Ambrose - BT200 A42 1658

Jinnesandfor uncleanneffe; In him we have redemption through hu blood, evm the forgivenef{e ofjinnes.- Heby himfelfpurged ~ ~ ~h.t 3-I' . c: 4r finnes,- And now once _in the e~d uf theworld h.,th he appear:- Jcb./."/' ed put aWrlj fiime by the Jtzcrijice uf hJmfelf ---eAnd Chrift Heb. 9.16, w M once tjfere-d to bear the jinnes of m.1.ny. ' AI'! Vl"}')(tl" , to bcare vcr.18, away the jiilnes of nMn!-. A~ the [cape-goat under the Law had upon his head all the tmqmttes of the duldren of Ifrael, and fo was Je.,nt 4WIIJ by the hand of afir mtm into the wildernejfe; fo the Lev.t6,tt,u; Lord J efus ( of whom that goat was a type ) had all the iniquit ies of his Elet\> laid upon him by God his Father , and bearing them, he took t'hem away, Behold the Lamb ofGod that tak!;th Joh . I ·19: away the jinnes of the wtr!d ; he bore them , and bore them away; he went away wtth them into the wilderneife, or into the land of forgetfulneife. See what comfort is here. . , 2. Another cries thus, Oh I {&ow not what will become of me, the Law is mine enem), I have tran[greffed the Law, and it JPeakJ Gal. 3.10, terribly, cPJrfed is every one that contirmeth not in all things which are writtm in the boo/z uf the Law to do them : Oh I have offended the Law, and I am t4nder the curfe. say not fo, f<>r by the death ofChrift , though the Law be broken, )'et the cur(e is removed; the Apoftle is dear , Chrift Gal. l·'3• hath redremed m from the curfe of the L.tw, being made a curfe for ut; he was made a carfe for us, ( i:) the fruits and effeCl:s of Gods curfe, £he punifhment due to finners, the penal curfe which juil:ice required, was laid upon Chriil:, and by this means we are freed from the curfe of the Law. It is true, that without Chrift thou art under this Law; do, or die, and if thou offendeft in the leafr kinde thou fhalt perifh for ever, the curfe ofthe Law is upon thee to the uttermoil:; but on the other fide, if thy, claim be right to the blood ofChrifr, thou a.rc treed from , · - penalty ; ·Mt but that we may be correCl:ed and cha-tlifed, but what i> that to the etern<).l curfe which the Law prenounceth again~ every Gnne ? we are freed from the curfe, or damnatory {entenceofthe Law, There uno condemnation to them that , are in Chrift {efm; the Law is fatisfied, and the bond Rom.S.r: i.s cancelled by our Sure~y Chriil:. Oh what comfort is this ? - 3. Another cries thus, Oh I k.now not what will become of me, , I

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