'70 je*amour of air, Chap, the other : ForChrift hatb redeemed them from the Curfe .ofthe Lary, beingmade a Gurfefor them. The Fopifh Dotrine of Satisfa&ion to offended Ju. Rice by our fuffering temporal Evils,is attended with ma ny perniciousConfequences : z , It robs theCrofs ofChrift ofone part of its Glory; as if fomething were left tous tomake up in the degrees and vertue of his Sufferings. 2 . It refle&s on Gods Juftice, as if he meted two different Satisfa&ions for Sin : theone fromChrift our Surety, the other from the Sinner. 3. Itdifparages his Mercy,in making Him to punifli whomHe pardons, and to inflict a Penalty after the Sin is remitted. 4. 'Tisdangerous to Man,by feedinga falfe.Prefump- tion in him; as ifby the merit of his Sufferings,he could expiateSin, and obtain part of that Salvationwhich we entirely owe to the Death ofour Redeemer. The difference between Chaftifements, and purely vindictive Punifhments, appears in three things : z . In the Caufes fromwhence they proceed. The fevereft Sufferings ofthe Godly are not the effe&s ofthe Divine Vengeance. 'Tis true, they are Evidences of Gods difpleafure againft them for Sin,but not ofHatred. For being reconciled to them in Chrift, Hebears an un- changeable Affection to them ; and Love cannot hate, though it may beangry. Themotive that excites God to corre ± them is Love : according to that teftimony Hob. I x, 6.. of the Apoftle, Whom the Lord loves he chaflens. As fometimes out of his fevereft difpleafure He for- m. I. s. bears to ftrike, andcondemns obftinate Sinners to Prof - perity here; fo from the tendereft Mercy he afllids his own. But purely vindictive Judgments proceed from mèer wrath. 2. They differ in their Meafures. The Evils that Be- lievers
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