96 3:0eDa nioty ofMe Zíbíne(ttríbute , ChapV Pledg of it in his Death. He hath performed more ka-y-N..) than He promifed. 'Tis more incredible that theEter- nal {hould die, than that a mortal Creature (hould live for ever. In frort, Since no mortal Eyecan dircover the Hea- venly Glory, to convince us of the realityof the invi- fible ftate, and to fupport our departing Souls in their paffage through the darkand terrible Valley, our Sa- viour role from theGrave, afcended in our Nature to Heaven, and is the model ofour Happinefs: He is at the right Hand ofGod to difpenfe Life and Immorta- lity to all that believe onHim. And what can be more comfortable to us, than the affurance of that Bleffed- nefs, which as it eclipfes all the glory of the World, fo it makes Death it felf deferable in order to the enjoy- ment of it ? 2. As the Comfort, fo the Holinefs of Man is moft promoted in this way of our Redemption. Suppofe we had been recovered upon eafier terms, the evil of Sin would have been leffen'd in our efteem. We are apt to judge of the danger of a Difeafe from the diffi- culty ofits Cure. Hunger is reputed a fmall trouble, (although if it be not fatisfied 'twill prove deadly) becaufe a fmall price will procure what may remove it. And the Mercy that raves us, hadnot appeared fo great. He that falls into a Pit, and is drawn forth by an eafie pull of the Hand, doth not think himfelfgreatly ob- liged to the perfon that helpt him, thoughif he had remained there he muff have peri(h'd. But when the Son ofGod bath fuffered for us, more than ever one Friend fuffered for another, or a Father for a Son, or than the ftrength and patience of an Angel could en- dure ; Whowould not be ftruckwith horrour at the thoughts of that Poifon which required luch a dread- ful Cure ? And the benefit we receive in fo coftly a way,
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