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ti
That
(Ire;
offered
a
fú
f
fcient-price;
for
vs.
red
it
for our difcharge,chufln
rather
fill
to
haue
kept
vs
in
prifon,bound
in
the
chaines
of
eucrlaßing death.Laflly,there
might
haue
bin
fome
Phew
ofrigor
and
iniuflice,ifChrif+the
innocent
had
bin
ouerwhclined,in fiiff.ring the punithments
which
were due
vnto
vs,
who
were the offenders
; but>beinA
not
onely man
which
fuffered
butGod
a1fo,
and therefore
of
infinit power
and
aiaieflie,he
was able
to
pay our
great
debt,
and
-yetis neuer
the poorer
;
to
Puffer
death andouercome
it
by
fuffering:and
by
yeelding
a
while
to
the
malice
of
our
fpi-
ritual
cnernies,he finally
vanquifhed andglorioufly triumph-
ed ouer them
all;
and therefore
it
was
notininiticein
God to
Puffer
our
Sauiour
Chrift,to
vndergoe
that
which
he
was
lure
toouercome
;
but
vnfpeakable mercie
towards
vs,in
fending
hisfonne
to
pay
that debt
which
wee could neuer haue dif-
charged,and to
£u
fer puni-fhments
for
a
time,which
other
-
wife
we
fhould
haue
endured'for
euer.
By
this then it appeareth,that
God
might
iúfily receiue
the
price
of
our redemption,which
Chrif} freely
Offered.
But
fee-
ing
by
the lawes
of
redemption there
is
required,
not
onely
that
the-redeemer pay
a
price
or
ranfonne,..butalfo
thathee
haue
right
to
that
which he
doth
redeeme;it
may
beüemanr
.ded
what
right
our
Sauiour
had
ouer
vs,
that
he
fhould pay
this price for
vs.
I
anfwere,that
as
our Sauiour
Chrifi
confi-
fteth
of
two
natures,
-fo
affo
he had
a
twofold
right veto
vs;
for
-as
he
was
God,he
had the
right
ofproprietie,and
was
our
true
owner;
he
was our
Lord,and-therefore
had
rightto
re-
deeme
his-own-
feruants;he
Was
our-King,
and
therefore
had
right
to
redeeme
vs
who
were
his
fubie6ts;
yea
he
was
our
creator,and
therefore
hee
had,
more
right
then
any
Lord
or
King
to redeeme
vs
who
were-his
creatures;
as
he was
-a
man
iïcb;
tor
%.
he
was
our
kinfeman,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 had
all()
the
right
of
propinquity, which
was
_4.S
eî7...
required
by-the
law
ofredemption
Leuit,z5.z
5
That
cbrrft
Secondly,Satan may
obi
e61
that
the death
ofChrifi
is -not
bath cfjtreda
a
fucient
price for
our redemption;for how
could thedeath
d
J
cientprice
of
one
bea`fufficientfatisfati
an
for
the fin
Ofaithe_faithful
serxrrçdemF-
eingèuery
one
by
their
innumerable
fins
;haddeferued..in.
dais.
_r
un;erable
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