2.32 3:teParIttattp of Me rotbíne Irítríbute1 Chap. r 5, year old r will the Lord be plea»with thoufands ofRams, , or with ten thoufandrivers ofoil,: fhall Igive my fir1l-born for my tranfgrefon, thefruit of my Bodyfor thefin ofmy Soul TheScripture tells us that force confum'd their Children to render their Idols favourable to them. But all thefemeans were ineffeetual ; their moll cooly Sa- crifices were only food for the fire. Nay,inflead ofex- piating their old, they committed new fins; and were fo far from appeafing, that they inflamed the Wrath of Godby their cruel Oblations. But in the Gofpel there is the moll rational and eafy way propounded for the SatisfaetionofGod and the Juftification of Man. The xorn1p 6,7,9. Righteoufnefs ofFaithfpeaketh on this wife, Say not in thy heart, Who (hall afcend into Heaven? (that is,to bring down Chriflfrom above:)Orwho(ball defcendinto the deep? (that is,tobringupChrifl againfrom thedead:) But ifthou (haltconfefs with thymouth theLord Jefus,andfhalt believe in thy heart thatGod bath railedhimfrom the dead, thou (halt befaxed. The Apoftle fets forth theanxiety of an awakenedSinner, he is at a lofs to find out a way to efcape Judgment : for things that are on the furface of the Earth, or floating on the Waters, are within our view, and maybe obtained ; but thofe that are above our Underfianding to difcover, or Power to obtain, are proverbially faid to be in the Heavens above, or in.the Deeps. And 'tisapplied here to thedifferent ways.. of Juftifcation, by the Law and the Gofpel. The Law propounds Life upon an impoffible condition ;: but the Gofpel clearly reveals to us, that Chrifl hath perform- ed what is neceffary for our Juftification, and that by a lively andpractical Faith we hhall have an Intereflin it The LordJefus being afcended, hath given us a con- vincing-proof, that the .Propitiationfor our, Sins is per feet: For otherwife Hehad not been received intoGod's Sanctuary.. Therefore to be under, perplexities how we
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