Be-3k.lV. Looking unto :ft{us. Chap. r. Sed. 6 went to heaven, and was a ftranger upon earth, righteoufnrJJ~ went with her, and would not fo much as look down from heaven: mercy, fhe flayed below ftill, for where fhould mercy be if not with the miferable? as for peace fhe went between both, t<? fee if fhe could make them meet againe in bet :er termes: in the mean while our falvation !yes a bleeding ; the plea hangs and we iland as prifoners at the bar, and know not what fhall be: come of usJ· for though two be for us, yet two are againft us as flrong, an more ftiffe then they; lo that much depends upon this meeting, for either they mult be at peace between themfelves, or they cannot be at peace With us, nor can we be at peace with God. · · · Many means were made before Chrilh tirne for a ble!fed meet- }teb.io. )• ing, but it would not be, [acrijice and burnt offering thot~ TPQuldeft not ·ha1H: thefe means were not prevalent enough to caufe.a ·meeting; where iluck it, you will fay ? furely it was not long of mercy; fhe was eafie co be intreated; fhe looked up to heaven, but righteoufneife would not look dovm ; and indeed here was the bufine1fe, righreuufnef{e mult, and will have Iatisfaction, or elfe righteoufne.ffe fhould not be righteous; eitherfome fatisfaction for fin mufl be given to God, or fhe will never meet more; better all men in the world were damned, then that the rightcoufneife of God fhould be unrighteous. And this now puts on t'I1e great tranfacbon of our Saviours b:rth. , Wei! then our Saviour is ~orn; and ·this birth occaf.ioosa gracious meeting of the attributes ; fuch an attractive is this birrh, this bud of Cbri~, that all meet there; in4eed they cannot otherwife but meet in him in whom all the b.'eifed attributes ofGod do meet. It is Chrift is mercy, and Chrift is truth, and Chrift is rightefn{nef{e, and Chrift is peace; I. Chrift is mmy; thus Zacharias !.u~e 1 , 78 , pt:ophefied. · That through the under mercy ofour God, the day fPring ( or branch,) from an high h~~th vijited 111. And God the Father of Chriil , is called the Father ofmercies; as if mercy were his Sonne, who had no other Sonne but his dearly bdoV€d •c Sonne in whom he,was wt!lpleaf'ed. -·· 2. Chrifr is truth, I am .• or. I.~ ~' the way,& the truth,and the life. That truth in whom is accomplifh- .. Johr 1·4 6 ed whatfoeverwas prefigured of the Meffiah. .God jh11/t fend forth Pfal. 5-7·3·-his 'mercy, and his truth; And, 0 prepare mercy and truth. Anc' this ~~oJ."H,.6, ~~his N~me;,the Lord,_the Lord. -:-=. .IJI7.tmdant in_goodnef{e a~d · trHtKJ. /
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