220 R E D E E M E R . venger ofBlood are in the Original the fame with thole; tranflated, in other Places, near Kinfmán and Redeemer.* This Inftitution prmfgirred, that the Redeemer of Man was to be his near Kinfinan, and one of his own Nature; and that He allo was to purfue to Vengeance that malignant Adverfary, who was a Murderer from the Beginning, -j- and who, with a Malice which will never be forgiven him, Brought Death into the World, and all our Woe. MILTON. To this the Apoftle alludes, when he lays ; GOD fent forth his Son, MADE OF A WOMAN [in human Nature], made under the Law [obliged, as a near Kinf- man or Brother, to fulfil the Law] to redeem them that were under the Law, that we might receive the Adoption of Sons ; t i. e. to recover our loft Inheritance of Purity and Happinefs, and to reinftate us in the molt cordial and lofting Poffeffion of Acceptance and Favor. And, in this View, we are to underftand his remarkable Ex- preffion in another place, that CHRIST MATH obtained eternal Redemption for us. § Now, the Appointment of yefus Chrif by the Father, to be the Redeemer of his People, includes a perfedit Ca- pacity in him to anfwer the utmoft Purpofes of that Ap- pointment ; elfe, his Redemption might be a mere Nullity, if oppofed by fome extraordinary Powers, and fo the Defign of GOD be fruftrated and over-ruled. But, as this would be Blafphemy to admit, it will follow, that the Redeemer was both able to fave the Objects of Grace from every poffible Contingency of Ruin, and rich enough to purchafe the Poffeffion of Life and Holinefs, which they had loft and forfeited. And if we confider, who and how many, both on Earth and * Ruthfv' 3. Job xix. 25, &c. t John viii. 44. Í Gal. iv. 4, ç. To this, alfò, the Church of Engiand mani- fe11ÿ alludes, in that Colle&, wherein the befeeches GOD grarioey co behold His FAMILY for Which Cbr /ifi 'vas =tinted to it beetrayed&G. lIeb. ix. t z. frnin
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