in tonírfbfng 9]r lieaemption; 241 the Blood of' the Mediator peaks better things than Ch. XIII. that of Abel: For that cried for revenge againft the Murderer, but his procures remiffion to Believers. And Heb. 12.24- as the juft defert of fin is feparation from the pretence of God, who is the fountain of felicity; fo when the guilt is taken away, the perfon is received into God's favour and fellowfhip. A reprefentation of this is let down in the 24 of Exod. where we have defcribed Exod, 24.6, the manner of dedicating the Covenant between God IL and Ifrael by bloodySacrifices: after Mafes had finifht the Offering, and fprinkled the Blood on the Altar and the People, the Elders of ifrael who were for- bid before to approach near to the Lord, were then in- Exod. 24. ç, vited to come into his prefence, and in token of re- Io, I I. conciliation feafted before him. Thus the Eternal Heb.13. 20. Covenant is eftablifht by the Blood of the Mediator, II, 2 22.20. and all the benefits it contains, as remiffion of lins, freedom to drawnear to the Throne of Grace, and the enjoyment of God in Glory, are the fruits of his re- concilingSacrifice. The fum of all is this, That as under the Law God was not appealed without fhedding of Blood, nor fin expiated without fuffering the punifhment, nor the firmer pardoned without the fubftitution of a facrifice; fo all thefe are eminently accomplifht in the Death of Chrift. He reconciled God tous by his molt precious Blood, and expiated fin by enduring the Curfe, and hathprocured our pardon by being wadefn for ts. So that 'tismolt evident, that the proper and dire& end of the Death of Chrift was, that God might exercife his Mercy to the guilty firmer in a way that is honour- able to his Juftice. 'Tis obje&ed, that if God from infinite Mercy gave his Son to us, then antecedently to the coming of Chrift he had the higheft love for mankind, and con- I i fequently
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