ont Í m e1 awl .cbgntp rt. z6 confefs that Jefi s who was defpi fed onEarth is:fupretne Chap, r Lord. The Apoftle furs up all together in that trium t pliant challenge,'Whofhalllay any thing to thecharge of God's Elco ? 'T'u Godthatjuflifies, who is he that condern- neth ? 'T'is Chrift that died, yea rather is rifen again, who is even at the right handofGod, who alto rnaketh inter- ceffion for us. 3. The excellent benefits which God reconciledbe -- flows upon us, are the effeós and evidences of the com- pleatnefs of Chrifls Satisfaétion: And thefe are pardon of.Sin, Grace, and Glory. The Apoftle tells us that Heb 19 the Lawmade nothing perfeci : all its Sacrifices and Ce- remonies could not expiate the guilt, nor cleanfe the ftainoffin, nor open Heaven for us:which three are re- quifit toour perfection. But Chrifl by one.Offcring bath perfected for ever them that are Sanctified. By himwe H`b_ 1O. 14. obtain full Juftification, Renovation and Communion with God: therefore his Sacrifice, the Meritorious caufe ofprocuring them, muff be perfect. z . Our Juftification is the effe& of his Death : for theobligation ofthe Law is made void by it. God for- gives us our Îrefpaffes, blottingout the hand writingofOr- }. dinances that was aping us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his GroffThe terms are ufed, thatare pro- per to the cancelling a civil Bond. The killing letter oftheLaw is abolifht by the Blood of the Crofs, the Nails and theSpearhave rent it in peices; to fignifie that its condemningpower is taken away. Now the infinite vertue of his Death in takingaway the guilt offin will more fully appear, ifwe confider : r That it bathprocured Pardon for fins committed in all ages of the World. Without the intervention of aSacrifice God would not Pardon, and the molt softly that were offered upby limners,were of novalue tomake cornpenfation to Juftice : but the Blood ofChrift was the
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