148 Chap. IX. painntonp of mezíbíne littaut¢c CHAP. IX.; The Greatnefs of Redeeming Love difcovered by coni dering the Evils fromwhich we are freed. The Ser- vitude ofSin, the TyrannyofSatan, the Tondageofthe Law, the Empire ofDeath. The meafu're of Love ix proportionable to the degrees of our Mifery.. No pof' (Ible Remedy for to in Nature. Our Deliverance h compleat. The Divine Love h magnified in the Means by which our Redeemer it accomplif'd. They, are the Incarnation andSufferings ofthe Son ofGod. Love zs manifefled in the Incarnation, upon the ac- count of the ellential Condition of the Nature affs- med, and its Servile fiate. Chriít tookour Nature after it had loft its Innocency. The moft evident Proof of God's Love is in the Sufferings of Chrilt. The defcription of them with refpell to his Soul and Body. The sufferings of his Soul fit forth from the Cauls ofhis Griefs The Difporition of Chritt, and the Deign of God in afflicting Him. The farrows ofhis forfaken slate. All comforting Influences were fufended, but without prejudice to the Perfonal tipi on, or the perfection ofhis Grace, or the Love ofhis Father towards Him. . The Death of the Crofs con- (Idered, with refpea to the Ignominy andTorment that concurr'd in it. The LoveoftheFather andofChrift amplified upon the account ofhis enduring it. HE next Circumfrance tobe confidered in the Di- vine Mercy is the degree of it : And this is de- fcribed by the Apofile in all the dimenfions which can EP. ;,gis. lignifie its greatnefs. He prays for theEpheîtans, that theymaybe able tocomprehend roithallSaints the breadth, and length, and depth, and height of the love ofGodin Chrift
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