5 56 Arguments 4gatnfl Ursiver[al Redemption. with him , muff not , in juftice, be made to pay their own debt , & fatisfre the Law over againe : Ch rift's (tricking hands ( as the phrafe is Prov, 22: 26. )` and fo putting his name in the obligation , and accordingly making fatisfa- &ion , the Principal's name is blotted out , and he free in the time appoin- ted : for he bare our griefs , and carryed our forrotves Efai. 5 3:4, 5 and by meaner of death , he delivered them, who through fear of death were all their life time fubjetl to bondage Heb. 2: 14, 15. This matter will be further clear, if we confider (26.) How the death of Chrift was aSatisfaílion: and none can deny this, but Anrichrittian Socinian:: Others willingly grant , that Chrift did fubftirute himfelf, in the room of finners , and was willing to undergo the punishment , threatned in the Law againft fin , that the (inners , for whom he undertook fatisfadion , might be freed : So he bare their fins Efai. 53: 11. I. Pet. 2: 24. And he was made fin z. Cor. 5: z r. Hence he is called a Propitiation 1. 4 oh.2: 3. & ¢: to. loom. 3 25. Whereby we fee, that Chrift took upon him the whole Punishment , that was due to fin ; and that God , whom (inners had offended , was well pleafed with what he did and fuffered , according to that undertaking ,' yea more pleafed, than he was difpleafed with all the hones of thole , for whom. he fuffered : for hereby His Authority & Juftice was made to appear more glorious & excellent. How then can we think , that many of thole , & it may be all , for whom he gave that fatisfaEtion, may , notwithflanding, poflîbly be made to make fatisfadion for themfzlves , as they may by our Adverfaries way ? Was not his fatisfaEtíon full & cotn pleat ? Why should any then , for whom he gave that fatisfadtion , be liable to Punishment ? Is this confonant to jultice ? Did nor the Lord Jehovah fend Chrift & fit him with a body for this end Pfal. 40: 6. Heb. io:ti . & laid upon Him the iniqui- ties of us all Efai.53 :6. that He might make full fatisfaEtion for them to jufti- ce, & fuffer for them all that the Law could demand of them , or they were liable unto by the broken Law ? Did not Chrift do & fuffer all, which he ún- dertook to do, & fuffer for this end ? And did not the Father accept of what he did & fuffered , as a full Compenfation , & Satisfaótion ? And fei.ng this cannot be denied , & itis manifeft t hat this was done by Chrift as a Cautio- ner Heb. î: zz. how can it be imagined , that the Principal debtor shall not thereupon have a fundamental right to freedom & pardon , & in due time ,, after the Gofpel method, be actually Difcharged , & delivered from the pe- nalty of the Law , & Redeemed by the Satisfa &ory Price payed by the Cautioner, & accepted of the Creditour ? both not the denying, of this cer- tain & infallible EffeEt, call in que(tion the value & worth of Chrift's fatisfa Etion, and give ground to fay, that Jehovah was not Satisfied with the price; or that Chrift made no Satisfaélion ? Did not Chrift make Reconciliation for the fumes of his people ? Heb: 2: 17 ? iuY Tai dt4xpnlus, that is, ¿ai- c E09at OEIY i s;5, d,uxpriwv. Adde for a further confirmation of this. (27.) That Chri(l's death wasa propitiatingfacrifice. He gave himfe f for us, an Offering anda Sacrificeto God, for a fweet 'nulling favour Ephef.5: 2. He offered up him felf once Heb. is 2.7. He is a facri five for us , 1, Cor. 5: 7. & the iamb ofGod, which beareth , or
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