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68 The Meriioriom Price of our Part T.
TradcC i'lV, I conceiveyudtntt fully e.vprefs the meaning tf'
that Curfe in Deut . 2 1 . i ; . )6r there it ufaid, that hethdt u hang^
ed ts the Crtrfe ( ntt 9fm/in, Out ) of God : And th^t rare learned
Divtne Martin Luti.er /« OdX.^.i-i,. faith, That althenrh thefe
twofentcnces, He was maie a Curfe for us, and He was m.iJe Sin
hi u% M'c) therein : and in the conclnfion he afjirmethy Th.i:
Chrifi bare all our fr.s b] impHtAtun, aid that he bare the Curfe
c^' the Law really for tis ; and in rclpecl of bearing curfns by Impritntir/i,
hefiuih, that C''"'^ifl
W'W thegre.ttefl finntr in the hVorldi
',u\mely^ thegre.xtef Thief, Whoremafier^ BLifphewcr^ ^c.
^Divine, I c^ntels that Dr Luther was a rare InRrument in the
Church of God in his day.% and ha hath *. the Epirtle to
r'.c Ci/^r/jrfwj- better tl'.an manyochers^ but yet I believe he is far
from the Apnilles meaning in this matter , and it feem th to me
th^t he had fom: doubt alfo about his expofirion : Bu' h^ tliinkcth
that tlic latter airf may well be expounded o\ his Sacrifice for the
curfc (pndyct that txpclltion is not right ntithcr) for this latter
curb is no otiicr than an outward t ;mporary curfs • for the Text
ir Dent. 21.22. runst. us If there be in a ;nan a, fn worthy of
deaihj ar.dihoH hang him upon 0. Tree-, Scc. thtn he that is hanged
the curfe oj God . W hat cuile of God ii it that is meant I aniucr,
Thjt n-;ay be difcerncd by ti.kin;; n ticc ot what kind of pcrfons,
and f T what kind of fins thi-^ cuile of God doth fall upon any.
Fjrl], Take notice of the kind of perfois that arc here faid to
he tie Curfe of Go J •, and the T