But we are not left without ground to apprehend a more immediate Reason for his being, as Redeemer, made Head and Lord of all those Creatures that were the Original Inhabitants of the ⟨p. 140⟩Invisible World. For when it had been said, Col. 1.16. That all things were created by him, not only the visible things on Earth ▪ but the invisible things in Heaven, here is a regression to these latter, who were before (for their greater dignity) generally, first mentioned, and now some enumeration given of them, whether they be Thrones, or Dominions, or Principalities, or Powers, and all things again repeated, that these might appear expressly included, said over again to be created by him, and for him, which was sufficient to express his creative Right in them. 'Tis presently subjoined, v. 17. And he is before all thin•s, and by him all things consist. All owe their stability to him, viz. The mentioned thrones, Dominions, &c. as well as other things. But how? ⟨p. 141⟩or upon what terms? That we might understand his Redemptory right was not here to be overlooked, 'tis shortly after added, and having made Peace by the Blood of his Cross, it pleased the Father (to be repeated out of what went before) by him to reconcile all things to himself; and this by him, iterated, q. d. by him shedding his Blood on the Cross, whether they be things on Earth, or things in Heaven, lest the Thrones, Dominions, mentioned before should be forgot. And a word is used accommodable enough to the several purposes before expressed, [Greek or Hebrew], which doth not always suppose enmity, but more generally signify, upon a sort of commutation, or valuable consideration, to procure or conciliate, or make a thing more firmly ones own, or assure it ⟨p. 142⟩to himself, though 'tis afterwards used in the stricter sense, v. 21.
But we are not left without ground to apprehend a more immediate Reason for his being, as Redeemer, made Head and Lord of all those Creatures that were the Original Inhabitants of the ⟨p. 140⟩Invisible World. For when it had been said, Col. 1.16. That all things were created by him, not only the visible things on Earth ▪ but the invisible things in Heaven, here is a regression to these latter, who were before (for their greater dignity) generally, first mentioned, and now some enumeration given of them, whether they be Thrones, or Dominions, or Principalities, or Powers, and all things again repeated, that these might appear expresly included, said over again to be created by him, and for him, which was sufficient to express his creative Right in them. 'Tis presently subjoyned, v. 17. And he is before all thin•s, and by him all things consist. All owe their stability to him, viz. The mentioned •hrones, Dominions, &c. as well as other things. But how? ⟨p. 141⟩or upon what terms? That we might understand his Redemptory right was not here to be overlook't, 'tis shortly after added, and having made Peace by the Blood of his Cross, it pleased the Father (to be repeated out of what went before) by him to reconcile all things to himself; and this by him, iterated, q. d. by him shedding his Blood on the Cross, whether they be things on Earth, or things in Heaven, lest the Thrones, Dominions, mentioned before should be forgot. And a word is used accommodable enough to the several purposes before expressed, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, which doth not always suppose enmity, but more generally signifie, upon a sort of commutation, or valuable consideration, to procure or conciliate, or make a thing more firmly ones own, or assure it ⟨p. 142⟩to himself, though 'tis afterwards used in the stricter sense, v. 21.
