4.  Another  way  is  by  paying  a  price  and  ransom :  1  Tim.  ii.  6,  '  Who
gave  himself  a  ransom  for  us ; '  Eph.  i.  7,  *  In  whom  we  have  redemption
through  his  blood/  His  blood  was  the  price  paid  to  God.  Though  Satan
held  us  captive,  yet  the  satisfaction  must  be  made  to  God,  because  man
had  not  sinned  against  the  devil,  but  against  God  ;  and  therefore  to  him
it  belonged  either  to  condemn  or  absolve  us,  and  let  us  go  free ;  there
fore  Christ  gives  satisfaction  to  God,  and  by  that  means  he  dissolves
the  power  of  Satan ;  for  God  being  satisfied,  Satan  hath  no  power  over
us.   Thus  you  see  we  are  several  ways  redeemed,  freely  as  to  ourselves,  by
way  of  price  and  satisfaction  a3  to  God;  Christ  being  substituted  in
our  room  and  place,  but  by  way  of  power  and  force  as  to  Satan.    Thus
I  have  discovered  our  redemption  by  Christ  with  allusion  to  the  figures
of  the  law  and  custom  of  nations.
II.  I  shall  more  particularly  show  you  how  we  are  redeemed  from
iniquity.  We  were  under  a  double  bondage  of  sin — the  guilt  of  sin
and  the  power  of  sin,  both  which  made  our  condition  slavish.  The
latter  is  chiefly  understood,  yet  I  shall  speak  a  little  of  both.  We  are
redeemed  from  the  guilt  of  sin  by  Christ's  satisfaction,  from  the  power
of  sin  by  his  Spirit.
