THESE Words as they are set down in the Hebrew, are (according to the Style of this Prophet) very short and sententious, and therefore difficult to translate into English without some Periphrasis; but the Sense is here truly expressed, In me is thy Help; which you may see confi•••d from •.4. There ⟨p. 2⟩is no Saviour beside me; and v. 14. I will ransom them from the Power of the Grave, O Death, I will be thy Plague, O Grave, I will be thy Destruction. Suppose the Prophet should speak here of temporal Salvation, Help and Ransom, (which he doth not) yet the Argument is strong; if there be no Saviour from temporal Woe and Misery, but only the Lord Jesus, how much more is there from Woes eternal? Only understand me here aright; I am not now speaking of Man's Deliverance and Salvation by Price, in Way of Satisfaction to Justice, (for that I have already handled) but of his Deliverance and Salvation by Power; not of Man's purchased Deliverance, which is by the Blood of Christ, but of Man's actual Deliverance, which is by the Efficacy and Power of the Spirit of Christ. Some Captives among Men, are redeemed by Price only, some by Power without Price; but such is the lamentable Captivity of all Men, under the Severity of Justice, and Power of Sin, that without the Price of Christ's Blood, Eph. 1.7. and the Power of Christ's Spirit, John 8.36. there is no Deliverance; the Lord Jesus having paid the Price for our Deliverance. Yet it is with us, as with a Company of Captives in Prison; our Sins like strong Chains hold us; Satan, our Keeper, will not let us go, the Prison Doors, through' Unbelief, are shut upon us, Rom. 11.32. and thereby God and Christ are kept out from us; what Power can rescue us, that are held fast under such a Power, even after the Price is paid? Truly it can be no other but that in my Text, In me is thy Help: When our Ransom is paid, the Lord himself must come and fetch us out by a strong Hand, Isai. 53.1. To whom is the Arm of the Lord revealed? Truly to very few, yet to some it is▪ and certainly look as they ma•e Christ no Saviour indeed, who deny ⟨p. 3⟩his Salvation by Price and Satisfaction; so those also make him an imperfect Saviour, who deny Salvation and actual Deliverance of Man, to be only the almighty Arm and Efficacy of his Spirit and Power: Excellent therefore is the Speech of the Apostle, Acts 5.30, 31.
THESE Words as they are set down in the Hebrew, are (according to the Style of this Prophet) very short and sententious, and therefore difficult to translate into English without some Periphrasis; but the Sense is here truly express'd, In me is thy Help; which you may see confi•••d from •.4. There ⟨p. 2⟩is no Saviour beside me; and v. 14. I will ransom them from the Power of the Grave, O Death, I will be thy Plague, O Grave, I will be thy Destruction. Suppose the Prophet should speak here of temporal Salvation, Help and Ransom, (which he doth not) yet the Argument is strong; if there be no Saviour from temporal Woe and Misery, but only the Lord Jesus, how much more is there from Woes eternal? Only understand me here aright; I am not now speaking of Man's Deliverance and Salvation by Price, in Way of Satisfaction to Justice, (for that I have already handled) but of his Deliverance and Salvation by Power; not of Man's purchased Deliverance, which is by the Blood of Christ, but of Man's actual Deliverance, which is by the Efficacy and Power of the Spirit of Christ. Some Captives among Men, are redeemed by Price only, some by Power without Price; but such is the lamentable Captivity of all Men, under the Severity of Justice, and Power of Sin, that without the Price of Christ's Blood, Eph. 1.7. and the Power of Christ's Spirit, John 8.36. there is no Deliverance; the Lord Jesus having paid the Price for our Deliverance. Yet it is with us, as with a Company of Captives in Prison; our Sins like strong Chains hold us; Satan, our Keeper, will not let us go, the Prison Doors, thro' Unbelief, are shut upon us, Rom. 11.32. and thereby God and Christ are kept out from us; what Power can rescue us, that are held fast under such a Power, even after the Price is paid? Truly it can be no other but that in my Text, In me is thy Help: When our Ransom is paid, the Lord himself must come and fetch us out by a strong Hand, Isai. 53.1. To whom is the Arm of the Lord revealed? Truly to very few, yet to some it is▪ and certainly look as they ma•e Christ no Saviour indeed, who deny ⟨p. 3⟩his Salvation by Price and Satisfaction; so those also make him an imperfect Saviour, who deny Salvation and actual Deliverance of Man, to be only the almighty Arm and Efficacy of his Spirit and Power: Excellent therefore is the Speech of the Apostle,
