Chap. III. O[DEA T H. that Lot being certified by an embalfy of Angels, that a Deluge of Fire would in a few hours pour down from Heaven upon Sodom, he moft earneftly follicited his Sons in Law, Arift, depart out of this PI4Ce, for the Lord wtll d•jlroy thts Ctty' but they cntertamed h!S compaffionate Advice with derifion, he feerned to them as one that mocked, and we:e f~rpnfed by thofe fearful Flames that difpatch'd them from a Temporal Hell to that whtch ts Eter- ~;~ L;;;s~s ;~;fo}~;,PWl~~; r:::/~:::;tofaJti:h:;'!.;U?':~~:f(I:~:·~~~l~{: t=~d 1 fcorn the moft facred and terrible Truths, let them perpetuate thetr excefs of Rtot, and wild Mirth while they live; Death will come, and Judgment as fure as Death. CHAP. Ill. How the 'Death of C/;rijl: frees us from the tormenting fear of 'Death. 'By dying be paid our ran(om to the injured Jufiice of God, and depril>es Sata11 of the Legal Power he had ol>er us. His 'Death is out ~demption from the Curfe of 'Death. It makes 'Death a blejfed adl>antage to 13eliel1ers. The F.lappinefs obtained by Deat/, unfolded. It frw the Sai11ts from afftiEiing el>ils, and fin the caufe of them. The hlJhefl po: (<til>e good obtained by 'Death. III.J Now come to !hew how the Death of Chrift frees us from the tormenting fear of Death. For the clearing this, we are tb confider, that Sin, Satan an_d Death, are Enemies in combination againft Man in his Mortal State ; and the deftruchve power of Satan, an~ Death, is from Sin. Wl1en Man renounced his Creator and natural Lord, he was JUdtctally given up to Satim as the E<ecutionerof Vengeance, and to the ~ower of Death. Suc!I is the Order, rather the ConfuGon in the World by Sin. The Emprre of Satan and Death ts built on the Ruins of our Innocence. Now the Son of God came from his Throne in Heaven to deliver us: And whereas there are two ways of obtaining freedom from Captivity, either by Ranfom, or by Power and Refcue, in both refpeas our deliverance from Bondage tothefe Capital Enemies, is afcribed to the Death of Chrift. on;~~t~~~ ~~~ ~~;~~; te~~e~~a~~~i~~~~~t~t:o~:~s~h~~~:~;~:E:i;~~,= ['::;:j~ Ranfomfor all, 1 Tim.2.6. His Life was the full price of our Liberty and Salvation. God !";:h~~ftl,~~~ng~di;:df~;~~~~s ~~:r~~i~~~i~ bfuci, ~u~a;b~~~~~r~~~! t~~~~~t~~~ Juftice inviolate. Therefore when Man was devoted to Death, our Redeemer exchang'd Conditions with him, and offer'd up his precious Blood, 1 Pet. x. 18. as our Ranfom to God, in the quality of the King and Judg of all. Such was the Dignity of his Perfon, ~~~~!1;~~~~t~~ %a0~1~hetl~~f~ftb:~fs ~~~-e~~~f~~~d. w~~~h~~:e:~;~~:~i~~fst~f i~i~ ~~k~~: ings, Phi!. 2. 8. in which the higheft degree of Obedience, and the loweft degree of Hu- ~~lity were conlpicuous, as to be a valuable Compenfation, to obtain eternal Redemption for. Now when God the fupreme Judg is fatisfied, Satan forfeits the right he had to torment us, and is devefted of his Dominion over our wills; which though juftly permitted, was , an ufurpation upon God's Right in Man that can never be extinguilh'd. 'Tis fa id by the ~~~~:~s ~~!~,~;t~~:~o~:/;;~~;~f a:~~:J~h;a;~:v~;;z~g0£ ~;~zac~e:r:~a~:t:.aga;;fab~: ltlh'd the ufe of the Ceremonial Law, that was an Evidence and Enditement of their Guilt who ~erformed it, and the Curfe of the Moral Law' It follows, and havingjpoiled Princtfalttte_J a1J~ Powers, he madeafbervofthemopen!J, triumphing over them in it. Our Saviour dted Vtl.tonoufly; the Tree of Infamy on which he fulfered, was the Trophy ofhisConqueft. His Death difarm'd Satan of his Weapons, whereby he fubdued Us, Sin, the Law, and Death ; for though his aaual Triumph was in his Refurreetion and Afcenfion to Glory, yet it is Ju!Hy afcribed to his Death; for that meritorioufly open'd the Grave at his RefurreC:bon, and Heaven at his Afcenfion. _4nd here by the way 'tis moft worthy of obfervation, that our Deliverance from our fptn tual and moft deadly Enemies is equally righteous, as admirable and glorious : for om· ' Kk k 2 fulfenng
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