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cause_n	death_n	sin_n	sin_v	3,111	5	9.7434	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90897	God the father glorified: and the worke of mens redemption, and salvation finished by Iesus Christ on earth. Opened in a sermon before the Right Honorable the Lord Major, and the Right Worshipful the sheriffes, aldermen, and recorder, of the Citie of London, the second day of the tenth moneth (called December) 1649. / By Vavasor Powell, a willing (though weake) labourer in Christs Vine-yard in Wales.	Powell, Vavasor, 1617-1670.	1649 (1649)	Wing P3087; Thomason E584_15; ESTC R206284	43,217	67

very neer to a debtor because he is joyned to him in the same bond and obligation so commonly he that is surety for another is neere to him either in relation or habitation Jesus Christ he was neer he came neer unto man he came neer also unto mans nature for he (p) Heb. 2.16 took mans nature upon him hee came neer to mans sin for he (q) 1 Pet. 2.24 bore mans sin upon him this surety was very neer indeed yea you shall finde that hee was so neer that by two expressions in the Scripture you would thinke Jesus Christ to be the very sinner Marke the one is in 2 Cor. 5.21 2 Cor. 5.21 He was made saith the Apostle sinne for us He saith not that he was counted a sinner for us but he was made sinne in the very abstract It is more then if he had said he was accounted or made a sinner for us for he had indeed more then the sinnes of one or thousands yea or millions upon him Another expression you have in the third of the Galathians verse 13. where the Apostle saith that Christ was made a curse for us for it is written Gal. 3.13 Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree He saith not Christ was made accursed for us but a curse for us Oh here was love that Christ came from the bosome of the Father and tooke upon him mans feeble nature yea he tooke upon him also the burden of mans sin the debt that man owed to God came in mans stead to satisfie it and was content that his Father should deale with him as if hee had been the sinner yea he puts the sinner out of the room and he comes into the room himself he blots out and cancels the name of the poore debtor that was bound in this bond of the Law to God and he puts himself in the bond in the stead of him only here was the difference between Christ and another surety another surety or a surety amongst men comes in by the by and is not content to be the principall but here Jesus Christ becomes though not by desert yet by principall and takes upon himself the debt he doth not say Debtor do thou thy best and I will do the rest no he saith rather thus poore distressed debtor I come to take thy debt upon me and to ingage my selfe in thy stead to my Father I 'le take the Law and the Curse and thy sinne upon me and I 'le see whether I can goe through the businesse which thou canst not thus doth the Lord Iesus Christ do that is the first thing he puts himself into mans stead and condition The second thing that Iesus Christ did Christ conquered the obstructers and enemies of mens Redemption and Salvation was to conquer and remove all mans enemies that hindered mans redemption and salvation I shall name some six enemies that did hinder mens redemption and salvation and shew you how Iesus Christ did conquer and remove them all The first enemy I beseech you note it was mans owne sinne sinne is the (a) Rom. 5.12 cause of death and man should never have dyed had not man sinned now sinne did interpose and intervene betweene God and man and so did shut the doore of Gods mercy and grace that man should not come in But Iesus Christ hee comes and takes hold upon this enemy of mankinde sinne and saith sinne well thou and I must have a single bout concerning these mens redemption and salvation thou wouldest hinder men from being saved I would have them saved thou wouldest shut the doore of my Fathers grace and glory from these men and I would have it open now I will try whether thou be stronger to keep them from glory or I to bring them to glory upon this sinne comes with all its number cals in all its forces yea all the sinnes that have been committed or shall be committed from Adams time to the day of the resurrection all these sinnes I meane the sinnes of those that shall be saved they came in together and in heaps upon the Lord Jesus Christ Nay more my beloved God the Father when he saw that his Sonne would needs undertake for mankinde to save mankinde he gathers all the sinnes that were committed or to be committed by any forementioned against him and layes them upon the shoulders of his Sonne and did as I may speake with reverence say thus to his Sonne Well my Son seeing thou hast so much delight in the sonnes and daughters of men seeing thou wilt have them saved and not damned seeing thou wilt undergo what is due to their sins since thou wilt be surety for them I must reckon with thee if thou wilt undergo the sorrow shame and misery that is due to their sins I had rather take thy word and have thee to satisfie me yet looke thou to it for all the sins of those that thou art willing to save thou must beare them and satisfie for them for I intend not to reckon any more with such sinners but I will put all upon thy score and account The great willingnesse of Christ to suffer for mens sinnes Psal 40 7. Heb. 10.9 Now Jesus Christ might answer his Father thus O Father such is my love such is my delight and such is my pitty towards the Sonnes of men that I had rather undergo ten thousand times so many sinnes yea ten thousand thousand times so many sufferings for sin then that these poor soules should be damned Now therefore Father bring all thy bils in and let me see what these poor souls owe thee for I am resolved I will satisfie for them all or let me die eternally and perish for ever Upon this God the Father brings all mens sinnes i.e. all mens sins that believe and lays them upon Iesus Christ and Christ having satisfied for them he removes them out of the way and this is called a (a) Dan. 9.24 finishing of transgression b Joh. 1.29 and making an end of sin and in another place a taking away or putting away of sin Heb. 2.26 farre enough out of mens sight and reach and this was typed out by (c) Levit. 16 8 9 10.26 the Scapegoat under the Law Observe this that all the sinne that God did intend to pardon or ever will pardon they were once laid d Esi 53 6. Ged made them to meet upon him upon Christ are now done away perfectly and never to be imputed either to him or any of his e Psa 85.10 The second enemy was Gods justice Gods justice till it was sattsfyed was a bar in the way of men salvation justice in God must be satisfied or else there was no salvation to be expected or obtained now Iesus Christ since he had undertook it must a full satisfaction unto his Fathers justice before he himself or any sinner could be discharged or saved but as soon as Christ had