And again, when he speaks of Christ being ^' made a curse 
for us, the unspotted and undefiled Lamb of God wrapped in 
our sins, God not laying our sins upon us, but upon his Son, 
that he, bearing the punishment thereof, might be our , 
that by his stripes we might be healed." 

And again :  

" Sin is a mighty conqueror, which devoureth all mankind, 
learned and unlearned, holy, wise, and mighty men. This 
t3rrant flieth upon Christ, and will needs swallow him up as he 
doth all other. But he seeth not that Christ is a person of 
invincible and everlasting righteousness. Therefore in this 
combat sin must needs be vanquished and killed ; and righteous- 
ness must overcome, live, and reign. So in Christ all sin is 
vanquished, killed, and buried ; and righteousness remaineth 
a conqueror, and reigneth for ever. 

'^ In like manner Death, which is an omnipotent queen and 
empress of the whole world, killing kings, princes, and all men, 
doth mightily encounter with Life, thinking utterly to overcome 
it and to swallow it up. But because the Life was immortal, 
therefore when it was overcome, it nevertheless overcame, van- 
quishing and killing Death. Death, therefore, through Christ, 
'is