Kinghezy
Puritan Board Sophomore
17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
How admirably the satisfaction our Lord Jesus made by his death and sufferings answered to the sentence here passed upon our first parents. (1.) Did travailing pains come in with sin? We read of the travail of Christ's soul (Isa. liii. 11); and the pains of death he was held by are called odinai (Acts ii. 24), the pains of a woman in travail. (2.) Did subjection come in with sin? Christ was made under the law, Gal. iv. 4. (3.) Did the curse come in with sin? Christ was made a curse for us, died a cursed death, Gal. iii. 13. (4.) Did thorns come in with sin? He was crowned with thorns for us. (5.) Did sweat come in with sin? He for us did sweat as it were great drops of blood. (6.) Did sorrow come in with sin? He was a man of sorrows, his soul was, in his agony, exceedingly sorrowful. (7.) Did death come in with sin? He became obedient unto death. Thus is the plaster [bandages to cure wounds] as wide as the wound. Blessed be God for Jesus Christ!
How admirably the satisfaction our Lord Jesus made by his death and sufferings answered to the sentence here passed upon our first parents. (1.) Did travailing pains come in with sin? We read of the travail of Christ's soul (Isa. liii. 11); and the pains of death he was held by are called odinai (Acts ii. 24), the pains of a woman in travail. (2.) Did subjection come in with sin? Christ was made under the law, Gal. iv. 4. (3.) Did the curse come in with sin? Christ was made a curse for us, died a cursed death, Gal. iii. 13. (4.) Did thorns come in with sin? He was crowned with thorns for us. (5.) Did sweat come in with sin? He for us did sweat as it were great drops of blood. (6.) Did sorrow come in with sin? He was a man of sorrows, his soul was, in his agony, exceedingly sorrowful. (7.) Did death come in with sin? He became obedient unto death. Thus is the plaster [bandages to cure wounds] as wide as the wound. Blessed be God for Jesus Christ!
