Discourses upon the Existence and Attributes of God

Since he hath not only as a Creator given them Being, and Life as his Creatures, but paid a price, the price of his Sons blood for their rescue from Captivity, so that he hath a Sovereignty of Grace as well as Nature, and the ransomed ones belong to him as Redeemer, as well as Creator. 1 Cor. 6.19, 20. Ye are not your own: For ye are bought with a price, therefore your Body and your Spirit are Gods. By this he acquired a right of another kind, and bought us from that uncontrollable Lordship, we affected over our selves by the sin of Adam, that he might use us as his own peculiar for his own glory and service, By this Redemption there results to God a right over our bodies, over our Spirits, over our services, as well as by Creation, and to show the strength of this right, the Apostle repeats it; you are bought, a purchase cannot be without a price paid; but he adds price also [bought with a price.] To strengthen the Title, purchase gave him a new right; and the greatness of the price established that right. The more a man pays for a thing, the more usually we say, he deserves to have it, he hath paid enough for it. It was indeed price enough, and too much for such vile Creatures as we are.

Since he hath not only as a Creator given them Being, and Life as his Creatures, but paid a price, the price of his Sons blood for their rescue from Captivity, so that he hath a Soveraignty of Grace as well as Nature, and the ransom'd ones belong to him as Redeemer, as well as Creator. 1 Cor. 6.19, 20. Ye are not your own: For ye are bought with a price, therefore your Body and your Spirit are Gods. By this he acquir'd a right of another kind, and bought us from that uncontroulable Lordship, we affected over our selves by the sin of Adam, that he might use us as his own peculiar for his own glory and service, By this Redemption there results to God a right over our bodies, over our Spirits, over our services, as well as by Creation, and to shew the strength of this right, the Apostle repeats it; you are bought, a purchase cannot be without a price paid; but he adds price also [bought with a price.] To strengthen the Title, purchase gave him a new right; and the greatness of the price established that right. The more a man pays for a thing, the more usually we say, he deserves to have it, he hath paid enough for it. It was indeed price enough, and too much for such vile Creatures as we are.