The first is taken from the preciousness of the price of our redemption. The costliness of it, the matter of our justification is the price of our redemption, and without justification, no spiritual life at all. Now the price of our redemption is our justification, the form of that justification is Gods accepting of it, and imputing it to us; but the matter of it is the price of our redemption, and that is the root of all our spiritual life, the price of our redemption given to God is accepted of him, and by him given to us, Psal. 49.8. Precious is the redemption of souls; it is far beyond the power of the creature, that which may be fit matter to give to God by way of satisfaction for a soul that is very precious, and this was only the obedience of Christ to the death, he by suffering death for us, and rising from the dead, declared himself mightily to be the Son of God, and he by his obedience to the death, offered to God the price of our redemption; He gave himself a ransom for many. And this shows that it had been impossible for any under the Son of God, to have given a sufficient price for our redemption; neither man nor Angels could do it: but he in giving a sufficient price for us, did thereby mightily declare himself to be the Son of God, he only by his death, is the matter of our justification, and his rising is our life: the Father himself, it could not stand with his justice to give a price for our redemption, he being the person offended; but the Son taking upon him our nature, that nature which had offended God, he by this means made atonement, between the Father and us, and in making atonement declared himself mightily to be the Son of God, none but he alone was able to tender to God such a recompense as might be a satisfaction for our sins.
The first is taken from the preciousnesse of the price of our redemption. The costlinesse of it, the matter of our justification is the price of our redemption, and without justification, no spirituall life at all. Now the price of our redemption is our justification, the forme of that justification is Gods accepting of it, and imputing it to us; but the matter of it is the price of our redemption, and that is the root of all our spirituall life, the price of our redemption given to God is accepted of him, and by him given to us, Psal. 49.8. Precious is the redemption of soules; it is farre beyond the power of the creature, that which may be fit matter to give to God by way of satisfaction for a soule that is very precious, and this was onely the obedience of Christ to the death, he by suffering death for us, and rising from the dead, declared himselfe mightily to be the Son of God, and he by his obedience to the death, offered to God the price of our redemption; He gave himselfe a ransome for many. And this shews that it had beene impossible for any under the Sonne of God, to have given a sufficient price for our redemption; neither man nor Angels could doe it: but he in giving a sufficient price for us, did thereby mightily declare himselfe to be the Sonne of God, he onely by his death, is the matter of our justification, and his rising is our life: the Father himselfe, it could not stand with his justice to give a price for our redemption, he being the person offended; but the Sonne taking upon him our nature, that nature which had offended God, he by this meanes made atonement, betweene the Father and us, and in making atonement declared himselfe mightily to be the Sonne of God, none but he alone was able to tender to God such a recompence as might be a satisfaction for our sins.
