...land.f" Again, " I vvill ransom them from the power of the grave j 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 my eyes."J To this passage St. Paul obviously refers in his exulting...

...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...thy plagues, O grave, I will be thy --destruction." You know, iny brethren, St. Paul informs us, that this promise will not be accomplished till after...

...shall hereafter start from the bosom of corruption, and become partakers of a glorious immortality. " I will ransom them from the power of the grave ; I...will redeem them from death : O death, I will be thy plague : O grave, I will be thy destruction." This relation between Jesus and his ransomed shall not...

...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...

...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 !...

...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 grave, I...thy plagues; O! grave, I will be thy destruction} repentance shall be hid from mine eyes." In the faith of this, the friends of Christ may adopt the...

...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...be thy plagues ; O grave, I will be thy destruction : repentance shall be hid from mine eyes w." Accordingly, we read that he " hath abolished death x...

...of the faithful, fulfilling the divine promise, in its practical sense and in its ultimate effect, "O death, I will be thy plagues, O grave, I will be thy destruction." This analogy between the Lord's life in the world and His life in the human soul is not, as some may...

...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...be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction " These divine supports for faith and consolations against the fears of death, which are all most divinely...

...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...thy plagues ; O grave ! I will be thy destruction." (Hoe. xiii. 14.) But how was it brought about; by what means or instrument was this glorious victory...