The Meritorious Price of Our Redemption, William ... - Adkinshorton.net

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yea he doth grofly miftikc the meaning of the word Tni-
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and of the word Sorrows, and of the word B^arini;. rk
TradcC Sir, in mj Afprehenjions Matthew doth not undertuke S
/• expound the fnll meaning ofElay, for Elay nmkss mention of ini- K
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^mitiesy *s y»eell as offorro^fs ;
bnt Matthew makes-no mention that
Chrif bare ottrvji^MttieS'^ therefore it may fiiU be concluded from
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Eiay, that Chrifi bare our tni^nities by gods imfutat ion : ijff.then
he mufi ofnecejjitj bear cur/arrows , namely the ivrath ofGod^ as
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it is duf to our iniquit ies , for our redemption there-from.
'Divine. Althi u^h your Author doth tranflate th Htbrew
word in Efay^ by the word Iniquirics, yet the Holy Ghoft by the
Evangcliftvi/rffr^fWdothtranllatc it Infirmities; and fundry o-
ther learned men do alfo tranflate it Infirmities, Maladies Difeat
cs, &c. But what need is there to alledgc the teftimony of learned
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TranQators, feeing the Holy Ghoft in Matthew doth fo tranflate
it to our hands : and truly me thinks your Author (hould not be
more learned than the Holy Ghoft.
I grant notwithltanding, that the word in Efay, doth fignifie
Iniquities, as your Author doth tranflate it ^ but yet the fenfc of the
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word muft not be wrcfted, to maintain the conunon dodrine of
Imputation, as your Author doth intend it: but in this place the
word Iniquities muft be taken figurarively , for the punifhment of
our Iniquities, by infimities and fickneffcs ; and fb Matthew doth t
exprefte the meaning to be: and fo lob doth open the Hebrew
word to mean , Job. 5. 6. John 5. 14. Chrift bare our iniquities
when be bare our infirmities and ficknefTes which ^od had infli