is hisDivinity; fo that-we may climb this ladder, and have corn- .munion with God ; Afcende per humin-em& pervenies ad dmm, ·as that Fathe~rfaid ; ClimBing up in hope by the Manhood of Chtift, we have facial accefs to the Godhe~d. , 2.. 'Juftice and Mercy muft he brought together: We want Mercy, and fear J ufiice; guilt impreffecha trembling upon th~ fpi– 'tir,becaufe we know·not how to redeem our Souls out of thehands Qfangry Jufiice ; the very;Heathens were under this bondage and torment, becaufe of the feverity of the divine Jufiice, Knowing the judgment .ofGod, thq thought themfelves worthy ofdeath, Rom. n3 2. Therefore the great inquiry ofnature is,howweChall appeafe angry Jufiice, and redeem our Souls from this fear ; you know t~e q_uefiion, Micah6.6,7. Wherewith foal/ I come before him? And wherewith wilt he he pleafed? The Heat~ens, in the-it blindnefs, thought tuoblige the Godheadby a·as meritorious (as fnerit is na– tural) eith~rby coilly Sa~rific.es, P,iv~rs ofOyl, thoufa~4s of'}am!, llurnt offer~ng,and 'Wh'ole burnt ojferz11gs, Hecatombs·of'Sacnfices; ·or by putting. themfelves t6 pains or tortures, 2.s BaPT.IrPriefls gafhed tiJemfeivu; or 'py doing fame atl: that is unwelcom and 147 ·difpleafant to nature;aS'by offering their children in Sacrifices, thofe ,dear pledges of afieClion, which certainly wjs an aa:·of'g'reat felf-· ,denyal;naturall.ove beiJ?g-defcenlive,and like. ari~er running down– ward; yea, thts was not all, the befi of thetr chij'dren, their firft– ·bo;;-·11,in~whomall their hopeS\yere laid up,. they being~bferved t9 Be mofl: fortu'n:rte and f.uccefsful-: And thts cuftom alfo the carnal JewStbok up; for bar~outward.· Sacrifice was but adoll v/ay, dtherco fatisfie God, (* Htrbeing the cattdof a tho'ufand hills) or If PfaJ.rc~ 10 • to pacifie confcience ; for though it were aWorlhip ot Gods own appointing, ye~ it did n'ot m'akj the-comer thereunto p'erfdl~as ap'- perta~ni~g to t~.e ·c9n(r:ient:(, Aeb.9;9. t~at is, t~e_·~?dbiP,per · th1 at looke8 no' futth€r, cduldnever Have 'a-qUtet andperfet¥cotifciehce, .ana dieiefore t~~xr:a'etffd:their 'd;Udren to P'*fs thr,oug~ t~1-jire to ·!"f.(}loc_h; fuch-'a batbatousbtrftomco~ld not be taken rl'P baret~· by ttiuta~t~n; . nothing brit hdrror of _confcience could_temp.cmen_to a~ a'Cl:~fd cruel and unnatural,; c~and ·the ~rop~et plaitilyTaith~ .They I 'gtt~e· !feir·firf!.:ho't'n for:!hi-Jj}:~~ th~it- ~~ut": · THd~t.y<?n 'fe~,all · ~~ys ~~e at~a ~ofs; : ~~fife _th~ ~.ou)d ·n'ory-iela axecofupe'ri,ctro of- \. ~~d< J ufttce-;·_' ~u't ttl ·~fle·Goi\1~~;· Jetftit:c and fPm:cJhqv'p /{!Jfe.tl til'th 'Othft~ Rtglithtufn'efsand 'Tr-uth have' Tii~t' :t·otT'ether, as 'us · ' y ~ ·- -- .> P[al.
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