Chap·t. srtt4. Jtooking unto 'jjduS'. Book lV. · 347 and real in-dwelling, but only that they were laid on Chril1 by Law-imputation, or by leoal obligation to fatisfaClory puni01ment. I make a dtfference betwiXt fin, and the guilr"of fin; for fin it fdf is r;.•cula, the blot, defilement, and blacknef• of fin,_ w!uch I conceive, is nothing but 'he abfence and pr!vatlu~ o~ that moral_ reehtude and !lghteouf– nefs which the Law requireth : but the gmlt of !m IS fomewhat 1ffumg from this blot and blacknefs, according to which the perfon is liable and ob~oxious to eternal puQ.if\Jment. Some indeed give a dirtin<'tion of the guilt of fin; there IS rearm c,;lp<t, the gUtlt of fin, as fin, and thisi> all one with fin, being the very effence, foul, and formal bemg of fin; they call it a fundamental, or.potential guilt; and there is rearm pcen.e, reatuv per[on«, rearm alluali<, the guilt or obhg1t1on to pumlhmenr, the a<'tual gutlt,. or a<'tual obliga– tion of the perfon who bath thus finned to pumfhment ; and tlus gutlt IS a .thmg far dif– ferent from !In it felf, and is 1eparable from fin : yea, and is removed from lin in our juflification. Now this was the fin or guilt , which was laid on Chrifl:, in which fenfc the 1\.poflle fpeaks, who hi< own [elf bare our finJ in hi< own body on the Tree ; how bare t Pet'.~. , 4 • our fins on the Tree, but by hi; fuffttings ?--And he bath laid on him the iniquity of IC... S3- 6, "' all· - how laid on him, but by imputation1-·And he lwh made him to be fin for , 1 u, 1 vho f0ew nofin; how made fin for us? furely there was in Chrift no fundamental t <lor. f· ar. guilt; no, no, bur he was made fin by imputation and law-account: he was our furety, and fo our fins were laid on him ir1 order tO' puniflJJnent, as if now in the Garden, he had faid to his Father, TIJOI< haftgiven me a Body, tU I have tak§n the debts and fins of allbelievers in the world upon me: Come not•, apd arrejl: me tU the only pay-majl:er; lo herefamtodoandf;!lfer for their finJ, what(oeverth•ttpleafefl:, Pfa\.40.6,7,8. Heb. 10. 4, 5, 6,7, 8,9· Or, as if he had faidto his Fatherthus, I am the finner, 0 Father! I am the furery, 11llmy friends wants, and all their debts, letthem be laid on me; my Life for their lifc,my foul f"' their Jotds, my glory for their glory, my heaven for their heaven : Now this was no fmall matter ; little do we know or conlider, what is the weight and guilt of fin. And this was another Ingredient in Chrift's Cup. S· The power.and malice of Satan; the Devil had a full leave and licenfe; not as it was with /ob; Do whMthou wilt, Satan, b"t favehu life; no,no, he had a commiffion withour any fuch reHri<'tion or limitation ; the whole power of darknefs was let loofe to ufe all his violence, and to aff!i<'t him as far as pofiibly he could; and this our Saviour intimates, when he faith, that the Prince of thi< world comerh: Now was it that the John q. 30; \Vord muft be accompliflJ<d, Tho11 Jhalt bmife his heel ; the Devil could go no higher Gen. 3· 15. than the heel of Chrill ; but whatever he could do, he was fure to do : he had been nibling a great while at his heel ; no fooner he was born, bur he would have killed him • and afrer he fell fiercely on him in the wildernefs, but now all the power and all the ma~ lice of hell conjoynes. If we look on the Devil in refped of his evil iwure, he is compared to aroaring Lion: not only is he a Lion, but a roaring Lion; his difpofition to do mifchief, is alwaies wound up to the height : and if we look on the Devil in refpe<'t of his power, there is no part of our fouls or bodies that he cannot reachthe Apoflle defcribing his power, .he gives him names abov<l the highell: comparifon;. as, , Prin.cipalitiCJ, Powers, Rulers of thedark_,nef; of thi< world, Spiritual wick§dnefl above: Eph, 6 •u, Dev1lsaeenotonly call~d Princes, but PrincipalitieJ; not only mighty, butPowm; n_ot only rulers of~ parr, bur of All the darf0efs of all thi< world; not only wicktd Spirns, butfpiriwal wick§dm!fes; not only about us, but above I«: they hang over our heads continually; you know what a difadvamage 11 is to have your enemy get the hiU, the upper ground ; and this they have naturally, and alwayes. Oh then what a cornbate mu'! th1s be, when ;tll the power, and all the malice of all the Devils in hell, lhould by the permiffion of God , .arm themfelves againft the Son of God. Surely this was a bmer Ingredient in Chrift's Cup. 6. The wmh of God himfdf; this, above all, was the mofl bitter Dreg, it lay in the bottom, and Chrifl mun drink. it alfo: Oh rhe L.ord bath ajfl~<fed m: in the day of Lam.1. u l hu fierce_a,.ger; Godaftlt<'tsfomem mercy, andlomemanger, tlus was m h1sanger. acd yet m htS ~ng~r God is not alike to all ; fome he aftli<'ts ·in his more gentle and mild, others tn h1s fierce anger; this was in the very 'fiercenefs of his anger. Iris agreed upon by all Divines, that now Chrift faw himfelf bearing the fins of all Belie- ~ers, and flanding before tbc judgment-feat of God; to this ~nd are thofe words, Now John;,, l'' u the;udgment •fthu world,and thr.Prin<e uf rhi< worldJhall be cajl Ollt.Now is the judgment • Ll of
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