A godly and learned exposition upon the whole epistle of Jude, containing threescore and…A godlie and learned exposition upon the whole epistle of Iude, containing threescore and…

The second point is, from what danger doth he save us? Ans. Salvation ever implieth perdition, so salvation by Christ implieth endless destruction, which is the thing from which he doth save us. In which endless perdition note first the foundation of it, that is our sins; noted in the exposition of his name, Mat. 1. He shall save his people from their sins. Secondly, the degrees, which are three: first, in this life a subjection to all kinds of miseries inward and outward; in soul, body, goods, name, in our selves and others. Secondly, in the end of this life, death, being in it self a curse, and an entrance into hell. Thirdly, after the first, the second death, which is everlasting destruction in hell fire for ever. Now Christ is a Saviour to save and free us both from this foundation, our sins themselves; as also from the degrees, from the bondage to Satan by sin: secondly, from the first death so far forth as it is a curse: thirdly, from the second death and everlasting destruction.

The second point is, from what danger doth he saue vs? Ans. Saluation euer implieth perdition, so saluation by Christ implieth endlesse destruction, which is the thing from which he doth saue vs. In which endlesse perditiō note first the foundation of it, that is our sins; noted in the exposition of his name, Mat. 1. He shall saue his people from their sinnes. Secondly, the degrees, which are three: first, in this life a subiection to all kindes of miseries inward and outward; in soule, bodie, goods, name, in our selues and others. Secondly, in the end of this life, death, being in it self a curse, and an entrance into hell. Thirdly, after the first, the second death, which is euerlasting destruction in hell fire for euer. Now Christ is a Sauiour to saue and free vs both from this foundation, our sins themselues; as also from the degrees, from the bondage to Satan by sinne: secondly, from the first death so far forth as it is a curse: thirdly, from the second death and euerlasting destruction.

The third point is: How doth Christ save men? Ans. According to that order which God hath set down in the covenant, not of works but of grace: wherein God promiseth to give Christ with all his merits and graces to every believer. Now according to the tenor of this covenant, first Christ with his merits is given unto the believer, he again is given unto Christ: by virtue of which donation a man may say Christ is mine, his benefits are mine also, as truly and as surely as my land is my own. Hereupon to make this mutual donation effectual, followeth a second thing, which is the union of us with him by the bond of the spirit, and this is a mystical but a true union, whereby he that is given unto Christ is made one with him. After this cometh a third thing, which is a communication of Christ himself and all his benefits unto believers. This is done two ways: first, by way of imputation, which is an accounting and accepting of his obedience and sufferings as ours, for the discharge of our sins, and acquitting us from them. Secondly, by a kind of propagation, whereby grace is derived from his grace, and infused into those that are set into him: For as many candles receive light from one great Torch or light, and as many streams flow from one fountain or head spring, and as from one root proceed many branches; even so all his members drink of his fountains, are enriched by his treasures of wisdom and knowledge: yea indeed & live by no other life, than that which by his spirit he inspireth into the faces of their souls: and hereby he showeth himself to be a root, even that root of Jesse and that second Adam conveying unto all his branches righteousness and life, as the first Adam (being a root also) derived corruption from himself to all his posterity springing and arising from him; so is that place