io theE P H E S I A N S. Th~re is a twofold Redemption; Iheone is a Redem~tiori by price, the pay,~ ing of the price. In He6. 9·. 12. it 1sfa1d that Jefus. C mfi, (before he wenc to Samo" Heaven,) obtained Redempt1?n for us. And there IS a Redempuop of appllc•- XVII{. tion of that price unto us, wh1ch IS the Redemp_twn meant here, as Eph. 4· 3o. \../'"'V'o.) Thry were jealed1111/o the day ofRedemp11o1J, 1t Js to come. . . And Jet me fay thi< to you, the reafcn why Mttjcutzu -rould have tlm word Po!rellion added to Redemption, is faith he to diHinguilh it from that .Redempti– on of Chrifl's by price, that was Redemptto{olutto11u, the RedemptiOn ot pay; ing the price, but this is Redemptw poffe(Jiows, whereby We are put wto the po•• fefiion of it.; it is «~(L7fcAthp~U7Y'T'tl.;17ift1Tctllrn"r• And thiJt lS the account that he doth give ofthe Phrafe, Or it you will I will di!lingui!h it thus to you, that I may magnifie the Holy Ghofi unto you. 'There is a Redemption by Jefus Chrifi:s paying the price,_ and. there is a redeeming us by the Spmt, applymg that pnce; therefore he IS fa1d robe the Eanzef/ of. o11r l nhe>'ztallcefor the R edempttorJ , that IS to work H.~demption (o fome Interpret, ,;,d,.,,,TP""''• he IS the caufe of Redemptwn, he IS irp.Cb";,,.;,,J7p•~v. on purpofe to work it not ~s an idle Earnell that Jieth by us,but as an hoflage, being • perfon that works the RedemptiOn of the party, he IS an hoflage for us, therefore ifyou read Rom, 8, g, w, 2;.. you !lJallli~d that the re– demption of our bod1es, and the ra1fing up of our bod1es 1t Js afcnbed unto t".e Spirit of God. So now you ea!ily under!l:and what IS meant by Redempti– on. But then why !hould t".e Holy Gho!1: put in this word Pofle[{to11, mu/pttrchafed Poffej]iotJ, as the word indeed !ignifieth I · Certainly he is not redundaot,it is not an overplus, Ephe[. 4; 30. where he fpeaks of the fame thing, . he f~ith mecrly this they were Sealtd to the day of Redrrnptto11 ; but there Jt IS unnlJ the Rede,;pt:oiz of thepoffe(fio11. There is a my!l:ery in it. . . Firfl Bezamakes Jt a meer Hypatlage, that 1s an mver!ion, a fpeakmgback– ward, ~r (as I may exprefs it in Engli!h,) in !1:ead of faying po.ffe.Jliort of Re, demptio11, he faith Redemption of the po!fellion; and it is (as SchoiJars know) ·a frequent thing in Scripture, for to ufe fuch inver!ions of fpeech, M the Law of Righteotifiufs, forrheR1ghteoufnefsof the Law, or the Righteous Law, a man of 6/efltdnejs, for a ble!fed man; Levtt. 5· there the Stlver of the Shekel is put for aShekel of Silver, e!ic. And there is this to confirm Beza'~ interpretation, that in the 1 Thej. 5'· 9· where he ufeth this Phrafe, we are (alth he, ordai11ed "'"'P'"''"~'""'f'"'· for the poflej]io>t, or obtaimng Salvatiott; It is the fame word ufed here. So that the po!fellion of Salvation in that of ~he The[ is. ~11 one with the po!fellion of Re– demption here, Redempnon bemg ordmanly caJled Salvation; therefore as I (aid before, M11[cu!ru faith it 1s pur by way of di!l:inction, th~t whereas in the 11th. verfe he faid, we had obt~i11ed mz lnheritmzce, here in the 14th. verfe he faith, the Spirit i< m1 Ear11efl.j the poflej]ioll of that Redemptio>t, or of that In• heritanct. That is the firfl interpretation. But my Brethren, becaufe that this may feem to be a har!h phrafe, we will fee if there be any thing that Expofitors give that will run more fmoothly and cur– rently. I find that there are two Interpretations that are given of it yet more. It is called in the Fir!1: place, the Redemption of the purchafed po(J,ej]ion, by pttrchafed poffe.(fiOI: '· meanmg the People of God, fo that the meaning is this, that the Holy Gho!1: IS tke Ear~e!1: of our Inheritance, tilJ all God's People, his purchafed Poffellion and Inhentance, b~all redeemed, and then we !hall receive y the fulJ Inheritance together wah them alJ. And this, ( th.e truth is, ) mofliiJterpreters run upon, andCalvmhlm(elf, and he giveth this good Glofs upon it too; Tott/hottldl!ot faahhe, thmkmuchtof/aya white, m1donly to be coptent withmtEarnefl, forJ•ou flay 6ut tilt God haihgathor'dill all his 'J'eople whom he bath purchafed,whm he bath o11ceperfeilty Redeemed them all.youyour {fives /halt be eflatediu the lllhtritanct. The Spirit is an Earnell of the Inheritance, I until the Redemption of the purchafed Po!fellion, Gg To
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