Of the redemption of mankind three bookes wherein the controuersie of the vniuersalitie of redemption and grace by Christ, and of his death for all men, is largely handled. Hereunto is annexed a treatise of Gods predestination in one booke. Written in Latin by Iacob Kimedoncius D. and professor of Diuinitie at Heidelberge, and translated into English by Hugh Ince preacher of the word of God.

CHAP. VI. The same thing is proued by some types of the old Testament.

I Will onely annexe certaine typicall or shadowed things of the old Testament, wherein now long agoe the very same thing hath been declared.* 1.1 And first it is manifest enough, that the redemption of the people of Israel out of Egypt, and after out of the captiuitie of Babel, were as certaine shadowes and figures of this true redemption and grace gotten by Christ, as here and there wee may see in the Prophets.* 1.2 Therefore looke how much difference there is betweene the Egyptians perishing with their prince, and the children of Israel mar∣king their doore posts with the sacred blood of the Lambe and so escaping: so much differeth the world of the vnbe∣leeuers from the world or people of the faithfull: that with their king the prince of darknes the deuill, they may sooner be drowned in the bottome of hell, than that the redemption by Christ that true Lambe of God, should do them any good at all.* 1.3 Also as the redeemer of Israel tooke his seruant Iacob, and the seede of Abraham, and brought them out of Babel into the land of the forefathers, giuing the Egyptians, the E∣thiopians and other wicked people as it were the price for the redemption of the people of God:* 1.4 so the Lord is with his Church to saue it, while the storme abideth still vpon the head of the vngodly.

* 1.5Againe, in the desert the brasen Serpent lifted vp by Mo∣ses at the commandement of God, was the onely remedie a∣gainst the fierie serpents that whosoeuer should looke vpon it should not die but liue: and that not for the thing seene, but for God the sauiour of all, whose word did heale, as the Wiseman saith.* 1.6 As therefore they that were stung of Ser∣pents then, did not liue, vnles they looked vpon the signe of health: so the crosse of Christ is redemption and life to such as beleeue in him, but not to vnbeleeuers. And this is it that

Christ auoucheth of himselfe, Ioh. 3. As Moses lift vp the Serpent in the wildernesse, so must the sonne of man be lift vp, that whosoeuer beleeueth in him should not perish, but haue e∣ternall life.

Moreouer,* 1.7 among the Iewes there was a general freedome of all seruants in the yeare of Iubilee, as farre forth as the law of libertie gaue leaue to all Hebrewes. But as then, they that willingly continued in bondage felt not the force of offred libertie: so they feele not the efficacie of Christs redemptiō, who abide addicted vnto the world.* 1.8 Ambrose rehearsing this figure, saith excellently: He that is a true freeman, a true Hebrew, is wholly Gods all that he hath is libertie: hee hath nothing of his, who refuseth libertie, saying: I loue my ma∣ster, his wife and children, I will not be free.

Hitherto tendeth the scape goate,* 1.9 vpon whose head the high Priest euery yeare vsed to lay the curse of all the iniqui∣ties of the children of Israel, and all their sinnes and trespas∣ses, and so sent him out into the wildernes, and he bore all the sinnes of the people of Israel.

If this was a figure of Christ to come, and of the attone∣ment that he should make, (as truly it was) we must needes confesse, that Christ properly maketh satisfaction for the sins of his people, as the goate was properly appointed for the people of God, the children of Israel to make an attonement for all their iniquities. For this cause also Heb. 2.* 1.10 he is called mercifull and a faithfull high priest to appease Gods wrath for the sins of the people. And in the 13. chapter,* 1.11 the Apostle respecting the whole legall sacrifice, saith: And Iesus suffered without the gate, to sanctifie the people by his blood: so that we that are his people, may boldly say: he hath borne our sinnes in his body vpon the tree, and with his stripes wee are healed. 1. Pet. 2.

Concluding therefore the first ranke of our arguments,* 1.12 we affirme, beleeue and confesse, that the Sauiour promised to the world, the Christ of God, preached alwaies in the Church by the mouth of all the holy Prophets and Apostles, is ap∣pointed by the father to be a propitiation through faith in his

blood, in all and vpon all that beleeue: and that this benefite of the restoring and redemption of mankinde, albeit it bee proper and peculiar to the Church, as touching the efficacie of it, yet it is vniuersall, altogether in that sense, wherein wee beleeue and confesse the holy Church of Christ to bee vni∣uersall.

Notes

• * 1.1

  The redempti∣on of Israel out of Egypt and Babel.
• * 1.2

  Tuitiens. hath this similitude vpon Ioh. 17.
• * 1.3

  Esay 43.3.
• * 1.4

  Ier. 30. v. 11.23
• * 1.5

  The brasen serpent. Num 21.
• * 1.6

  Sap. 16.7.
• * 1.7

  Exod ••1. The 〈…〉〈…〉 in the yeare of Iubilie.
• * 1.8

  Lib. 1. Ep. 1.
• * 1.9

  The scape goate. Leuit. 16.
• * 1.10

  Heb. 2.
• * 1.11

  Cap. 13.
• * 1.12

  The summe of all that hath been said, and it is worthie to be obserued.