554 Book. IV. Looking u~to :Jefrtr. Chap. I. SeCt. -------------~---~ Pbl. 38.~. A;nos z. 13. Oh ddiverme~mdfave me, hut oh confider and regard me, q. d. all that l fuffer I am contented with, I regard it not, only this rrotJbles me, that you will not regard; why it is for you that I endure all this,and do you fo look upon it as if it nothingat all concerned you ? Suppofe a I:rince fl1ould pay fome mighty price to redeem a !lave from death, and the flave fl10uld grow fo def.: perate as after the price payd to throw himfelfe upon·his death,. yea wi tb all the firengtb and might he hath to offer a death upon h,is very Redeemer ; would not tpis trouble ? why thus it was, ~brill is willing to red~em us wid) his own precious blood, bm: he faw many to paffe by without any regard, yea ready to trample his precious blood under their feet, and to account the bloodof the Covenant as atJ tmholy thing : Oh this was another fpeare in the heart of Chrift, or a bittd ingredient in this cup. 4· The guilt of !in which now was he to undergo;- upon him wM !ayd the iniquity of mall. All tf.e !ins of all believers in the world, from the firfi creation to the !aft judgement were Ia yd. on him; Oh what a weight was this? furcly one !in is like a talent of lead i oh then what were fo many r houfands ofmillions ? the very eartl1 it fclfe groanes under the weight of !inne until! this day; David cryed out, that hi.r iniquities were a burthen to heavy for him to bum; nay God himfelfe complaines, behold I .1m prrj[ed tmd,r you as a cart is prefJed that is full of jheaves -; now then no wonder if Chrift b~aring all the !ins of J ewes and Gentiles, bond l'l.nd free, cry out,my foul is het~vy, fo_r fin was . l:Jeavy on his foul,- in that Ifay, all the !ins of all beleevers were layd on Chrifl:, underfiand me foberly, my meaning is not tbat bdeevers fins were fo layd on Chrift, as that they ceafed to be bdeevers fins according to their phytical, and real indwelling, hut only that they were layd on Chrift by Iaw.. imputation, or by legal obligation to fatisfaCtory puniiliment. I make a differ· eoce betwixt fin, and the guilt of!in ; for fin it felfe is macula the blot, defi!e meflt, and blackneffe offin which I conceive is . r.otbing but tbe abfence and privation of that moral reCtitude - and righteouf.•eife which the bw requireth: bu t the guilt of fin is fomewha t iffuing from this blot and blackndfe, according to which the perfon is lyable, .and obnoxious to fternal puniiliment. $9{11e indeed give a difiir.Ction ofthe guile offin, . there is reatm cuip.e,
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