~~~~~~~~--~~~----~~~~~------~~------~ 384 B9ok IV. JLcolung unto '}cfus. Chap+-'ea. 3 . ---------------------- ·~------- made u; accepted in the bel•ved; to whom we i1ave _redemption thronghhu blood. I knov; Tit.1.. 14. 1 Cor.6.~o. l.cv. >· 9· Mat.lO,lS, r Tit. z. 6. lfa. Sl· !. Vc:r. 7. 1 Ver, I~. there 1s a drlferenr nouon m th~f< words;_ for meru doth properly refpect the good rhat ls to be procured, but fattsfactron the evtl that rs repelled ; but in Chrill: we Hand not on thefe diflinctions, becaufe in his merit was fatisfad ion, and ill his fatisfaction was merit. A great controvedie is of ilte rifen up, IVhether Chrift's death be a (t!tufartion to Divine j~tjlice? Bm the very words redeeming_ and,buying, do plainly demonGrar~. that a fattsfadton was gtven to God by the death of ]efus; Hegave himfif for u; that be might redeem zu, ye are bought with a price; and what price was that ? why hi; own blood. •Thou wa.(l flam, and, haft redeemed m to G~d by thJ blood; ( i.) by thy death and pafiton. Thrs ms the ""Tfov, rhar ranfome winch Chnfl gave tor his Elect . The Son of ma" came to give ·h.is life a ranfom_c for many.; or a~ the ApoiHe, He gav; him- . [elf a ranfome for all, tht word IS here "''""rpov, whtch fignrfies an adequate price, or l counterpttce; as when one doth, ot' uRdergoeth fomethino iti the room of another . a~ when on~ yields himfdf a captiv~ for the redeeming of a~orher out of captivity, 0 ; gtv.es up Ius own ltfe for the favmg of another man 's life; fo Chrifl gave himfelf "m"reov, a ranfome, or counrerpnce, fubmttnng htmfelf to rhe like punilhment that his redeemed ones flwuld have undergone. The Socinians tell us that Chrifl's fufferings and death were not for fatisfa<'!'ion ro God, but i" reference 'to us, that we might belkve the truth of his Dodrine confirmed and fealed (as they fay) by his death, and that we might yield obedience ro God ac– cording ro the pattern that he hith fer before us, and th~t fo believi ne and oLeying we might obtain remiffion of lins anderernallife. 0 ' But the Scripture goes higher; in that murual compact and agreement betwix.t God and Chrifl, we find God the father impaling, and Chrifl fubmirting to this ~arisfadi~n. I. The Father impafeth it by charging the lins of hi• Elect upon J e– lus Chrtfl. The Lord hath laili on him the ini:quity of If< all; not the lins them– felves, no.t th'e evilin them•. or fault of them, but ,the guilt and penalty belonging ro them; thts God latd upon Ius Son, and charged 1t upon htm; he charged tt as a Credi– tor chargeth the debt upon the Surety, requiring fatisfadion. 2. Chri£1: undertook it He IVM 17f'prtjfed, and he tl'M ajfii£led, or as fome tranflate It tvN exa£led, and he ..,~ fir>ered; ( i. ) God the l'arher required. fatisfaction for fin , and ]efus Chrill as our Surety anfwered in our behalf; He bare the fins of many, he bare them as a Porter that bears the bunhen for another which himfdf is not able to ll:and under; he bare them by undergoing the punifltmem whi£h was due for them, he bare tlwm asour Surel)', fub– .mirring himfelf unro the penalty which we had deferved; and by tiat means he made fatisfadion ro the jullice of God. Surely Chril1:'s death was uot only for con6rmati– on of his Doctrine, but forfatisfaction to God. 4· There is in it not only a rrue, but a copious, and fuH fatisfaction; Cbrii!'s death and blood is fuperabundant to our fins; 7hegrace of our LordwM exceeding ab~endant, I Tim. I.'"~-· ""'1'"'""'an, it was over-full, redunda11t, more than enough. Maoy an humble foul is apt enough to complain, Oh if I had not bem fo great~ ftnner, if I had not committed fuch and fuch tranfgre{fions there might have bem hope; This is to underva– lue Chrifl's redemption, this is ro think there is more in fin to damn, than in Chnfi'sfuf_ ferings to fave; whereas all thy lins to Chrifl are but as a little dpud to the glorious Sun ; yea, all the fitlS of all the men in the world, are but to Chrill:'s merits as a d·rop to the Ocean. I fpeak not this to encourage the prefumpruous lmner! for alas he bath no part in this fatisf>ction ; but to comfort the humbled finner, who ts loaden \Vtth the fenfe of his (ins. what though they were a bunhen greater than he can bear? yet they are not aburthe~ greater than Chrifl can bear ; there is in Ch;ifl's blood an infinite rrea– fure able to fanctifie thee and all r he world . there is in Chnll sdeath a ranfome, acoun– terp;ire fun<cief\1: to redeem all the finners: that ever were, or ever fl1all be ; the price \sof that narurc rhat it is not diminifl1ed, though it be extended to never fo many; lS the Sun bath fulnefs of light to enlighten all the world, and if the blind do ~ot fee by it it is nor any fcarcity of light in th~ Sun, b~r.by reafot) of Ius own '.ndtfpo~ttoo; fotf all men are not acquitted by Chrtil: s death, tt snor becaufe that was mfuffictenr, as tf tt pad not venue enough to reach them as well as others, but becaufe they by rhrir !unbehef do reject this remedy. Oh what large room bath fauh to expartate in! lit down , and dive, and dive, yet thou canfl nor come to the bottom of Chti!l's blood; but as the Prophet Eukjcl faw fbll more "nd greater ~bomtnatloas fr> mantt thou in rhe fulferings of Chrifl obferve more and more fulnefs. ' ' · See
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