The saints dignity and duty· Together with the danger of ignorance and hardness. /…The saints dignitie and dutie· Together with the danger of ignorance and hardnesse. /…

Lastly, for the full clearing of this point, consider the reasons why Christ should thus pay this price for believers, why Christ should give himself to redeem believers from all iniquity. There are two reasons of it. The one in respect of God, the other in respect of believers.

Lastly, for the full clearing of this point, consider the reasons why Christ should thus pay this price for beleevers, why Christ should give himself to redeem beleevers from all iniquitie. There are two reasons of it. The one in respect of God, the other in respect of beleevers.

First, In respect of God: Christs love to God made him do it. Believers they are the elect and chosen of God, chosen by him to a kingdom. Now to the end they might come to the kingdom to which God hath chosen them, they must be redeemed from Iniquity; they cannot redeem themselves, therefore they must lie there: Christ out of love to God the Father, that he might bring to happiness, those whom God hath chosen to happiness, he offereth himself and undertakes the work. This is that you have in Hebr. 10. 5, 6, 7, 8. the Apostle there brings in Christ speaking to God the Father, When he cometh into the world, (that is, when Christ was Incarnate,) he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldst not, but a body hast thou prepared me; In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin, thou hast no pleasure, Then said I, lo I come (in the volume of thy book, it is written of me) to do thy will O God. God had appointed Christ to ransom believers, Christ knowing it to be Gods will, out of his love to God, willingly offereth himself to do it, so that here is the first reason in obedience to God, out of love to God, that he might deliver his elect, and bring them to that happiness to which God hath chosen them, he giveth himself to redeem them from all iniquity.

First, In respect of God: Christs love to God made him doe it. Beleevers they are the elect and chosen of God, chosen by him to a kingdom. Now to the end they might come to the kingdom to which God hath chosen them, they must be redeemed from Iniquitie; they cannot redeem themselves, therefore they must lie there: Christ out of love to God the Father, that he might bring to happines, those whom God hath chosen to happines, he offereth himself and undertakes the work. This is that you have in