“He sent redemption unto his people: He hath commanded his covenant for ever:”
Ps. 111:9
“Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:”
Rom. 3:24
“In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;”
Eph. 1:7
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Subsections
Covenant of Redemption
Application of Redemption
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Order of Contents
Articles 6+
Book 1
Quote 1
Christ: Above & Below Christians
Latin & French 2
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Articles
1500’s
Calvin, John
7. ‘How we are Delivered & Restored to Life’ in Instruction in Faith (1537) tr. Paul T. Fuhrman (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1949), pp. 23-24
Institutes of the Christian Religion tr. Henry Beveridge (1559; Edinburgh: Calvin Translation Society, 1845)
vol. 1, bk. 2, ch. 6. ‘Redemption for lost man to be sought in Christ’, pp. 395-404
vol. 2, bk. 2, ch. 16. ‘How Christ performed the Office of Redeemer in procuring our salvation. The Death, Resurrection & Ascension of Christ’, pp. 46-74
Vermigli, Peter Martyr – 17. ‘Of Christ, and his manifestation in the flesh, and by what means He performed all the parts of our salvation’ in The Common Places… (London: Henrie Denham et al., 1583), pt. 2, pp. 599-612
Musculus, Wolfgang – ‘Redemption of Mankind’ in Common Places of the Christian Religion (1560; London, 1563), folio 129.a-133.b
Musculus taught a general redemption.
Beza, Theodore
A Brief & Pithy Sum of the Christian Faith made in Form of a Confession (London, 1562)
Ch. 3, 24. The sum of the accomplishment of our salvation in Jesus Christ
pp. 57-58 in A Book of Christian Questions & Answers… (London, 1574)
Viret, Pierre – A Christian Instruction… (d. 1571; London: Veale, 1573)
The Sum of the Principal Points of the Christian Faith
10. Of the Redemption & Restoring of Man, & of the only Mediator Jesus Christ 11
The Summary of the Christian Doctrine, set forth in Form of Dialogue & of Catechism
Of the Redemption of Man
Of the Incarnation of Jesus Christ & of the Redemption had by Him
A Familiar Exposition of the Principal Points of the Catechism, and of the Christian Doctrine, made in Form of Dialogue
3rd Dialogue: Of the Fall & Restoring of Man
Of the Setting Forth of the Just Judgement, & of the Mercy of God, in the redemption of man
Of the Only & True Mediator Jesus Christ
Of the Sacrifice and satisfaction of Jesus Christ, & of the virtue thereof
Of the Communication in the Benefits of Jesus Christ
7th Dialogue: Of the Redemption & of the Person of Jesus Christ
The Exposition of the Preface of the Law
Olevian, Caspar – ‘Of Man’s Freedom & Deliverance’ in A Catechism, or Brief Instruction in the Principles & Grounds of the True Christian Religion… (London, 1617), pp. 4-8
Olevian (1536–1587) was a significant German reformed theologian, and has been said to be a co-author of the Heidelberg Catechism along with Zacharias Ursinus (though this has been questioned).
Ursinus, Zachary – The Sum of Christian Religion: Delivered… in his Lectures upon the Catechism… tr. Henrie Parrie (d. 1583; Oxford, 1587)
Of the Delivery of Man 226-37
1. What Man’s Delivery is
2. Whether any Delivery might be wrought after the fall
3. Whether Delivery be necessary and certain
4. What manner of Delivery this is
5. By what means man’s delivery may be wrought
Questions 20-21, of Faith [on Deliverance]
Of the Name ‘Jesus’ 430-37
1. What the Name ‘Jesus’ Signifies
2. From what evils He saves us
3. How He saves
4. Whom He saves
Zanchi, Girolamo – Confession of the Christian Religion… (1586; Cambridge, 1599)
ch. 9, ’Of the Promises of Redemption & Salvation by Christ’ 43-45
. On Aphorism 5 279
ch. 11, ’Of Christ the Redeemer’ 54-74
. On Aphorism 6 279
. On Aphorism 7
. On Aphorism 10
. On Aphorism 11, ‘That same whole Christ…’
. On Aphorism 12 285-91
. Appendix, Of Christ the Redeemer, or of the Person of Christ
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ch. 12, ’Of the True Dispensation of the Redemption, the Salvation, & Life which is Laid Up in Christ Alone: & therefore of the Necessary Uniting and Participation with Christ’
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‘Certain Propositions’, ‘Of Eternal Election & Predestination, & of Redemption made by Christ, out of Eph. 1’ (1579) 388-90
Beza, Theodore, Anthony Faius & Students – 19. ‘Of the Restoring of Mankind’ in Propositions & Principles of Divinity Propounded & Disputed in the University of Geneva by Certain Students of Divinity there, under Mr. Theodore Beza & Mr. Anthony Faius… (Edinburgh: Waldegrave, 1591), pp. 41-43
Virel, Matthew – 3. Of the knowledge of Christ, who having satisfied for us the perfect righteousness of God, has opened a way to his infinite mercy through the which at length we may come to eternal life in A Learned & Excellent Treatise Containing All the Principal Grounds of Christian Religion (London, 1594), bk. 1
Virel (1561-1595)
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1600’s
Perkins, William – The Foundation of Christian Religion, Gathered into Six Principles an appendix to A Golden Chain (Cambridge: Legat, 1600)
3rd Principle: Jesus Christ & Redemption
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Leigh, Edward – ch. 1. Of Man’s Recovery in A System or Body of Divinity… (London, A.M., 1654), bk. 5, pp. 389-94
