3o ti That (Ire; offeredafúf fcient-price;for vs. red it for our difcharge,chufln rather fill tohauekept vs in prifon,bound in the chaines ofeucrlaßing death.Laflly,there might haue bin fome Phewofrigor and iniuflice,ifChrif+the innocent had binouerwhclined,in fiiff.ring the punithments which were due vntovs, who were the offenders ; but>beinA not onely manwhich fufferedbutGod a1fo, and thereforeof infinit power and aiaieflie,he was able topay our greatdebt, and-yetis neuer the poorer ; to Puffer death andouercome it by fuffering:andbyyeeldingawhile to the malice ofour fpi- ritual cnernies,he finallyvanquifhed andglorioufly triumph- ed ouer them all; and therefore it was notininiticeinGod to Puffer our SauiourChrift,to vndergoe that whichhewas lure toouercome ; but vnfpeakable mercie towards vs,in fending hisfonne topay that debtwhich wee could neuer haue dif- charged,and to £u fer puni-fhments fora time,whichother- wifewe fhouldhaue endured'for euer. By this then it appeareth,that Godmight iúfily receiue the priceofour redemption,which Chrif} freelyOffered. But fee- ingby the lawes of redemption there is required, not onely that the-redeemer pay aprice or ranfonne,..butalfo thathee haue right to that which hedothredeeme;it maybeüemanr .dedwhat right our Sauiourhadouer vs, that he fhould pay this price for vs. Ianfwere,that as our Sauiour Chrifi confi- fteth oftwo natures, -fo affo he had a twofoldright vetovs; for-ashe wasGod,he had theright ofproprietie,and wasour trueowner; he was our Lord,and-therefore had righttore- deeme his-own-feruants;heWas our-King, and thereforehad right to redeemevswho were his fubie6ts; yea he was our creator,and thereforehee had,more right then anyLordor King to redeeme vswhowere-his creatures; as he was-a man iïcb; tor %. hewas ourkinfeman,flehofourfle h,andbone-ofourbone; Iohn.ifl.z. yeàhe wasourbrother, as it is Iieb.z.tt.ta.and Ioh.ao.17; Leuir.as. z S. and therefore hadall() theright of propinquity, which was _4.Seî7... required by-the law ofredemption Leuit,z5.z 5 That cbrrft Secondly,Satan mayobi e61 that the death ofChrifi is -not bath cfjtreda afucient price for our redemption;for howcould thedeath d J cientprice ofone bea`fufficientfatisfatian forthe finOfaithe_faithful serxrrçdemF- eingèueryone by their innumerable fins;haddeferued..in. dais. _r un;erable Illftwo-rai 40;
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