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2. There is a subsequent Sponsor that was not before bound, but as a Friend after interposeth, and offereth (not in the Person of the debtor, but yet in his stead) to pay the debt: and this upon such terms as to the Debtors deliverance as he thinks best; and so may take him as Debtor to himself, and put various limits, and Conditions upon his Discharge: And such a Sponsor is Christ for Man. Many more distinctions of Sureties are here considerable.

3. But some men take a Surety here to be the same Persona civilis, quamvis non naturalis, wit• the Offender and Debtor; as if we did Legally▪ Morally or Civilly that which Christ did naturally ▪ As indeed an allowed Representative, Servant or Agent and Attorney is: If I be bound to pay an hundred pound, the Law and Bond mean• not that I must needs do it with my own hands▪ but if I send my Servant or Friend with the Money, it is Civilly, Legally and Morally done by me, because he was my lawful Instrument: I di• it by him.

3. But some men take a Surety here to be the same Persona civilis, quamvis non naturalis, wit• the Offender and Debtor; as if we did Legally▪ Morally or Civilly that which Christ did naturally ▪ As indeed an allowed Representative, Servant or Agent and Attourney is: If I be bound to pay an hundred pound, the Law and Bond mean• not that I must needs do it with my own hands▪ but if I send my Servant or Friend with the Money, it is Civilly, Legally and Morally done by me, because he was my lawfull Instrument: I di it by him.