R E D E E M E R . azt from Hell, would oppofe with a zealous Malignancy every gracious Undertaking of j`efus ; and what that Life and Holinefs are, which he hath been able to re- trieve for us; we may eafily perceive, that no Hand lefs than divine could overcome fuchOhítru&ions, and that no Treafury but Jehovah's could be furnifhed with Riches of fuch a Nature and Amount as thefe. This Redeemer had not only the vile Hearts and Affeél.ions of his People to fubdue and to change (a Work ofgreater Difficulty than to create a World!), but he had the almoft infinite Powers of Darknefs to con- tend with, Spirits of exquifite Subtlety, and of deter- mined Force. Can it be fuppofed, that a merely created Agent was equal to the Talk of creating anew, and converting the Souls of Myriads of Men, in all Ages, and in all Countries, of the World ? Can it be imagined, that fuch an Agent could effea all this too, in oppofition to the implacable Fury and forcible Activity of innumerable Legions of combined evil Spirits, one of whom was once found able to deftroy. the Happinefs of a World ? If fuch aNotion can be received ; it muft be received againft every Principle of Reafon and Revelation, against every juft Ground of eternal Life and Salvation. Then, as to the NATURE of Redemption itfelf, it plainly befpeaks the Agent and Accomplifher infinitely gracious, and neceffarily divine. " There are two things (laid a good Man *) required in a Redeemer :. Firft, the At of paying a Sum and telling it over the Board [or fairly] to the Creditor. Secondly, The Sum muft be his own ; for, if he pay a Ranfom with another Man's Gold, the Man mho 'owned the Gold is rather the Ranìomer than he : ThePayer, in that Cafe, feems a Faftor to another.Chrift was no Factor ; he paid the Price of our Redemption from his own proper Goods : For the Manhood beingmade one in a perfonal Union with the Godhead, it was his own Fled: and Mr. RUTHERFORD On Cant. Y. Z, $C. Blood
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