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Secondly: As he did satisfy the Law, and Divine Justice, for all his Seed; so he did by his Death, sanctify, and set them apart for God, consecrating them, even all those that he travelled with, to the use and Service of the Lord: for as the first Adam did profane, debauch, and defile all his Seed, by his Disobedience; so the Second Adam, did by his Obedience, consecrate, sanctify, and set apart his Seed for God; for says the Apostle, Heb. 10.10. By the which will, we are sanctified through the offering of the Body of Christ: and again, verse 14. For by one Offering, he hath perfected (that is, consecrated, saith Calvin) for ever, them that are sanctified. And saith our Saviour,¹ For this cause do I sanctify my self, that is (saith Maldonate, according to all the Authors that I have read) I do consecrate, and offer up my •elf a Sacrifice, that they also may be sanctified, or consecrated in Truth, and not in Ceremony, as the People were by the Sacrifices of the old Testament, which were but a shadow of the great, and true Sacrifice Christ on the Cross. And if our Lord and Saviour Christ, when he died on the Cross, was then ⟨p. 113⟩offered unto God, as our first Fruits; then all the crop, and lump, must be sanctified thereby; but when he died, he was offered up unto God, as our first Fruits; and therefore says the Apostle, Heb. 2.11. For both he that sanctifieth, and they who are sanctified, are of one, as the first Fruits, and the Crop, or Lump were of one; plainly therefore, when Christ died for us, he did then sanctify, and set apart all those whom he died for: and so the consecration, and sanctification of his Seed, is another Fruit, and immediate Effect of his Death.

Secondly: As he did satisfie the Law, and Divine Justice, for al his Seed; so he did by his Death, sanctifie, and set them apart for God, consecrating them, even al those that he travelled with, to the use and Service of the Lord: for as the first Adam did prophane, debauch, and defile al his Seed, by his Disobedience; so the Second Adam, did by his Obedience, consecrate, sanctifie, and set apart his Seed for God; for saies the Apostle,