in the Contri1Jance of the Work of ~demption. 2 85 For this cauft was the Son ofGod manifeflecl, that he might rleflroy the works of the Devil. 'The fPoils which he had in his own power were taken from him, and the works which he had er.ected in the mi·nds of men were demolifhed. The wehwhith he had wove to clothe himfelf withal! as the God of this ~orld, was unravelled to the lafi thread. And although all this feems to reprefent a work of Power, yet was it in-– deed.an effect ofWifdom and Righteoufnefs principally. For the Power which Satan had over Mankind was in it felf unjujl. For (1.) He obtained it by fraud and deceit. The · Serpent heg,uiledEve. (2.) He poffeiied it with injuflice, with refpefr unto God, being an Invader of his Right and .Pot: feffion. (3.) He ufed and exercifed it with malice, tyranny and rage ; fo as that it was every way unjufl both in its foun– dation ·and execution. With refpeEt hereunto he wasjufl[y defrroyed by Omnipotent Power, which puts forth its felf in his eternal punifhment. But on the othedide, Mankind did Juffer jujfly under his Power, being given up unto it in the Righteous Judgment of God. For one may juffer juftly what another cloth unjufily inflict. As when one cauf1ef1y !l:rikes an innocent man, if he frrikes him again, he who did the fir!l: injury fujfereth ju./lly, but the other cloth unjufl!J in reveng– ing himfel£ Wherefore as man was given up unto him in a way of punifhment, he was a lawful Captive, and was not to be delivered but in a way of Jufrice. And this was done in a way that Satan never thought o£ For by the obedienc. e and fufferings of the Son of God Incarnate, there was full Jatisfa[fion made unto the Jufrice of God for the fins of man, a reparation of his Glory, and an exaltation of the Honour of his Holinefs, with all the other Properties of his Nature, as alfo of his Law,out-ballancing all the Diminutionof it by the firfr Apofiafy of Mankind, as hath been declared. Imme– diately hereon all the cbarms of Satan were diffolved, all his chains
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