- .iS Sermon4. Of the N A T 1 v 1T n. --------~~~~~~ ofHis conception, is in this fac1~tm ex muliere: So the purity is inrhis, that it is bur ex muli-· 1re, and no more; Ofthe Virgin alone, by the power of the Ho L Y G H os T without . mixrureof'fle(hly genrration. By verruewhereof,no originallfoikwas in Him. 'Ittjl borne rTull.•., Hewas,andis;ftommeJilexpoftta, Nolaw forrhejufl:, nolaw couldrouch Him. Andfo we, never the betler, fot {a{fum ex mttliere; For ifooe be indebt and daoger ofthe Latv, to have a Brother; ofthe fame bloud, made oftheJtVne 1111tm4fi; both (as wefay) lying inovebelly, willlitrleavaile him, except he will al– focorne ttnder the Law, that is, become his Surety, and undertake for him. And fuch was eoi.>.r 4 . our efl:are. f!. s Debtors we were, by venue ofChirographrem contra nos, The h<nd.writing that was agamll us. WhJCh was our Bond, and we had forfcued tt. And fo,faCltes ex mttli– ere, to us, withoutfat1m fub lege, would have beene to !inall putpofe. No remedy therefore, Hee mull be newmade; madragaine once more. And fo Hee was, cafl: in aRr.wmould; and at His fecond making, made under the Law; Vndcr which if He had not beene made, we had beene marred; even quite undone for ever, ifthis had not beene done for us too. Therefore, H:e became bound for us alfo, enrred bond anew, tooke on Him; not onely our '1\.gtnre, but our Debt; our Nature, and Condition both. ~ttm, as men; Condition, as finfull men; exprelfed in the words following, [Them that were under the Law:] for that was our Condition. There had indeed beene no c~pacitie in Him, to doe this, if the former had not gone before, faCium ex mtdiere; ifHe had not beene, as we, made of a Woman: But the formet was for thts; <..Made afa Woman He was, that Hee might bee made under the Law : Being ex muliere, Hee might then become Jt 1 b Lege, which before He could not, but then He might and did: And fo this Hill is the fuller, / Cal.~. 3 • And whendidHethis ~ When was He made tender the Larri? Even then, when He was Circumcifed. Forthis doth Saint Pa:tl te/lifie, in the thirdofthe next Chapter; Behold, I Paul teffijie untoyote, whofoever iuiretmtcifed, F.:tfus eft debitor tmiver[« Legu, He becomesadeb– tour to the whole Law. At His Czrmmciftonthen, HeemredBundanew with us· and in fignethat fo He did, He fhed then a fewdr'ops ofHis bloud, whereby He figned d1e Boml (as it were) and gavethofe few drops then, tanqt~am arrham tmiverfifangttini< ejfondendi, as a pledge or earnefl:, that whentheft~lnelfeoftime came, He would be readieto fhed all the refl:; as He did. For I would not have you mifl:ake, though wefpeake of this, [fub Le,.e] being under the Law, in rhe termes ofaDebtfometimes: yet the truth is, this debt ofo"'urs was nomoney debt; we were notfub lege pmmiaria, but Capitali: and rhe debt ofa Capital! Law is De4th: And under that, under Death He wenr, and that theworfl:dcath Law had to inllicr, even the Death of the Crolfe, the mofl: bitter, reproachfLI!l, curfcd death ofthe Crojfe. So that upon rhe matter, J.tt1tu Jt•b lege, and fat1us in Cmce, come both toone; one amounts to as much as the other. Well, this He did undertake for us at His Cirmmcifton .: and thereforethen, and not till then, He had His name given Him, the Name of I • , u s a Luke,., SA v r ouR. Forthen tooke He on Him the obligation to fave us. And looke what then Col.>.t 4 . at His CirwmcifionHeundertooke, ar His PafrionHepaid even to the full: and having plid it, delevit Chirogr4ph11m, cancelled the fenrence ofthe Law, that till then was ofrecord,and ftood in full force againfl: us. . Howbeit, all this wasbut one pan ofthe Law ; But He Wa5 madefub Leget~niverfa, un.· derrhewholeLaw; and that not by His deathonly, but by His life too. The one halfeof the Law, ('bar is, the Direc1iove part,) Hewas madeunderthar, and farisfied it, by the Inno· cency ofHis Life, without breaking fo much as one jot ortitle ofrhe Law: and fo anfwered that part(asit might be the Principal!.) The other halfeofthe Law, which is the Penaltie: He was undert!ur part alfo, and fatisfied ir, byfuffiringa wrongfull death, no way defer- . ved,or due by Him; andfoanfwered rhat(as it1111ghr be theforftttttre.) So He was made underboth, tmderthewhole Law. Satisfying the Principal!, there was no realo1 H~ fhould be Iyable to the forfeiture, andpenaltie : ver, under that He was aJ fo. And~11, that the whole Law might bee farisfied fully, by His being under both parrs; andfono partofir light upon us. Thefe rwotherl; ('<.Made of aWoman, • U'vlade under the Law,) yeef~e, arerwofe. vcrall mdkings, and both very requifite. Thcrefor<;, Either harh a ieverall Eraft, they di– vide
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