A35535:1665
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.
Fourthly, Observe.
Not only our eternal deliverances, but even our temporal deliverances and mercies, are purchased by the blood of Christ.
Not only our eternall deliverances, but even our temporall deliverances and mercies, are purchased by the blood of Christ.
A believer doth not eat a bit of bread, but he hath it by virtue of the purchase of Christ; Christ hath bought all good for us, and Christ hath bought us out of all evil. Christ hath not only purchased deliverance from hell, and salvation in heaven for us, but he hath purchased deliverance from a sick bed, and freedom from bondage to men for us. (Zech. 9.11.) As for thee also (saith the Lord) by the blood of thy Covenant (that is, the Covenant which I have made with thee) I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein was no water; that is, from the Babylonish captivity. The Jews were delivered from corporal slavery, as well as spiritual, by the blood of Jesus Christ, and so are the Covenant people of God to this day. The blood of the Covenant serves to all purposes; for the good things of this life, as well as of that which is to come. Nothing else can do us good to purpose, or deliver us from evil but the blood of Christ. (Ps. 49.7, 8.) They that trust in their wealth, & boast themselves in the multitude of their riches, none ⟨p. 413⟩of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him. In some cases, as Solomon saith, (