M l (Your Redemption. 28i gloriously ouer them,and freedvsout of their tyrannical) in- But ifit maybe obie&ed that wee were captiues vnto Sa- tan, and therefore the price ofredemptionwas tobee paled vnto him, and not vnto God the Father. who heldvs not in his captiuitie. i anfwere, that though Satan held vs in his captiuitie, yetnot in his owne right, for wee hadnot finned againa him towhomwee were not bound topetforme obe- dience, nor were indebted vnto him ; but weehad finneda gainfl God, whofe feruants wee wereby right of creation, andhad infinitly runne into his debt,whichwee were alto- gether vnable to pay; andtherefore like a iuflIudge hecon- demnedvs to the perpetuall prifon ofdeath,and committed vs to thecuflodie ofSatan, as vetoa iaylor,to bee kept in his bondage, till wee had fatisfied forour finnes anddifcharged our debt : which being impoflîble tovs, our Sauiour Chrift hauingaffumed our nature andbecome our furetieand me- diatour,paied thatwe owed, and fuffered thatwhichwehad deferued, and fo fully fatisfying his fathers iuflice, hath pur- chafed our redeiamption; fo as nowSatan had no moreautho- ritie to retainevs inhiscaptiuitie,then the iaylcrr hathofhol- ding him in prifon who by the Iudge is releafed,or the exe- cutioner ofhanging himwhom the fudge hath acquitted or pardoned. And therefore tyrannically exercifing Bill his iurifdi6ion,our Sauiour by flrong hand ouercame him and all thepower of hell,that fohemight fet vs at libertie whom his Fathers iufl fentence hadacquitted and his mercie par- doned. The1aíî thing tobeconfidered is the endofour redempti- on,namely, that wee fhouldno longer ferue finneandSatan, out ofwhofe bondagewe are releafed;but become the fer- uantsof Chrift, who bath redeemedvs, feruing him in holi neflleand righteoufne%all thedales ofour hues; that fo glo- rifying him heere on earth,hemay glorifie vs inheauen,and make vs partakers of thofc euerlaf}mg ioyes, which by his deathand bloodhedhehath purchafed forvs.. CHAP,.
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