in entttbíiv ifttbeniption. this tranfa&ion as qualified with the Office of Supreme Chap.Xll. Judg and Governor of the World, who hath given L_"--v-N...) juft Laws to dire& his Creatures in their Obedience, and to be the rule ofhis proceedings with them as to Rewards and Punifhments, He bath fo far reítrain'd the exercife of his Power, that upon the breach of the Law, either it mutt beexecuted upon theSinner, or if extraordinarily difpenft with, it mutt be upon filch terms as may fecure the Ends of Government : and thofe are His own Honour, and publick Order, and the Benefit of thole that are governed. And upon there accounts 'twas requifite, fuppofing the merciful defign of God to pardon Sin, that his Righteoufnefs fhould be declared in the Sufferings of Chrift. I will dittinlly open this. In the Law the Sovereignty and Holinefs of God eminently appear And there are two things in all Sins, which expofe the Offender juftly to Punifh- ment : t. AContempt of God's Sovereignty, and in that refpe& there is a kind ofequality between them. He Jaa,, 2. 10, that offends in one, is guilty ofall, they being ratified by the fame Authority. And from hence 'tis, that Guilt is the natural Palhon ofSin, that alwaies adheres to it. For as God hath a Judicial Power to inflif Punilhment upon the Difobedient by vertue of his Sovereignty, fo the defert of Punilhmeht arifeth from the defpifing it in the violationofhis Commands. 2. In every Sin there is a contrariety to Gods Holi- nels. And in this the natural turpitudeof Sin confifts, which is receptive of degrees. From hence arifes Gods hatred ofSin, which is as efential as his Love toHim- felf: the infinite Purity and Relitude of his Nature infers the molt perfel abhorrence of whatever is op- polite to it. The righteous Lord loves righteoufnefs, pfd, n, s.7 E e but
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