A35535:1648
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and the thirty fourth chapters of the book of Job being the substance of forty-nine lectures / delivered at Magnus near the Bridge, London, by Joseph Caryl ...An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and the thirty fourth chapters of the booke of Job being the substance of forty-nine lectures / delivered at Magnus neare the Bridge, London, by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1661
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Others give a better sense, yet not clear enough, thus, He hath humbled himself, and I am as well satisfied as if I had received a ransom, but I lay that by also. For when God saith I have found a ransom, we are to understand it of a real ransom, of full pay or satisfaction, not of a ransom by favour and acceptation. This satisfaction to the justice of God is only and wholly made by Jesus Christ, without any the least contribution from man. The perfect ransom which the Lord finds is the blood of his own Son, which is called the blood of the Covenant, because thereby the Covenant is confirmed, and all Covenant mercies assured to us. Upon this price or ransom God restores the sick sinner and pardons him, he heals both his body and his soul. And that Job had knowledge of this ransom as the only means of deliverance, appears (Chap. 17.3.19.25.) Deliver him, for I have found a ransom.
Others give a better sence, yet not clear enough, thus, He hath humbled himself, and I am as well satisfied as if I had received a ransome, but I lay that by also. For when God saith I have found a ransome, we are to understand it of a reall ransome, of full pay or satisfaction, not of a ransome by favour and acceptation. This satisfaction to the justice of God is only and wholly made by Jesus Christ, without any the least contribution from man. The perfect ransome which the Lord finds is the blood of his own Son, which is called the blood of the Covenant, because thereby the Covenant is confirmed, and all Covenant mercies assured to us. Upon this price or ransome God restores the sick sinner and pardons him, he heales both his body and his soul. And that Job had knowledge of this ransome as the only meanes of deliverance, appeares (Chap. 17.3.19.25.) Deliver him, for I have found a ransome.
Hence Observe, First.
The redemption or deliverance of man by a ransom is the invention of God, and the invention of God only.