A35535:1658
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
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.
First, By power or plain force; thus Abraham delivered his Nephew Lot when he was carried captive (Gen. 14.14.) He armed his trained servants, born in his house three hundred and eighteen, and rescued him. I may say, the Lord Jesus hath delivered us thus, even by force and power, he hath beaten all our enemies, and having broken and spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it (his Cross spoken of in the former verse) or in himself; that is, in his own personal power, not by any aide or foreign assistance received from men or Angels.
First, By power or plaine force; thus Abraham delivered his Nephew Lot when he was carryed captive (Gen. 14.14.) He armed his trained servants, born in his house three hundred and eighteen, and rescued him. I may say, the Lord Jesus hath delivered us thus, even by force and power, he hath beaten all our enemies, and having broken and spoyled principallities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it (his Crosse spoken of in the former verse) or in himselfe; that is, in his own personall power, not by any aide or forreigne assistance received from men or Angells.
Secondly, Deliverance is obtained by price or payment. When our friends or country-men are taken Captives by Turks or others, we cannot send an Army to rescue them, but usually we do it by ransom; we buy them again out of the enemies hand, or out of bondage. Jesus Christ hath delivered us, not only by power, but by price, it was not (as hath been already showed) by gold or silver, but by his own most precious blood, (1 Pet. 1.18.) Jesus Christ hath delivered us out of the soul destroying hand of ⟨p. 411⟩Satan by force, but he delivers us out of the sin-revenging hand of his Father by price. Christ owed the Devil nothing (nor do we) but blows, but having undertaken our cause, he owed his Father as much as our debt and deliverance from it amounted to, a vast sum, yet he had enough to answer it to the utmost farthing, and did, and so delivered us.