3 8 Of the Qbjec Roma. iv. 23. Zech. xii. ro. r Cor.' ii. 2. Gal. ài. zo. So that Chrift, as crucified, is pro- pofed as the Object of Faith : This is that City of Refuge to which the Soul flies, thefe are the Clefts to which the Soul runs for Shelter. This is the molt lovely Pro 1peá of Chrift that the Soul can have, fee- ing him with Garments dyed in Blood : If ever thou haft rightly Peen him, thou haft thus Peen him : It's by this Blood that Peace and all fpìritual Mercies are obtained : Faith therefore muft look to this. (3.) I fay, as dying for our Sins, 'cis not enough thou fee him dying for Sinners in general, but thou muft fee him dying for thy Sins, elle thot.i wilt't not, can't not clofe with him as a crucified Saviour; and this all who clofe by Faith do at focne Time, tho' not fo di- ftinly and clearly, yet materially : Gal. ii. 2.o. Rom. iv. alt. Zech. xii. to. For other- wife, How can I depend on, and plead from this Satisfaaion for Reimifiìon of my Sins ; for Chrift cannot take away my Sins, which is the End for which I come to Chrift, but as crucified for them, and fatisfying for them : Therefore melt I lock to him as pierced by, and for my Sins. A Difcharge in general will not take away a particular Indictment: Look therefore as the Sentence of the Law s againft thee particularly, turfing^thee or e particularly 9 even fo mat I fee Jefus Chrift
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