Robert Hill: redemption is greater than creation

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He loved us in our creation, for he made us men, but more in our redemption, for he made us saints: he created us with a word of his mouth, he redeemed us by the blood of his son: he created us when we were nothing, he redeemed us when we were worse then nothing: he created us to live before him on earth, he redeemed us to live with him in heaven. He created us, and so did he others, he redeemed us, but did not redeem others. He hath not dealt so with every nation, neither have the heathen knowledge of his laws.

If there were in us, either Nobility of birth, or comeliness of beauty, or correspondence of virtue, or abundance of riches, our God might love & like us for these, as men do affect and follow us for these. But since, by descent we are Canaanites, by deformity polluted in our own blood, by sin, there is none that doth good, no not one, & that our poverty is such, that we are poor, naked, and miserable creatures, it is not our old birth, but the new birth, not our own beauty, but God’s bounty, not our virtue, but God’s grace, not our goods, but God’s goodness, by which we become God’s children.

For the reference, see Robert Hill: redemption is greater than creation.
 
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