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

Part I.
RidmpthH andjujiification cUmd.
midft of the fire to preferve their fouls in their bodies, until the
time that he had appointed ; neither could the hungry Lyons dcftroyr>4;»/>/'s
body till God pleafed; neither could the Direl by
all that he could do, feparate Job's foul from his body, though he
had leave to poifon his body wi:h a ptfiikut inflamanon, which
broke out into grievous Biles over all his body, from the cr( \vn of
his hc.id, to the /baJs of his feet j I fay, notwith landing all this,
the Divel could not feparate Job's foul from his body, bccaufe God
had refcrved /«^'s life in his own power-, lob 1.6. neither could
the Sea drown lotiahy nor the Wnale take away his life, bccaufe
God had appointed to fave his life, as a type of the Burial and Rcfurrcdionot
Chrili, Mat. 12.40. The louU of all thtfc perfbns
coul J not be feparate from their bodies by the power of any Tyrants,
till Gods appointed time was come, and yet all
thefewcrc
finners, and therefore they were fubjed to death, as it was a curfc
inflidledbyGodupon man for fin, becaufc l:e was without fin,
and therefore his death muft be confidercd as it was Mediatorial,
A(^ive and Voluntary : an J yet in fome (enfc he alfodyed a p.iliivc
death, for he fuffered the fores ofdeath as the two Malcladors did,
and in thislaflfenfeit is that Chril^ faith in this Text, Thou hafl
Thou didfl it, bccai/e th'" u ^vi\\.
brought mt v'-tc the duft of death :
give Nathan leave to do it ; and Sathan did itjbecaule he did ftir up
his Inllrnments to do ix. ;
and his Inf^rumenLs the Scribes and Pharifees
did it, bccaufu tiiey did endeavor to do it ^ for what wicked
men endeavor to do, they arc often faid to do,as is declared at large
inthefecondp4rt : and what God ciid foretd Ihould be done by
Sa'han tothefeedof the Woman, he may be faid to do it;, Gen.
3. 15. fee alfoy^/'^/iJ'. YCiGen.^^. 7. and in (Tfw. 4.8. 2;.
V.16. Dogs have compeljfed me, the Jjfemb/j of the wicked
have tnclojcd me.
The high riclb and Rul rs of Ifrad, together w Ich PiUt and
the Roman Sculdiers, didalfcmblt thi mfelves like lo many dogs
to worry our Saviour to death,
A'fut.io. 18, 19. A(ls.^. 25,2^,
2 7. .ind you mr,' (ce the rancorous dif-potiL ion ot do£:^ in lob 30.1.
Pyov.z6.Ji..'f.!t.7.6.1'hd.i. i.Rcv. 22. i^.Tfal. 59.7.15.
They have Li-)'-, like pierced my Hands and my I-e-t: In the
Oiiginal i\\ixc is a double reading in the margent C a a r i \Jike
A Liou^ and in the Text C a r u [^I^hfy d:gge(lor pureed n.ime-
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