t tjcContribancc of 'sr alto laciumption. 253 may feedupon the flefhof this precious Vi6 im, and drink Cliap Y 4. his Blood. As He enter'd into communion of Death with us, fo we are partakers of Lifeby Him. 2. The Compleatnefs ofhis Satisfa'ionis ground- ed on thedegrees ofhis Sufferings.There was no defect in thepayment He made. We owed a debt ofBlood to the Law, and his Life was offer'd up as a Sacrifice : otherwife the Laryhad remained in its full vigour, and Juflice had been unfatisfied. That a Divine Perlon hath fufferedour Punifhment, is properly the reafon of our Redemption. As 'tis not the quality ofthe Surety thatreleafes the Debtor fromPrifon, but the payment which he makes in his name. The Blood of Chriflflied, brat 26. 2.8. poured forth from his Veins, and offered up toGod, in M21` 14.24' that precife confideration ratifies the New-reflament. The fum is,Our Saviour by his Death fuffer'd theMale- diction of the Law, andhis Divine Nature gave afull value tohis Sufferings, fo that the fatisfaCtion procee- ding from them, was not meerly ex patio, as Brafs Mo- ney is currant by compofition ; but ex merito, as pure Gold hath an intrinfick worth; andGod who was infi- nitely provokt, is infinitely pleafed. Z. TheEffects and' Evidences ofhis compleat Satif fathon are, Firfl, His RefurreEtion from the Grave. For if we confider the Lord Chrift in the qualityof our Surety, He fatisfied the Law in hisDeath and having made compleat payment ofour Debt, He received the ac- quittance in his RefurreEtion. His Death appeafed God, His Refurredion allures Men. Ashe rofe him= felf, fo inone concurrent aEtion God is Paid to raife him. Rom; 6:4; He was releaft from the Grave, as from Prifon, by pub- Ifa' 53.I3í lick Sentence; which is an indubitable argumentof the validity and acceptance of thepayment made by him in our name. For being under finch bonds as the Júfti
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