276 ,epartitottp of tieZíbitteZittvíbutev Chap. z to (care Men from fin. And all this done voluntarily, to pleafe an irregular corrupt Appetite, by -a defpicable Creature,who abfolutely depends upon God for his be- ing and happinefs. Thefe Confiderations ferioufly pondered, are molt proper to difcover the extremity ofits evil. But fen- fible demonstrations are molt powerful to convince and affect us : and thofe are taken from the fearful Pu- nifhments that are inflicted for Sin. Now the Torments ofHell which are the juft and full recompence ofSin,are not fenfible till they are inevitable. And temporal Judgments cannot fullydeclare the infinite Difpleafure of God againft the wilful contempt of his Authority. But in the Sufferings of Chrift 'tis exprelt to the ut- most. IfJuftice it felfhad rent the Heavens, and come down in the molt vifible Terror to revenge the Rebelli- ons ofMen, it could never havemade ftronger impref- fions upon us than the DeathofChrift duelyconfider- ed. The Deftructionof the World by Water, the miraculous burning of Sodom and Gomorrah by fhowers of Fire, andall other the molt terrible Judgments,do not afford fuch a fenfible inftru lionof the evil of Sin.Ifwe regard the Dignityofhis Perlon, and the depth of his Sufferings, He is an unparallel'd example ofGod's In- dignation for the breach of his Holy Law. For He that was the Son of God, and the Lord ofGlory, was made a Man of Sorrows. He endured Derifion, Scourg. ings, Stripes, and at laft a cruel and curfed Death. TheHoly of Holies was crucified between two Thieves. By howmuch the LifeofChrift was more precious than the lives of all men, fo much in his Death doth the wrath of God appear more fully against Sin, than it wo ,ld in the deftruction ofthe whole world ofSinners. And His Spirituel Sufferings 4:finitely exceeded all His Corporeal. fhe Impreflions ofWrath that were inflicted by
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