Chap.3.Se6t.5 LoPkinguntc:Jc'fus. Book. IV. Part.3. 655 twenty Elders, faying, thou art worthy to tak§ t he 6ook._, ,indto open the feales thereof, for thou wa{l Jlaine, and haft redeemed m to God Rev. 5 ·9• by thy l'/ood, out of ~very kindred, and tongue, alfd ptop!e, andnatioR; and thus~ au/ nghtly argues,IJ he th~ God ofthe'fews onl;:.?u he Rom.3 :.g,' not ofth1Gmtt!e; alfo? yes, ofthe Gmules alfo. 0 the fulneffe - .of Chri frs deat~1! - many are apt to complaine, would Chrift dye forme? why alM, I am an alien, I am not ofrhe common-wealth of ![rae!, I am a dog , I am a finner, agrievoUJ Jinner, a}inner of the Gentiles .: And what then~ }~who fometimes were af•tr off, are E h.:•. 1 , 1 _ now made mghby the blood-of Ghrijl, for he u our peace, who hath P 1 ;' 4 , made both cne, and h,ub brok§n down the middle wall of partition be• ! tween m· that he might reconcile both unto God in one body bJ the crofl e. Oh what eRcouragement is this for thee to bcleeve thy part in the death of Chrift ? . 2. ConGder the ''l orth, the excellency of this gloriom object, Chrift crucified. There is an infinitie of worth in the death of Chrift ; and this ariieth, firft from the dignity of his perfon, he was God-man; the death of Angels and men if put together, could not have !!mounted to the excellency of Chrifts death; ftand amazed at thy happineffe; 0 beleever, thou haft gained by thy loffe, thou haft loft the righteoufneffe of a creature, but tl:!e rightcoufneffe ofan infinite perfon is nowmade thine ; hence it is many times called the righteoufneffe of God: both becaufe R 1 ., • Cbrift is God: andbecaufe it is fuch a righteoufneffe as God is 1 ~:~. 5: 3 ; 1; fatisfied with; he looks for no better, yea there can be no better. 2.~ This worth is not only in refpeel: of the dignity of the perfon, but alfo in refpeel: of the price offered ; 0 it was the blood ofChrift, one drll p whereof is of more worth than thoufands ofgold and Giver. lt was this blood that purchafed the ACt. 1o.18• whole Church of G.od, which a thoufand worlds of wealth could never have done. 3. This worth is not only in refped: of the perfon and price neither , but alfo in refped: of the manner of the oblation; Chrift muft dye on the croffe as it was determined.. I : Pet, I. 18• the price in it felfe, is not enough, unleffe it be ordered and pro: portioned according to the will of him, who is to be fatisfied; ifa man fhould give for a captive prifoner an if1 c1nite fumme of money, fr.fficient in it felfe to redeeme a r.houfand, yet if not according to fuch a way as the coflquerour prelcnbeth, if not according to the condition, , it could not be called a fatisfaCl:ion; now.
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