41 a Chap. 3 3. A4 Expofttian upon the Book, of J o s. Verf. 24, him he fhall be wellpaid;hemay tell God, he than have moreby favingá;im, then bydamning him. Ifhe dame him he (hall have but his ownblood. ( the blood of a creature) for fatisfaeiion;but if he fave him, he fhall have the blood of his Son, the blood of God, as a ranfome for his falvation, Thirdly, Obferve. Though the Gofpel was not clearly andfolly revealed,in thofe elder times ,yet it Wa, thenpryingly revealed. How dock the grace of GodThine forth in mans deliverance by a, . ranfome,in thicScripture ; Here is nothing faid of deliverance from ficknefsby medicines, but by a ranfome ; and if theyknew that deliverance froma difeafe muff come in by a ranfome, how much more, that deliverance from damnation mull come in that way ? The old Patriarkes had the knowledge of Chrifi to come, and not only was there a knowledge of him to come in that nation and Church ofthe Jewes, but the light fcattered abroad , the Land of Vz had ir, jab, had it, as hath appeared from feverall paflàgesof this Booke, . Elihre had it as appeareth by this. Fourthly, Obferve. Not only our eternall deliveranceogbut even our temporal!delive' rances andmercies,art porchafedby theblood of(hriff. A beleever dots not ease a bit of bread,buthe hathit by vertue of the purchafe ofChrifl ; Chrifl bath bought all good for us,and Chrifl bath bought us out of all evil!. Chril} bath not only pur- chafl deliverance from hell, and fahvation inheavenfor us, but he bath purchafl deliverance from a rickbed, and freedome from bondage tomen for us. (Zech. 9.. al. ) As for thee alfo (faith the Lord) by thebloodof thy Covenant (that is, the Covenant which I havemade with thee) I havefeet forth thy prifoners oxt of thepit wherein was no water ; that is, from the Babylonith cap- tivity. The Jewes weredelivered from corporali flavery, as well as fpiriruall,by the bloodof Jefus Chritl, and fo are the Covenant people of God to this day. Theblood ofthe Covenant ferves to all purpofes;for the good things ofthis lìfe,as well asof that which is to come. Nothing elfe can do us good to purpofe,er deliver us from evillbut the blood ofChrifl. (Pf.9.9.7i8.)They that craft in h width,&bas,( thcmfelvar the mxltttude of their riches,none ,f
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