Exceeding sinfulneß ofSin, 131 fin, the Scripturefaith he was made a Curfe : Were it not we had it from the holy Ghoft, no man orAngel durft fay fo, thatChrift fhould be made a Curfe; in the abftra&, ..not Curfed, but made a Curfe : What ! he that was God and Man, by the finofman was made a Curie ! Oh the difpleafure ofGod againftfin ! But yet to give it you a little more fully, fee thefe Aggra- vations, and you will fay, certainly the difplea. lure ofGodwas-great againfthis Son. I As firft, All that Chrift f í redhe perf c ly peen, it long before hefufered, andyet it n'a fodrea4ral unto him. Oh Brethren, there be many men and women undprf%and nothing at all of the wrath ofGod againft fin, thefe think there is no great matter in it : Ofall themen and women in the world, when they come to fuffer this wrath, it will bedreadful to them, becaufe it come unex- pe tedly ; they that went onmerrily andcheer- fully in the wales of fin, and for the wrath of God, never thought ofit ; now then when the wrath of God comes on them, it will be more dangerous and intoll'erable : This is the reafon why many people when their ccinfciences are awakened upon their Fick Beds, then they de- fpair,. crying and roaring under Cods wrath rand rage with defpair : Why? Becaufe they neverin their lives came tounderfiand the dan- ger-offin, and ofGods wrath for fin ; and be- caufe itcomes now fuddenly upon them, they benot able tobear it. But it was not fo with Chrifl, Chriít underftood this long before he knew what it would be before he took our Na- ;' X z tore, a
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