...pay the penal sum of suffering for his elect, by dying in their room and stead; as it is written, " I will ransom them from the power of the grave, I will redeem them from death," Hosea xiii. 14. And thus it behoved Christ to suffer these things, because he had undertaken our cause....

...ftand at the latter day upon XIX- a *' the earth. I will ranfom them from the power of the grow: Hof. I will redeem them from death. O death, I will be thy plague: Xl "- 1 4O grave, I will be thy deftru&ion. . The Lord faid unto Pf. ex. r. my Lord, Sit thou on my...

...and out of the house of bondage." Secondly, To whom does the God of Israel speak ? To his redeemed. Hosea xiii 14, "I will ransom them from the power of the grave ; I will redeem them from death." Thirdly, What saith the Redeemer to those whom he hath redeemed ? He pronounceth a woe upon them !...

...fully discovered in the latter part of this chapter, a few verses after the text, " I will ransotj* them from the power of the grave, I will redeem them from death. O death, I will be thy plagues, O grave, I will be thy --destruction." You know, iny brethren, St. Paul informs us, that this...

...out of your graves; and shall put my spirit in you, and I shall place you in your own land.f Again, " I will ransom them from the power of the grave ; I will redeem them from death : Oh death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction ; repentance shall be hid from...

...the law, but under grace, Rom vi. 1*. Touching the two last, Immanuel's promise stands recorded, Hos. xiii. 14. " I will ransom them from the power of the...will redeem them from death: O! death, I will be thy plagues; O! grave, I will be thy destruction} repentance shall be hid from mine eyes." In the faith...

...last day, he will be the destruction of death, to his deadimmts. " I will ransom them," saith he " from the power of the grave ; I will redeem them from death : O death, I will be thy plagues ; O grave, I will be thy destruction : repentance shall be hid from mine eyes w." Accordingly,...

...herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead." And Christ, by the mouth of the prophet Hosea, says, " I will ransom them from the power of the grave : I...will redeem them from death : O death,. I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction " These divine supports for faith and consolations against...

...giveth us the victory." No power short of Omnipotence was equal to it; and he claims it to himself. " I will ransom them from the power of the grave ; I...will redeem them from death : O death ! I will be thy plagues ; O grave ! I will be thy destruction." (Hoe. xiii. 14.) But how was it brought about; by what...

...am the resurrection and tl life; he tlmt beliuvctii in me, though h were dead, yet shall he live : I will ransom them from the power of the grave ; I will redeem them from death :" The christian, relying on these divine declarations, may exult in the elevated strains of the inspired...