Book IV. 393 Chap. 3· Sett. 5· JLOOtUtlg UntO '}efu.S: --~~----------~ ignorant of the Hillory of Clirilt's death, o~· of the m1nner of (;llfifl's fufferings; you fee we have opened tr largely, and followed It cLfe from firfl: t<'> !all ; bur we mull: not flick there; we fi10uld, above all, look to the mind and heart ~f Chrifl in all this: fome obferve that both in the Old, and New Te11:ament we find tlmMethod; fir{!, the Hiflory, and'rhen the Myflery; firfl, the Manner, and then the M_eaning of Chri.fi's fufferings '; as in the Old Te!\amenr. We have firfl, the Htfl:ory, mi'f~l.22. wrttten by David; and then the Myflery, t~ Jfa. 52· wnrt~n by Jfai,,h. And m the New nll:ament we have fir(\ the manner of ots fuffermgs wrmen at large by all the Evangchll:>; and then the meaning; written by the Apoitles in all their•Epiflles. Now accordingly are the adsof Faith; we mufl firfl look._ on JeJU&as lifted up, and then look at the end and meaning; why w~s thisJefusthuslifrcd up?. W~ll, but you m~y demand, what was the end, the plot, the great delign of Chnflm thts refped? . . I anfwer, fome ends were remote, and others were more tmmediate : but omtmng all thofe ends that are remote, h1s Glory, our Salvation, &c. I fhall only anfwer in thcfe Particulars. I. One defign of Chrifl's death was to redeem us from the fiavery of Death and Hell : He h.11 hredeemed "'from 1he Curfe of the Law, being made aCurfe for !M ; M it is Gal. 3· 1 l• written. C11r[ed u everyone (hat ha;;geth on a Tree: Herce it is, that we fay, that by hu Jiejferingr Chrift bath red:emed "'from Hell, and by h,< doings Chrift bathgiven 115 a rightto heaven: he was made nnd<r th' Law, that he might redeem thpm that were ~tnder Gal 3 4• 4• the Law. Alas! we were carnal, feld under fin; whereupon the Law fetzed on us, Jock'd us t>p, as it were, in a dungeon; yea, the fenrence paffed, and we bur waited for execution; now to get unid from this difmal, damnable eitate, Chri(l himfelf is made under the Law, tlm he might redeem us,' Redeem us ! how I not by way of entreaty, to (\ep in and beg our pardon; that would not ferve the turn : fold we were, and bought we mu[\ be ; aprice mull be laid down for us, it was amatter of Redemption,; but with what mufl we be redeemed? furely with no eafie price: ah no, it coil him dear, and very dear: Ye were not redeemed with corruptible 1 hings, M filver and Gold, but with theprecioUJ bloud of Chrift: his precious blond was the price we ll:ood pim in; 1 Pet. 1 • rs. which he paid when he gave hi< life aranfom for many : the cafe flood thus betwixt Chrill: Mat. >o.>B. and us in this point of Redemption ; we all like acrew or company of MalefaCtors,'were ready to fuffer, and to be executed: now, whatfaid Chrifl to this? Why, I wilt' come undtr the Law, faid ~brill:, I will Jiiffer that ll'hich they Jhollld fujfer; I will tak§ upon me their execution, 11pon condition I may redeemthem: now tbis he did at hi; death; and this was the end why he died, that by his death we might be redeemed from the ilavery of Death and Hell. +· AAother Ddign of Chrifl's death , was to free us from fin : not only w.puld he remove the effeCt, but he would take away the raufe alfo: Whom God hath Jet forth tabe fohm; ;i'!~ a propitiation---for the remiffion of fin.-----Beheld the Lamb of God which tak§th 0 cnr. 5' 9 · away the fins of the world.--- I-Je hathmadehim to be fin for tt<, who k_new no fin, that ~.~'~. ~t we might be.madcthe righteoufriCfs of God in him. --- Once bath he appeared to put 1 John 1•7• away fin by the [acrifice of himfelf.-Anti the bloud of JeJU& Chrift hu Son cleanfeth m jrom tdl fir:. Tllis was the plot, which God, by an ancient delign aimed at in the fuffering of Jefus Chrifl ; that he would take away !in: And thus Faith mult take it up•. and lo?k upon it. When Peter bad fet forth the hainoufnefs of the Jews !in, in kdhng Cbrt11:, he tells them at lafr of that defign of old; All thu was done, faid be, /l.ll , by.thedeeerminate counfel of God. His meaning was fir!l: to humble them, and then to ''· ' l' ratfe them up; q. d. It was not fo much they <hat wrought his deatll, as the Decree o£ God, and the agreement of God and Chrilt : there was an ancient contrivement that Jefus Chrifl Otould die for !in, and thot all our fins fiwuld be laid on the back of J efus Chnll:: .and therefore he feems to fpeak comfort to them in this ; that howfoevcr they defigned It, yet .God and Chrifl defigned afurther end in it than they imagined , even to remtffion of hns: Wh, WM delivered to death for ow finr, androfeagain for our jufti- • ficatton. The death of Chri!l: (as one obfeyrves) was the greatefl and 11rangefl de!ign 1.\om-4- ·S• that ever God undertook, a.nd therefore fure be had an end proportionable to it . God that wtllethnotthedeathof afinner, would not for any inferior end, will the de~th of hts Son, whom he loved more than all the world belides; it mull: needs be fome <>reat matter for which God fhould contrive the.death of bL Son ; and indeed it could be ~o lefs than to remove that whichhe moll: hated; and that was fin. Here then is another end of Ch:ilt's death, it was for the remifilon of !in one main parr ofour juflification. 3· Another
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