"30 Of the .NAT 1 v 1 T I&. Sermon+ become t~nder tl1e lmv, fuffer that they fhould, take upon me their execution, uponconditio"' they mly be ouit. Ineffecrfomuch,at HisPajl'ion, He faid, Si ergome qturiti>, (loan. XVIII. Yer[<VI.) I{yot~lay holden me, ifl mull:difcharge all, Sine hos ahire, Let thofegoe thtir rvay, Let theprice I pay be their Redemption: and fo it was. And fo we come to be redeemedfrom rmder the Latv. And this is to be marked, that them that were 11nder the Law,and Tfc that aretoreceive,are but one, oneand the fame pcrjons both: but being fo redeemed, then }VC are ourfelves. Till then, the Apoftle fpeakes ofus, in the thirdpt~Jon,(Themthat tvereunder the Law,) as offome ftrangers, as ofmen ofanother world, none ofour owne. But now being redeemed, the ityle changeth. He fpeaketh of us, in thejirffperfon ~et 'l(r}s, that We: For, tillnow, we were not our owne, we were not our felves; but now we are: Till this, it was theoldyeare frill with us ; but with the-newyeare c01hmeth our aew ell:ate, . 7 Being thus redeemed, we are got from tmder the Law : and that is much. Till a pmie Thac we come to be oncetmderit, and fecletheweightofit, heihallneverunderll:andthisaright; m~gh\rc- but then hefhall. And ifany have beeneunder it, hee knowes what it is, and how great a ~;i';;'p;i~n bemftt to be gorr.hcnce. But is this all~ No, Hcleaves us not here; but to make themea/itre of ch,lcompleat, yea, even toflow over, He gives us not over, when He had rid us out ofthis wret– <lren. ched ellate, till He have brought us to an ell:ate, ~s good as He Himfelfe is in. Afrer our Redemption, we ll:ood but as Prifoners inlarged; that was all: But llill we were as Jfrangers; no part nor portion in Go o,or His kingdome: nor no reafon,we fhould hopeforany.Hcnow · goeth one ll:ep further, which is the highell: and furthell llep ofall, For further than it he cannot goe. . . . . , . . That we mtght recewe the Adopt1on, (that •s) from the ellate ofPrifoners condemned, bee tranflatedinto theell:ate ofChildren Adopted. OfAaopteq: for, of 'N_gturall, we could'not: That is Hispeculiaralone, and He therein only above us, bur elfc, fully to the joynrfi·uition. ofall that He bath, which is fully as much as we could defit'e. And this is our Fieri out of His Faffum ex:muliere. Wemad~theSonnesofGod, asHetheSonneofMan; Wemadepar- ·,rcc. •+ takersofHis Divine, as He ofour Humane nature. Topurchafe our pardon, to free us from ~ s,m.7. death,and the Lawes fcnrence,this feemed af mallthing to Him :yet this is Lex: hominu.Mans ' 9 · goodnelfegoeth no farther; and gracious is the Prince that cloth but fomuch. For,whoever heard ofacondemnedman, Adoptedafterward; or that thought it not enough and enough, if he did but efcape with hislife~ So farre then to exalt His boumy,tothatfulneff'e; as Pardon,' ,Ef,y 9 .7. and Adopl both, 'l(gn eft Lex homini> h,ec; No fuch meafure amon<>ll:men; ~tlm Domini Exercituum, The zeale ofthe LordofHo{ls, 1\'as to performethis: The fulm.J!e of the God-head dwelt inHim, that brought this to patfe. For,(to fpeake ofadopting:) Wefee it daily; No father adopts, unldfe Hee be orbe,' havenochilde; or ifhe have one, for fome deepcd•flikehavecafl: him of. But Go o had llcb. I.J. a &onne, The hrightneff'e of His glory; The tme charac1er of Hi• Stehjfance. And no dif– M"·'7·'· pleafme there was: No, In quo complacitum '!fl, In whbm He was abfolutely well pleafcd: ~icb.=·'0• yet would Hee, by adoption, for all that, bring many Sonnes to Glory. Isnotthisfu/lon His part~- We fee againe 1 no Heire will endure to heare ofAdo;tion, nay, nor divide his Inheri– tance, no, not with his nattiYall Brethren. Then, tlutthe Hei~eofallthings,fhouldadmit llcb. ,_ 3 _joint Hdres to the Kingdome Heewas borne to; and that admttthem not out offuch, as }\om.8.t7 wereneareHim, but from fuch aswereflrangers, yea, fuch as had beenecomkmned men tmdertheLaw; Isnotthis ft•llonHispart~ To p11rcha[e m, and topurchafe{orm, both at once~ And nottodoe thisfor us alone, but to af!im it to us: For, as his Father, (in this Verfe) fends Him; So,(in the next Verfe,) Hee fends _the SpiritofHisSonne, togiveus: foifin of this our v1doption: whereby wee now call Htm, the Iewes v1bba, the Gen– tiles Pater, as childrenall, and Heour Father, which is thepriviledge ofthe v1doption, we: here receive. And now are we come to the fi•lnejfe indeed. Forthis Adoption, is thefulmjfe of our· option: We cannot extend; vVe, our wijl1; or He, His love andgoodneffeany further, For,' l!tc..j,.J, \V~a~can~~aske, or He give more, feeing in givi~g this, Hegiveth alll;le is worth1 By . 1> S• tlusnme, It IS full sea: All the bankes arefiUed. It lS now as J>~~:>ek~els waters that her~wjlolll . - - . . ·- -----.- - -- - - fi:_f~
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