in COntribfttg pan'g ifieacmptfoita 79 that thou mightefi be juilifed in thy fayings, and over- Chap. V come when thou judgefl. Which doth not refpeft the intention of David, but the event only. The greater his injuftice was in the commifon, the more clear would God's Jufticebe in the condemnation of his Sin. 2. The wifdomof God appeared in ordaining fuch a Mediator, who was qualified to reconcile God to Man, and Man to God. The firm and molt admirable Article in the myflery ofGodlinefs, and the founda- tion ofall the refs is, thatGod is manifefl in the Flefh. 'Tim. 3. i6. The middle mull equally touch the extreams. A Me- diator muff be capable of the fentimentr and affefti ons of both the parties he will reconcile. He mull be a juft efteemer of the Rights and Injuries of the one and the other, and have a common intereft in both. The Son of Godaffuming the HumaneNature, perfe&t- ly poffefles thefe qualities, he hath zeal for God, and companion for Man. He hath taken pledges of Hea- ven and Earth ; the fupreme Nature inHeaven, and the molt excellent on the Earth, to make the hoflitityceafe between them. He is Immanuel by nature and office. And if no lets than an infpired Wifdom could devife how to frame the earthly Tabernacle, wherein God Exod. 36- dwelt in a fhadowy and typical manner, what Wifdom was requifite to frame the Humane Nature of Chrift, wherein the Deity was really to dwell ? John i.. Now to difcover more clearly the Divine Wifdom in uniting the two Natures in Chrifi, to qualifie him color. 16. for his office, 'tis requifite to confider that the office of Mediator bath three chargesannext to it; thePrieftly, which refpetcs God ; the Prophetical and Kingly, which regard Men. Thefe have a refpe& to the evils which opprefsfain Man : And they areGuilt,Ignorance, Sin and Death. Man was capitallyguiltyof thebreach. of Gods Law, and under the tyranny of his Lufts, and in the iffue liable to Death.. The
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