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Defcription of
Chrif.f,c
rightec$tfneffe.
Now
for this we are
to
know
that
fin
having
made
.
a
moR
dreadfull breach between
God
and man,
God
was
refolv'd to
have his
jullice
fatisfyed, or none
of
the children
of men
fhould
ever
be fav'd
:
If
his
juftice were not fatisfyed, they
fhould be
all
in
th
e
fame
loft
condition that the
Angels were
that
finn'd againfi
him;
Therefore
faith
God,punif
lment mull
b .initieted
for
fin
committed,.
and
that
Law
of
mine
it rnuft.
be kept,
or none shall be
excepted. Now
when
God
Rood up-
on
this, thathe
would' not
meerely through mercy
fay
thus,
You
have finned
againt+
me,and I
will
pardon
you, and
there's
an
end
;
No
faith
God,
you have
now:finn'd, and
I
am
refolv'd
my
Office
{halt be
honoured
either
in
your
eternal!
perdition
or'fome other
way
wherein
my
juftice
{hall have
as
muda ho -
nour
as
if
you
were eternally damned.
Man
is
now in
fuch a.
condition
fallenthat
he
hath
loft
all
righteoufneffe,
that
he
is,
not
able
to
think
a
thought, to
fpeake
a
word,
to
doe
an
aötion
that.is righteous, acceptable to
God
:
But
faith
God,
I
am
re-
folved
upon
this
that
I
will havemy
righteous
Law
kept
if
ever-
you be fav'd
:What
a
dreadfull
condition
is
man in now,know-
ingwhat
God
Rands'
upon
1
why
thenmuff not
all
men perith
eternally
?
If
that queftion
had been askt
in heaven
after
Gods
revealing
fuch
a
determination of
his,
furely
all
the Angelis
in
heaven
muff have
given
in
their
anfwer, then man
muff
perifh,
we cannot
fee
any way how
it's'poifsble for
them
to
be
fav'd,
if
God
Rands
thus upon
it
:
But
now
Jefus
Chrift, the wifdome
of
the Father, the
fecond perfon
in
Trenity, he
comes
in
and
thews
a
way, how
the juftice, the
infinite juRtce of
God
may
be
fatisfied, the
Law
kept,
and
wretched
f
infull
corrupt
man
yet
faved
The
Lord Jefus Chrift
comes and
tenders
himfelf
to
be
the
head
of
a
fecond
Covenant,
faying
as
it
were
after
this
manner, Father,
all
mankind
is
fallen from
thee
in
that fire
co-
venant
that
thou haft made with
them,
and
they
are
all now
fhut
up
under
fin and
unrighteoufnefs,
but
I
am
content
to
be
the
head ofanother Covenant, for
to
be
a
Mediatour to
take
their nati
re upon
me,
and
Ile
take
fuch
a way
for
their
falvati-
on
as
thy
juftice fhall be no loofer,thou
{halt have
as
much glo-
ry
to thy
juüice,as'thou Ihouldu
have
if
they were
all
damned,,
and