244 fle Partttonp of tOe Iftíribn.íe,s Chap.' Jufliceand Power of God, he could never have loafed the pains ofDeath, ifhis Sufferings had not been fully Sa- Aas L.'4 tisfaEtory and received by him for our difcharge. And 'cis obfervable that the railing of Chrift is afcribed to Heb. 13, no. God as reconciled ; Now the God ofpeace, who brought again from the dead the great Shepherd of the Sheep, through the Blood of the everlasting Covenant. The Di- vine Power was not put forth till God was pacified. Juftice incenfed expofed him to death, and Juflice ap. pelted freed Him from the dead. And his RefurreEli- on is attributed to his Blood, that being the full price ofhis and our Liberty. In fhort, when inflexible Juftice ceafes to punifh, there is the ftrongeft proof 'tis fatif- fied. Secondly, His Afcent into Heaven, and interceffion for us, prove the compleatnefs and alfufficiency ofhis Sacrifice. IfHe had beenexcluded from the DivinePre- fence, there had beenjuft caufe to fufpeEt that anger had been fill remaining in God's Breaft ; but His admiffion intoHeaven is an infallible teftimony that Godis recon- ciled. This our Saviour produces as the Argument by which the Holy Ghoft will overcome theguilty fears of Men;Hefhallconvince the WorldofRi hteousnefs, becaufe John 16, io. Igo to my Father. Chrifl in his Sufferings was num- bred among tranfgreffors, He dyed as a guilty perfön, not only in refpet of the calumnies of Men, but the Curie of the Law,and the Wrath ofGod,which then ap- peared inexorable againff fin. But having overcome Death, and broke through the weight of the Law, and retired to his Father, he made apparent the innocency ofhis righteous Perfon, and thata compleat Righteouf- nefs is acquired by his Sufferings, fufñ;ient to juftifie all that fhall truly accept ofit. This will be more evident, by confidering his entry intoHeaven as the true High Prieft, who carried the Blood
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