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- Ambrosius Mediolanesiss
The
CAUSE OF GOD AND TRUTH.
Part 4
Chapter 2—Of Redemption
healed at the pool of Bethesda, he says,[21] "Then one was cured, not all are healed, or without doubt, unus solus
populis Christianus, one Christian people only." Once more,[22] "The Lord Jesus was alone when he redeemed the
world, for not a legate, nor a messenger, but the Lord himself alone, saved his own people." He represents the
intercession of the Spirit, and the sufferings of Christ, to be for the same persons:[23] the Spirit intercedes for the
saints, because the Spirit maketh intercession for us, pro quibus enim Christus passus est, ‘for whom Christ suffered,’
and whom he hath cleansed by his own blood, for them the Spirit intercedes;" which cannot be said of all men.
Moreover, he intimates, as though he thought it impossible that any one should be damned for whom Christ die, and
whom he has redeemed by his blood; his words are these;[24] "Can he damn thee, quem redemit a morte, whom he has
redeemed from death,’ for whom he offered himself, whose life he knows is the reward of his own death?" Moreover,
many of his general expressions may be understood of the sufficiency of Christ’s blood to redeem all men; for thus, in
one place,[25] he expresses himself concerning Christ; "He is free from all, nor does he give the price of redemption
for his own soul, the price of whose blood poterat abundare ad universa mundi totius redimenda peccata, could
abound to redeem all the sins of the whole world." Besides, it may be further observed, that the general benefit which
mankind has by the death of Christ Ambrose sometimes explains of the resurrection,[26] though that which is to
eternal life he limits[27] to all Christians, who are the body and members of Christ.
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