he that is the Judge, and _ ws them, if _ be condemned. His Death frees them uf RE ene, thereby he hath made a ſufficient Aron?ment "wars =_ for all their Sins: And that which hath long ago — bs leaven for the Sins of all the Ele#, may very well ich OY the Heart and ( onſcience of a Believing ſinner here on ' Jucha One may throw down the Gauntlet, as the Apoite
oth + ny _ Cullenge all the World. Let Conſcience, carnal Reaſon, 3 -J m, £
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35 Whol! jhail feparare vs trem the love of Chit ;z: : ſhall tribulation »? or diſtrets 0? or perſecution p? ©: famine? or nakedneſs? or peri! «7 or {word » ?
I He continues his Triumph : He doth not ſay what, but wh though he inſtanceth in Things, and not in Perſons ; yet if 1s ex- preſt Perſonally, becauſe that theſe things do commonly do us hui in the improvement of Perſons, whether of Satarror Wicked Men, whoare Inſtrumental thereunto. +: Underſtand it either Attire. Iy, from our Love ' of him ; or Paſtivelv, from his Love of Us ; the Latter ſeems to be chiefly intended, Who ſhall ſeparate us from: the Love of Chriſt > or from the Senſe and Manifeſtation rhereot, » He makes an Enumeration of particular Evils; of ſeven in num- ber ; and he begins with the Leſler, and riieth to the Greater ; placing them in order, not caſually, butby Choice. Th-: word 7-:- bulation, ſignifies any thing that preſfieth or pinchethaus. o The word Properly ſignifies, f?rai:neſs of Place, and is transferred from the Body to the Mind, to point out the Anguiſh or Perplexiry thereof. p The word Prop-rly tignificth, a Driving from place 79 place ; Baniſhment is implicd therein, if not chiefly intended, vid. Mar. ro, 23. 9q Any dangeror hazard of Life in any kind whattocver, v4. 2 Cor, 11. 26. r This is pur Figuratively, for death it {e!f, cipe- cially violent death.
26 As it is written s, For thy*{ake r- we are killed « all the day long ; we are accounted as theep tor tr: ſlaughter. |
s He cites this Teſtimony, to prove, That none of the foremer- Wo. tioned Evils; no, nor Dearh it lelt can ſeparate Beſicyers From tte 46 Love of Chriſt : Tis taken out of Pſal 44. 22. The Argument |
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