An Expojition of the Epiftle ~fore, according as he bath Cho{ftt us in him, and Predejliuated us in him, and Ser. V[(l Accrpud us in him; thofe Vs that were chofen, they are Redeemed and no ~other. · In the Second place, He faith [We J have it i" him l What is the meaning of that l What dotll that imply? It is fpoken firfl in a dil1incl:.on from the Fathers in the Old Te11amcilr. It is true, they were redeemed virtually, but the thing was not done, they did not fee Chri11, theyJaw hi< day afar off indeed, and he was the Lamb fl.;m from the begilmi11g of the world; bur he had not yet done it, bur we have it, Chriil bath done it. We fee Jefus (faith he, He6. 2. ) taj/mg of .'Death for every man,and crowlledwithglory a11d houour. In the gth. Heb. '5. you !hall find there this cxprellion, For this caufe he is the Medtatortrof tbe Nrw Teflamwt, that 6j 1ttetms of death, for the Redemption of the Tra!t[gre!Jions that werr tmder tbe jirrtTejlmnntt. Mark the exprcllion. He wastodiefor the redemptio~tof the tranjgrejJio11s that were mzder thefirfl Tejlammt. The meaning is this; That the world had gon upon the fcore with God, he received not one penny of monry for all the Fathers he had faved , they had been redeemed indeed, they had the fruit of that redemption that was afterward to be done, but as yet Jefus Chrifl: had not paid h is Father one penny of money : Now then he comes under the New Te!tament 1 and he is the Mediator, that by means ofdeath he might be for the redemptron of the Trmrfgre!Jions that were u11i/er the Old Tej/amn/1; that he might cancel all thofe Bonds. You have the like exprellion in the 3-d. of the Ro" ma11s. So that (My Brethren) it is a help to your faith in confparifori of ihein ; they had Redemption only in the promi(e, theyj:JW rt afar off. We have Redempti·" on in Chril1, it is done, it is pafl ; we fee Je!us tafling death, fee him hang upon • the Crofs by faith, and fee him now he is in Heaven crowJJed with glory mrd ho• 110ttr; fofaith the Apofllc in that place He6. 2. You have more help to believe than our fore. Fathers bad. Secondly, We have redemption as in a common perfon in Chrifl:, we have it 9ot only when it is applied to us, but we have it in him as we had condemnation mAd,zm,before we were born in the world,. fo we had redemption in Chril1 when he died. The next" thing I would have you Obferve is this, and it may mightily and wonderfully in11ance the love of God towards us, The lafl: words he had faid of Cbri11, if you mark it, in the 6th.verfe,was that he was God's beloved; He hath made 11s accepted ill the Beloved•. What is the next word after in this 7th.verfeT Et• whomwe haw redrmpti011 throttgb hu blood. It is Chryfojlomt'sObfervation, it is 11range,infimte 11range, that he that was God's beloved, whom he delighfeth in as in himfelf, that God lhould ever fend him to bea Redeemer, and to lhed his blood for Sinners. What/ was he God's beloved, and have you redeffiiOtion in him too? fhould God facrifice his beloved l God chafe us to be holy in Heaven with him, to be Sons with him there, to delight in us there. Let that plot fiand, let them never come to be ftnful, let me have them up in Heaven prefently with my Son ; One would have thought God might have fa id this. No, God would commend his love yet further; He would let them fall into fins, to redeem them, he would facrifice this beloved. He had fo much love in his heart that he could commend it to us no way but by facrificing his beloved.He might have cho– fen whether he had done fo or no, he might have made us as happy in Heaven as nowwe fhall be, it needed not have cofi him the blood of his Son. But now he wonderfully fets out his love to us, in that we have redemption in his belo– ved. So much for the Redeemer which was the Second head. The Third is the Price; and that is his Blood, RedemptioiJ throttgh his blood. • The Hebrew word for Redemption importeth fomewhat more than redeeming by price; but the Greek word that is here ufed and elfe where imports only a re– deemillg by price,not a redeeming byforce. When God came to deal about our falvarion, conftdering us Sinners , faith he, I will have a full price or I will not faveyou, I will'be fatisfied to the uttermofi. He will have Redemption by a price,
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