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A treatise of the covenant of grace wherein the gradual breakings out of Gospel…A treatise of the covenant of grace wherein the graduall breakings out of Gospel…
A treatise of the covenant of grace wherein the gradual breakings out of Gospel grace from Adam to Christ are clearly discovered, the differences betwixt the Old and New Testament are laid open, divers errors of Arminians and others are confuted, the nature of uprightness, and the way of Christ in bringing the soul into communion with himself ... are solidly handled / by that faithful servant of Jesus Christ, and minister of the Gospel, John Ball ; published by Simeon Ash.A treatise of the covenant of grace wherein the graduall breakings out of Gospel grace from Adam to Christ are clearly discovered, the differences betwixt the Old and New Testament are laid open, divers errours of Arminians and others are confuted, the nature of uprightnesse, and the way of Christ in bringing the soul into communion with himself ... are solidly handled / by that faithfull servant of Jesus Christ, and minister of the Gospel, John Ball ; published by Simeon Ash.
London: printed by G. Miller for Edward Brewster, 1645
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
5. 21. that he hath redeemed us from the curs of the Law, being made a curse for us, Gal. 3. 13. in which he must of necessity be understood, who bears the punishments of sin. And it is against reason, that he should be said to bear the sins of others, who suffers by occasion of sin only, unless he bear the punishment of sin, and take it upon himself. For who will say, he that suffers loss or damage from the fault of a thief, doth bear his sin, when he doth not bear the punishment of theft, nor is punished for it. The Evangelist translates this saying of the Prophet to corporal diseases, which Christ did not receive upon himself, it is by way of similitude and1 agreement in the thing it self, although the manner of the thing be diverse; as also by such miracles, Christ declared himself to be that Messiah, who was to bear, and by bearing to take away our sins.
5. 21. that he hath redeemed us from the curs of the Law, being made a curse for us, Gal. 3. 13. in which he must of necessity be understood, who bears the punishments of sinne. And it is against reason, that he should be said to beare the sinnes of others, who suffers by occasion of sin only, unlesse he beare the punishment of sinne, and take it upon himselfe. For who will say, he that suffers losse or dammage from the fault of a thiefe, doth beare his sinne, when he doth not beare the punishment of theft, nor is punished for it. The Evangelist translates this saying of the Prophet to corporall diseases, which Christ did not receive upon himselfe, it is by way of similitude and1 agreement in the thing it selfe, although the manner of the thing be diverse; as also by such miracles, Christ declared himselfe to be that Messiah, who was to beare, and by bearing to take away our sinnes.