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Christs temptation and transfiguration practically explained and improved in several sermons /
Christs temptation and transfiguration practically explained and improved in several sermons / by the late Reverend Tho. Manton ...
London printed : s.n., 1685
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.
Let us Consider, 1. The Notions by which Christs Death is set forth.
2. The Necessity of it.
First, The Notions by which Christs death is set forth. Two solemn ones: A Ransom; And, A Mediatorial Sacrifice.
1. A Ransom; [Greek or Hebrew] Mat. 20. 28. [Greek or Hebrew], 1 Tim. 2. 6. Who gave himself a Ransom for all. A Ransom is a Price given to a Judge, or one that hath power of life and death, for to save the life of one capitally Guilty, or by Law bound to suffer death, or some other evil and punishment. This was our Case, God was the supreme Judge, before whose Tribunal Man standeth guilty, and liable to death; but Christ interposed that we might be spared, Job 33. 24