van Mastricht, Peter – ch. 18, ‘The Mediator’s Redemption Itself’ in Theoretical Practical Theology (2nd ed. 1698; RHB), vol. 4, pt. 1, bk. 5, pp. 583-644
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Book
1900’s
Murray, John – pt. 1, chs. 1-5 of Redemption Accomplished & Applied (Eerdmans, 1955), pp. 9-78 ToC
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Quote
1600’s
Samuel Rutherford
Lex Rex... (1644; Edinburgh: Ogle, 1843), p. 23
“…the work of man’s redemption, being more excellent than the raising of Lazarus… the incarnation, death and satisfaction of Christ (for no act of God without Himself is comparable to the work of redemption, 1 Pet. 1:11-12; Col. 1:18-22) and God’s less excellent works, as his creating of beasts and worms…”
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How Christ is Above & Below Christians in Worth, Function & Authority
Quote
1600’s
Samuel Rutherford
Lex Rex... (1644; Edinburgh: Ogle, 1843), p. 79
“Argument 8— He who, by office, is obliged to expend himself, and to give his life for the safety of the people, must be inferior to the people. So Christ says, the life is more than raiment or food, because both these give themselves to corruption for man’s life; so the beasts are inferior to man, because they die for our life, that they may sustain our life. And Caiaphas prophesied right, that it was better that one man die than the whole nation perish (John 11:50); and in nature, elements, against their particular inclination, defraud themselves of their private and particular ends, that the commonwealth of nature may stand; as heavy elements ascend, light descend, lest nature should perish by a vacuity. And the good Shepherd (John 10) gives his life for his sheep; so both Saul and David were made kings to fight the Lord’s battles, and to expose their lives to hazard for the safety of the church and people of God. But the king, by office, is obliged to expend his life for the safety of the people of God; he is obliged to fight the Lord’s battles for them; to go betwixt the flock and death, as Paul was willing to be spent for the church.
It may be objected, Jesus Christ gave Himself a ransom for his church, and his life for the life of the world, and was a gift given to the world (John 3:16; 4:10) and He was a mean to save us; and so, what arguments we have before produced to prove that the king must be inferior to the people, because he is a ransom, a mean, a gift, are not conclusive, I answer:
1. Consider a mean reduplicatively, and formaliter, [formally] as a mean; and secondly, as a mean materially, that is, the thing which is a mean.
2. Consider that which is only a mean and ransom, and gift, and no more; and that which, beside that it is a mean, is of a higher nature also. So Christ formally as a mean, giving his temporal life for a time, according to the flesh, for the eternal life of all the catholic Church, to be glorified eternally—(not his blessed Godhead and glory, which, as God, He had with the Father from eternity)— in that respect Christ has the relation of a servant, ransom, gift, and some inferiority in comparison of the Church of God; and his Father’s glory, as a mean, is inferior to the end; but Christ materially, in concreto [in particular, materially]: Christ is not only a mean to save his Church, but, as God (in which consideration He was the immortal Lord of life) He was more than a mean— even the Author, Efficient and Creator of heaven and earth; and so there is no ground to say that He is inferior to the Church, but the absolute head, king— the chief of ten thousand— more in excellency and worth than ten thousand millions of possible worlds of men and angels.
But such a consideration cannot befall any mortal king; because, consider the king materially as a mortal man, he must be inferior to the whole church, for he is but one, and so of less worth than the whole church; as the thumb, though the strongest of the fingers, yet it is inferior to the hand, and far more to the whole body, as any part is inferior to the whole. Consider the king reduplicative and formally as king, and by the official relation he has, he is no more than but a royal servant, an official mean tending, ex officio [from his office], to this end, to preserve the people, to ride and govern them; and a gift of God, given by virtue of his office, to rule the people of God, and so any way inferior to the people.”
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Latin Article
1600’s
Voet, Gisbert – I. Of Redemption & God the Redeemer in Syllabus of Theological Problems (Utrecht, 1643), pt. 1, section 2, tract 1 Abbr.
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French
Book
1600’s
Rivet, Andrew – 12 Meditations or Homilies on some Mysteries of our Redemption & other Doctrines & Exercises of Piety on some Choice Passages of Holy Scripture (Leiden: Mignon, 1622) 638 pp. no ToC
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“Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.”
Ps. 103:7
“And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.”
Eph. 4:30
“Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.”
Heb. 9:12
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