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Costly Ransom

This alone should have been enough to convince Luther and the other reformers:

Psalm 49
5 Why should I fear in the days of evil,
When the iniquity at my heels surrounds me?
6 Those who trust in their wealth
And boast in the multitude of their riches,
7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother,
Nor give to God a ransom for him
8 For the redemption of their souls is costly,
And it shall cease forever
9 That he should continue to live eternally,
And not see the Pit.