Sermon4. Ofthe NATIVITIE. vide this solemnitieberweene them. Six daya a peece, to Either; as the feverall moiries of this fielnej[e of time. Thts day, Verb"m carofac1t~m, Th~ Word made l!eih: That day, Iohn '·'.'– Him that kmw noSimu, Bee mad1 Smne, (that IS) made Htm undertake to be handled as a 'Cor.p! Sinner to be 1111 der the Larv, and to endure ;what the Law could lay upon Him. And fo now, the thing fent isftr!!: andfidly fcnt, becau[emade: and fit!ly made, becaufemade once and twice over: fully made orers, becaufe fully tmttedto us. Vl4ade ofawom,m as well as we: :Made Mder the Law asdeepeaswe: Bothexmt~liere,andfubLege. So of our n:tture (of awoman,) that of our condition alfo (under the Law:) So, fully unitedtousinnattere, and conditionboth• And [ 0 wee are come to the fidl meafr<re ofHisfmding. And; that we are come totlie full ydhall plainly fee,bytheoverjlowing,bythatwhich we receive frorri this (ttfnej{e;which VcrCc r: isthelatter part ofthe ve&, and is our fulnejfe, ~ven the fnl!'effe ofall that wec~n delire. ... For ifwe come now to aske, For whom, !S all thrs adoe, ThtsSend:ng, Thts makmg, over and~veragaine ~It isform. So is the conclufion, 111 nos; that we might from thisfulnejfe, receive the•(ufl ofour wiih. Forin thefc two behinde, .' Redemption,arid • Adoption; to be rtdeemed, and to beadopted, are thi:-fidl ofall, we can wtih our fdves. The tranfcendent Divifion,ofGoodandEvil/, is it,that comprehendethall. And here ic is. Our defire can extend it fdfe no further than to be rid of all evil!; and to atraine all that goodis. By thefe two, (being redeemed, and beingadop_ttd) we are made parukers ofthem hoth: To he mleemedfom render theLaw, IS to beqmt ot all Evtfl. Torecetve the Adoption of children,is to be {l:ated in all th~t is Goo~.For,al Evifl is,in being smder the Law,from whence we are redeemed; and,all Good, mberng mvefied,rn the he~venly Inheritance, whereunto we areadopted. Thusfiood the cafe with us: Aliens we wereftom God, Hi> Covenant, and His Eph.d~; Kingdome: More than that, Frifoners we were, fafi layed upunder the Law. From this latter we are Fmd: ofthe former we arefeazed : And what would we more~ Only,this you fuall obferve,that in the Idiomofthe Scripttires it is ufuall; two points be.: ing fet down,when they are refumed againe, to begin with thclater,(lnd fo end with the for~ mer.So is it here,At rhe fi.rfi,made ofawoman,madwnder the Law.At the refuming,he begins: with the later,made under the Law,That he might redmm them, that were tmder the Law. And then comes to the formcr,made ofawoman,made the Son ofman,that we by adoption might he made the s~ns of Go o. But,this we are to marke,it is He that is at all theco§1andpaine:and we,that have thebenift by it. Attheredeeming it is,Vt !!le: At thereceiving it is,nNos. Briefly ofeither:And firfi,ofour Redmning.Redeeminr;(as the word giv.erh it) is a fecond 6 buying, or buying backc ofa thing, beforealienedorfold. Ever, aformerJ.ile is prefuppofed Th" Hell before it. And fuch athing there had gone before.A kinde ofalienationhad forrricrly beene, ;·ghr "" whereby we hadmade away our felve,,' for,afale I cannot call ir,it was for fuch a tril!e:)Our .t~~:::'thac Nature aliened i11 Adam, for theforbidden frtlit; a matter ofno moment. Our Perfons like-,.,,. un– wife; daily weciut [dves alien them, for fome triflingpleafrtre, orprofit ; matters dot much ~~~.~~·· more worth• And;when we have thus paffed our fclves away,by this Selling ourfelves under Rom.f.t~ jin!the La:vfeazeth on us,and under ir weare'"""'"""'~';,, (Chap. Ill. v.23.) even locktup_, - .astt were, maDungeon,ttedfaft wtth thecordsofot~r fins, (!'rov.V.v.22.) Thefentencopaffed onus,andwcwairing but forexecurion.What evil is there not,in this drate,and onevery foule that is init~Well then,the firfi Vt, the fi.rfi endis, Toget us ridfrom underrhis efiate. He did it: Not by way ofentreaty,'fiepinandbeg our pardon: That would not ferve;· Soldwewer~, andboughtwe muft be, Aprice mufi belaid downc for us. To get us from un.. derthe Law, tnyas not :).matter ofIntercefion, tofue for it, andhave it; No, Hemufi PHr– cha(ert, andpay for it. It was a matter of Redemption• • ~And, inRedemptio" or a P11rcha[e, we looketothePrice. For ifit beat any eafierate', it 15 bomuch the better, But with a highprice, He Pttrchafedus; it cofiHim deareto bring it a out. Non atero,nec drgentiJ; Neither ofthem would ferve. At an higher rate it was, even Pret"(ofan$uine. His preciousbloud was thepricewe frood Him in.Which He payed;when ' Pet. r _,g; HegaveHtSiifearan(omeformany; '9· It ftood thus betweene Him and lu, in this point of Redemption. Here ate cerraine Mlt.>o.•~ f»Ale(Aflm Hndertb: Law, to fuffer, robe executed: VV'har fay you tothem~ Why, I will D 3 become
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