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Captives bound in chains, made free by Christ their surety
Captives bound in chains, made free by Christ their surety: or, The misery of graceless sinners, and their recovery by Christ their Saviour. By T. Doolittel [sic]. ; [Three lines from Isaiah]
Boston: printed by Rogers & Fowle for J. Edwards, 1742
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Liberty to the Captives. › Chapter 12: Containing the Uses of the Whole.
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.
It was free love in Christ to become our Redeemer, it was grace in God to accept of Christ's ransom for us. The Son might have said, Man hath sinned, why should I suffer? Man hath deserved the wrath of God, let him undergo it: And the Father might have said, Man hath transgressed my Law, and violated my Covenant, and I will make him suffer for it; they have brought themselves into bonds of misery, and they shall lie therein, and they that sinned, themselves shall die. Oh wonder then at this blessed agreement between the Father and the Son, for the bringing forth poor Souls in Bondage from their Captivity.
It was free love in Christ to become our Redeemer, it was grace in God to accept of Christ's ransome for us. The Son might have said, Man hath sinned, why should I suffer? Man hath deserved the wrath of God, let him undergo it: And the Father might have said, Man hath transgressed my Law, and violated my Covenant, and I will make him sruffer for it; they have brought themselves into bonds of misery, and they shall lie therein, and they that sinned, themselves shall die. Oh wonder then at this blessed agreement between the Father and the Son, for the bringing forth poor Souls in Bondage from their Captivity.
Sixthly, From all the former it follows the Salvation of such as are made free, is sure and certain. Heaven now belongeth unto you; and the glory above you have a title to; Doth Satan object against you, that you have sinned, and deserved to lie in everlasting Chains, you might reply: it is true, but Christ is my Surety and Redeemer, and hath set me free? Doth the Law of Conscience accuse you, you might answer all from the Ransom of your Redeemer. Do you fear the Justice of God, why your Debt is paid by your Surety, and then the Debtor cannot be cast into Prison. The Surety and the Debtor in Law are but one Person, and the Surety is liable to make satisfactory payment, Prov. 22.26, 27, and Christ hath done it, and you discharged.