'280 OfottrRedemption. priceofour redemption,feeing the fcriptures teflifie that by hispower hee hath forcibly deliuered vs out ofthe hands of our fpirituall enemies. SoHeb.2.r4. itis faid, that Chrtfi de- frayedhim ??uho had the polbrr ofdeath, that is the datell. And CoI.2.I 5. theApofile fheweth, that hce hath piledprinci_ palities andpowers, andbath led themopenly and triumphed ouo them. AndLuk.rr.2 2.1e iscompared to a valiant champion whobath thrufl the firongman Satan out ofhis poífef ion : bywhich it may appeare,that our Sauiourhash notredeemed vs bygiuing aprice after a legali manner,but by force,and as it were byconquefl. I anfwere,that Chriffbath bothpaid the price ofour redemption, and, all() hath deliueredvsforciblie by his power ;for heepaid theprice vntoGod to whomhee offered the facrificeofhünfelfe,that it might be a full fatisfa- & }ion for fnnne,anda fufficient price toredeeme vs out ofthe captiuitieofour fpirituall enemies,and to purchafe the fauor ofGod,andourheauenly inheritance in hiskingdome : and therefore in refpeaofGod the Father, towhomour Sauiour: offered himfelfe, he is Paid tohaueredeemed vs bygiuing a ranfome for vs. But when Gods iuflice wasfullie fatisfied, Chrill dealt not with our fpirituall enemies by intreatie, (much leffe offeredhe this priceofour redemption to Satan;. forifno facrifice might lawfully bee offered, vntoany faue Godalone,much more vnlawfullwas it that this facrifice of Chriflsbodie, fhouldbee offeredvnto thediuell) but byhis almightie power hee ouercame the power ofdarkneíle, van- quifhedSatan, fubdueddeath, and brokeopen the prifonof thegraue,and fo b 1 }rong hand fet all Gods ele6t at libertie, For after that the debt ofourfnneswasdifcharged, our ran- fomepaid,and thehandwritingofordinances cancelled and nailed vnto the croffe,thefe our fpirituall enemieshad no iufl interefl vnto vs, nor any thing to alleage why they fhould longer hold vs, in their captiuitie; but yet the ílrongman whohad taken poffefíionwouldnot willinglylofe it, vnleffe hee were ouercome with a greater firength : and therefore become our Chriíl hauingbought vs ofhis Father, and fo our Sauiour true owner, buckled with our fpirituall ene- mies, ouercame thefe principalities andpowers, triumphed gloriously x"
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