Chap. 3 3. An Expofition upon the Book, of J o B. Verf. 24. 407 deliver him from the ficknefs under which he is detained ; thus Spparet in he- they generallymake fomewhat in man or done by man, his ranmine aliquid o ,e at leaff to havea share in it. The heart ( as was (hewed æquitaris, ex f ro u? ei rn erers before ) is prepared for deliverance, by the workings offaith and ;o.Ta ,.q 1rß repentance. But the ranfome upon which deliverance isgiven, is qureLam, nothing at all wrought in us or by us. Woe tous notwithilanding Aqui, oúr prayers and repentance, our reformations and humiliations. To put thefe in place of a ranfome, or to hope for deliverance from the pit upontheir account is to pervert thewhole Gofpel. Others give a better fence, yet not clear enough, thus, He bath humbled' himfeif, and I am as well fätisfied use iflbad received a ranfome, but I lay that byalfo. For whenGod faith /have fouud ranfome, we are tounderhand it of a reall ranfome, of full pay or fatisfao}ion, not of a ranfome by favour and acceptation. This fa- tisfaêtion to the juítice of God is only and wholly made by Nits Chrift, without any the leaf contribution fromman. The "perfe& ranfome which the Lord finds is the blood of his own Son, which is called the blood of the Covenant, becaufe thereby the Cove- nant is confirmed, andall Covenant merciesaffured to us. Upon this price or ranfome God reflores the lick firmer and pardons him, he lieges both his body and his foul. And that fob' had knowledge of this ranfome as the only meanes of deliverance, appeares (Chap. 17. 3, 19. 2 ç.) Deliver him, for Ihavefound`' a ranfome. Hence Obferve, Firh. The redemption or deliverance .o fman"b ya ranfome is the inven- tian of God, and the invention ofGod only. If all men on earth, yea if all the Angelis in Heaven had fat from the foundation of the world to thisday, in counfell beating their braines, anddebating this queftion, Haw man,. fnfull man might be deliveredout ofthe band ofthe Lam, or from that condem- natoryfemme under which the Law had call anddetainedhim,', with fatisfa4tion, or,,, +ithour darnmage to the Julice -and righte oufnefs ofGod, they täld never havefound it out, nor any thing lie it. This is Gods own invention ; or, ifGod had faid to fallen man, I fee thou art ina loft pitifullcondition, butfit down and confider how I may doe theegood, and not wrong myfelfe, how I may relieve thee, andnot dirboaour myfrlfe, I willfreely; doe at. If God(I fay) had given
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