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and conſequently, not to his interceſſion for Chriſt was made no curſe but when he ſuffered, not in his interceſſion So then, as he died he took away the curſe, and ſin, that was the cauſe whereof. by the ſacrifice of himſelf, and by his life his interceſſion, he ſaveth us from all thoſe hings that attempt to bring us again into that condemnation

The ſalvation then that we have by the interceſſion of Chriſt as was ſaid. I ſpeak row f them that are capable of receiving comfort and relief by this doctrine), is ſalvation that follows upon, or that comes after juſtification. We that are ſaved, as to juſtification of life, need yet to be ſaved with that which preſerveth to glory. For though. by the death of Chriſt, we are ſaved from the curſe of the law, yet attempts are made by many that we may be kept from the glory that juſtified perſons are ſigned for; and from thee we are ſaved by his interceſſion.

A man that muſt be eternally ſaved, is to e conſidered 1 As an heir of wrath. 2 As an heir of God.

An heir of wrath he is in himſelf by ſin; an heir of God he is by grace through Chriſt. Now, as an heir of wrath he is redeemed, and an heir of God he is preſerved. As an heir wrath he is redeemed by blood, and as an heir of God, he is preſerved by this interceſſion.

Chriſt, by his death to put me. I being reconciled to God thereby, into a juſtified ſtate; and God accepts me to grace and favour through him: but this doth not hinder but that all this notwithſtanding, there are that would fruſtrate me of the end to which I am deſigned by the

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