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A brief discourse of justification. Wherein this doctrine is plainly laid down according to…
A brief discourse of justification. Wherein this doctrine is plainly laid down according to the Scriptures. : As it was delivered in several sermons on this subject. / By Samuel Willard, teacher of a church in Boston. ; [Ten lines of quotations]
Boston: printed by S for Samuel Phillips, 1686
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2. Jesus Christ to the end that he might be a Redeemer to mankind, took upon him to be a Surety for men, He is therefore called the Surety of the new and better Covenant, in which the salvation of mankind is contrived and laid up, Heb. 7 22. now the proper work belonging to a Surety as such, is to take upon him the state, and to bear the penalty which is due to the person or persons for whom he thus becomes a Surety; he is to stand in their room, and whatsoever it be that that the Law hath to lay to their charge and to doom them for, he is to stand to all the hazard of it, and undergo it; to pay their Fines, to bear their punishment in their stead, or for them i. e. in way of Exchange; for there is an Exchange that is made when a Surety comes in the room of a principal Debtor. The Lord Jesus Christ took upon him this Office, namely, to stand in the room of Gods Elect, to lie liable to the Law in all its suits and demands, and for this is he said to be made sin for us, 2 Cor. 5. 21.
2. Jesus Christ to the end that he might be a Redeemer to mankind, took upon him to be a Surety for men, He is therefore called the Surety of the new and better Covenant, in which the salvation of mankind is contrived and laid up, Heb. 7 22. now the proper work belonging to a Surety as such, is to take upon him the state, and to bear the penalty which is due to the person or persons for whom he thus becomes a Surety; he is to stand in their room, and whatsoever it be that that the Law hath to lay to their charge and to doom them for, he is to stand to all the hazard of it, and undergo it; to pay their Fines, to bear their punishment in their stead, or for them i. e. in way of Exchange; for there is an Exchange that is made when a Surety comes in the room of a principal Debtor. The Lord Jesus Christ took upon him this Office, namely, to stand in the room of Gods Elect, to ly liable to the Law in all its suits and demands, and for this is he said to be made sin for us, 2 Cor. 5. 21.