A36315:359
Captives bound in chains made free
Captives bound in chains made free by Christ their surety, or, The misery of graceless sinners and their recovery by Christ their saviour by T. Doolittle.
London: printed by A.H. for Tho. Parkhurst, 1674
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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.
8. Christ did never repent of this undertaking, nor desired to stand bound no longer. Men engaged for others, when they fear they will fail, make all means they can to get out of the bond, and to stand surety no longer; they will scarce sleep till they have got themselves free, though the party that is the principal debtor be arrested and put in prison. But Jesus Christ our Lord-Redeemer and Surety, to bring us out of bondage was constant to the death; and when Peter did dissuade him from suffering (which was the payment of our ransom), how sharply did Christ rebuke him, Mat. 6. 21, 22, 23? Yea he was desirous of the time of actual performance, Luk. 12. 50, I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how am I straitened till it be accomplished. Christ never said, it doth repent me, that I did ever undertake to ransom Captive sinners; God said indeed, it did repent him that he made man, Gen. 6. 6; but Christ never did repent that he had engaged himself to redeem sinners.
8. Christ did never repent of this undertaking, nor desired to stand bound no longer. Men engaged for others, when they fear they will fail, make all means they can to get out of the bond, and to stand surety no longer; they will scarce sleep till they have got themselves free, though the party that is the principal debtor be arrested and put in prison. But Jesus Christ our Lord-Redeemer and Surety, to bring us out of bondage was constant to the death; and when Peter did disswade him from suffering (which was the payment of our ransom), how sharply did Christ rebuke him, Mat. 6. 21, 22, 23? Yea he was desirous of the time of actual performance, Luk. 12. 50, I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how am I straitned till it be accomplished. Christ never said, it doth repent me, that I did ever undertake to ransom Captive sinners; God said indeed, it did repent him that he made man, Gen. 6. 6; but Christ never did repent that he had engaged himself to redeem sinners.