a 2 %e pump ofMe MbincIfttributoi, Ch. XIII. Caufe of freeing the Guilty, is properly 8atisfaelion, Before I proceed, to the fecond Confideration of Chrifis Death, I will briefly anfwer the Objection of the socinians, viz. That 'tis a Violation of Juftice to . transfer the Punithment from one to another, fo that the Righteous. God could not Puni[h his innocent Son for our Sins. Now to [how the invalidity ofthis Pre- tence we muff confider, 1. That Juftice is not an irregular appetiteof Ven- geance arifing fromHatred that cannot be fatisfied but with the Deftruetion of the Guilty. It preferves Right with pure Affesrtions, and is content when the Injury is. repair'd, fromwhomfoever.fatisfaction comes. Thoughan innocent perfon can't fuffer as innocent. without Injuftice, yet he may voluntarily contra& an Obligation, which will expofe him to deferved fuller-. ings. The Wifdom and Juftice of all Nations agree in punilhing one for anothers fault, where confent is .pre- ceeding, as in the cafe of Hoftages. And although it is Effential to the. Nature of Puni[hment to be in- Hided for Sin, yet not onthe Perfonof theSinner : for in Confefiufori, theSinner and Suretyare one. 3. That exchange is not allowed in Criminal Caufe wheretheGuilty ought to fuffer inPerfon,'tis not front any Injuftice in the Nature of the thing, for then it would not be allowed in Civil; but there are fpecial Reaföns why an Innocent Perfon, is not ordinarily ad mitted to fuffer for an offender. r,. Noman hath abfolute Power over his own life. 'Tis a depofitum configned to him for a time, and.muff bepreferv'd till God, or thePublickgood,callsfor ir. 2. The Publick would fuffer prejudice by the lofs of a-good Subjeét.. Therefore the Rule of theLaw is ju[t, Nan 4dditurperire- glens.. Thedefire ofone that de- votes himfelf to ruine is not to be heard.. And the guilty,
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