322 Chip. 19. fin Expofstion upon the Boo&e of JOB. Verf. 25.' fore thee, to keep thee in the way, and tobring tkee into the place which Ihave prepared,beware ofhimandobeyhis voyce,provol¿e him, not,for he will not pardonyour trafgrafons.for my Name is in him. This Angel can be none but Chrift, The creating, not a created Angel. Pardon offin belongs not to creatures, nor is the name of God in them Some creatures have the name of God upon them ; but he only bath the name ofGod in him, who is of the fame nature with God. Thirdly , This word is applyed to the avenging of their death, who have been wrongfully flaine. (Numb. 35. I2.)Goeh is the avenger of bloud, or the redeemer of blood, becaufe he came to take vengeance on fuch as had unjuftly flied the blond' of his kinfman. He may be laid to redeeme a man from death,, who according to juftice purfues him who took e away his life. Chrift is not onely our Redeemer, by reftoring us to life,but our avenger by purfuing and fpoyling him ( that is, the Devil)) who was our murderer, or the contriver ofour death. Againe, To be a redeemer is taken two wages, Firft, More largely for a deliverer, or helper ; fo 'tis one of the names ofGod ; and to redeeme is both his worke and his honour. (Exod. 6. 6.)I trill redeemeyou with aítretched out arms '4nl4rnv. ì. e. and withgreat ?udgements. In which fenfe alto Cíitofes is call'd t'berain,e,n' a deliverer, ("I is according to the Greek, which the ,t 7.35) D:rernprcrm Syriac tranílates by a word that fignifies a judge, or one that iJurrrn. Sy:: determines a controverfie. God fent Mofes to mannagehis con- troverfie with Pharoah, and deliver his people from that ftate of bondage. And thus God was ¡obi redeemer, becaufe he pleaded his caufe, and determin'd for him, delivering him out of his afiftion, as is reported in the latter part of this booke; Linder this more general) notion (I fay) God is often call'd. a Redeemer ; for as he fuffers his people to becarried away by, and fall into the hands of their enemies, and fells them into theenemies hands ( that theymay know the difference between his fervice, and the fervice of the Nations, as he fpeakes, Chron. 12.8. yea, he fells them for nought ( Pfal. 44. rz.) As fometimes theyare laid to fell themfelves (Ifa. 51. I.) which ofmy Creditors is it to whom .Ihavefouldyou. It was a cuftomea- mong the?ewes that Parents who were Poore and unable to pay ;heir debts, fold: their children to their creditors, or their cre- ditors_
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