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A06018	An epitomie of mans misery and deliuerie In a sermon preached on the third of the Romans, vers. 23. and 24. By Mr. Paul Bayne.	Baynes, Paul, d. 1617.	1619 (1619)	STC 1641; ESTC S101578	26,964	49

for confutation secondly for consolation It excludeth all concurrence of our workes If our iustification then be of grace there can be no reliques of holinesse nor workes of our owne that concurre thereunto For besides that these are opposed in the places aboue cited the Apostle maketh this collection very euidently Rom. 11.6 And if it bee of grace it is no more of workes or else were grace no more grace For these two are so opposite that like fier and water they expell each the other and as saith one Gratia nullo modo est gratia nisi sit omni modo gratuita Grace is no way to bee counted grace vnlesse euery way it bee most free For this cause marke how the Apostle ioyneth freenesse or franknesse vvith grace The vvord vvhich is heere vsed is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and ansvvereth to the Hebrevv vvord Chirma 3. Significations of the Hebrew Chirma It is very emphaticall and it is especially taken vp in these three cases First vvhen a man doth a thing vvithout hope of the least profit Secondly vvhen a man doth a thing vvithout cause rashly or lightly but this sense is not heere pertinent The third is vvhen a man doth a thing as vve speake vndeseruedly there being nothing which might moue him thereunto but much which might perswade with him to the contrary and this is the sense to bee followed here For when there was nothing in vs which might procure it nay much which might ex-asperate the Lord against vs for wee were by nature his enemies then hee saued vs freely of his grace Vse 2 Secondly this doctrine hath matter of comfort in it for vs. It doth comfort vs. For if our iustification did depend on our owne worth endeauor and holinesse we could not but despaire Alas what are wee poore crawling wormes that we should bee of any worth in Gods sight before whom the starres are vncleane Since though sinfull and worthy of nothing What is our holinesse but as a filthy and a menstruous clout and whereunto can our endeauors reach in any thing to God-ward who can onely roule and wallow vp and downe in the filth and puddle of our corruption in the which the more we stirre the more lothsome stench doe wee make But now since it is not in him that willeth Yet we may boldly accept what God doth freely offer nor in him that runneth but in God that hath mercy Rom. 9.16 we may boldly accept and confidently trust in this free grace of God although wee be vnworthie of it For why should wee put away this great grace offered and reuealed to vs why should we not cheerfully embrace it and reioyce in it specially since it hath appeared vnto all and God without respect of persons hath set it out to bee enioyed of the poore base low and vnlearned as well as of the rich high noble and learned and it is not true humility but a sottish pride to put away and iudge our selues vnworthy of this saluation whereof it hath pleased God in rich mercy to deeme vs worthy But yet that former poynt is not cleerly on foot For though this doe shew that you may bee restored most amply though you are altogether vnworthy yet you will bee ready to obiect that the Lord is iust If hee were onely mercifull then you would easily assent hereunto but he is so mercifull that he is iust also and hath pronounced it an abomination to him Prou. 17.15 to iustifie the wicked or to condemne the iust What then will you say will become of me being a wicked wretch and how can the Lord iustifie mee being such an one all this is very true Wherefore let vs search a little further Freely of grace saith the Apostle but in the redemption of Christ Iesus Doct. 6. Remember then this by the way that so the Lord doth iustifie thee of grace We are so iustified as that we are made truly righteous in Christ that he also maketh thee truly iust in Christ Iesus This in the proofe of this doctrine will appeare more brightly The poynt then directly gathered is this that wee are iustified in the redemption of Christ or in Christ our redemption Christ hath been at all times reuealed to the chosen of God as their redeemer in whose blood-shead they should haue remission of sinnes Who hath alway been reuealed as our redeemer After the fall of our first parents when they otherwise had fallen into the gulfe of despaire hee our eternall Prophet gaue out the promise of himselfe that the seed of the woman should bruise the serpents head Gen. 3.15 that is that Christ in fulnesse of time borne of a Virgin should dissolue as Iohn speaketh To Adam 1. Ioh. 3.8 the workes of the diuell doe away sinne abolish death and as Paul speaketh Rom. 16.20 tread downe Satan vnder the feet of his elect and our first parents had experiment of the truth hereof For when by the threatning they should haue died the death yet in their sacrifices which prefigured this seed this immaculate Lambe they perceiued the loue of God againe recouered To Abraham c. Abraham had the same promise of a blessed seed in the which all the nations of the earth should be blessed renewed to him Genes 18.18 And in all the Prophets it were easie to shew how Christ was present to the eye of the faithfull as likewise how the neerer this day starre was the rising the more euidently hee was foretold For God was still reconciling his Israel viz. his elect among the Israelites and those few that were then scattered among the Gentiles vnto himselfe in Christ euen before his comming but when once hee was exhibited hee reconciled to himselfe the world that is the great number of his elect which was dispersed through the world and did consist of all sorts degrees and nations All the Fathers had Christ de iure of right though de facto in deed he were not giuen in the flesh And so embraced of them and hee was euer present to their faith as their price of redemption and so did passe for them in the acceptation of God There was neuer any other name whereby men might be saued he being as it is Heb. 13.8 the same yesterday to day and for euer what hee had been he was and what he was he would be to eternity But wherein doth this our righteousnesse stand Our righteousnesse stands in the redemption which Christ hath made for vs. euen in our redemption which Christ hath wrought for vs as the Apostle saith that wee are iustified through the redemption of Christ For which vnderstand this that God the Father hath laid all our sinnes vpon Christ that he was wounded for our sinnes hee was broken for our iniquities the chastisement of our peace was vpon him and with his stripes we are healed Isa 53.5.6 Hee hath taken our iniquities on him and in his body borne them