56 Go#el (Rsmi son, Ir pleafed the Lord tòbraifc him, and. hip fciil was made an Offer- ing for fin : all was laid upon Chrift ; V /eJ,butwhat did Chrift look for for all this.? Ver. Lt. He jhall fee of the travetofhis fc,tdand_Pall J tisfied,; that that !hall íatishe Chrift for all his pains ,Iabour and hafferings, (hail be to lee of the travel of his foul.: What is, that ? What is the travel of Chris foul-? What ? Why by his knowledge {hall my righteous. fervant juftifie many; .as ifChrift had fad, this is the very thing my Soul travells for in all that I have done or futl:_red in a'.l my life, that I might but bring this great bufinc fs topafs, to j ìf fie f ,mee4,uis, to get the fin of thole poor fouls that are thine Elea pardoned, and their per.fons ju ified : th s my foul travells for, anti oh Father let nie but fee this, the travel of my Soul , and f am Satisfied Chrift accounted it worth all the travel cf his Soul, in all he &d and ft.ffered , that he might juftifie fame fouls, as if he had Paid, he would have no other boon from his Father, but only this ; Father,if thou wilt but recompence all my travel with this, I Shull for ever account my felt that I am facisfied, and have enough : How Should we be Satisfied wi.h Chrift, when Chrift accounts the pardon of our fins fatisfad`dion enough ? Shall Chrift fay, notwithftanding all my furrows, let thy fin be par- doned, and s have enough ? gilt not thou now fay ; and let me have Chrift and I have enough ? Chrift fayes to God the Father, let mehave thofe fouls pardoned, and I have enough; Oh then do thou fay, let mehave Chrift and I have enough : Surely Chrift is enough to fatisfie thee, when the pardon of thy fin is enough to fatisfie him. 3. As the heart ofGod and Chrift, fo the heart of the Holy Ghoft is in this bufnefctoo ; the great work the Holy Ghoft bath to do in this world, and the great bufinefs for which he was fent ; it is to convince poor fouls of the righteoufnefs there is to be had in Chrift for Juftification, job. 16.8,9, to. Chrift will fend the Conforter -andf.r/ he will convince the worldoffin. 2,. Ofrighteoufncß.What is that ?that is,when the Spirit comes,he will clear it up unto believers, and convince them that the righ- teoufnefs that they mutt have to Band righteous before God in, is the righteoufnefs-of Chrift alone : and this is a mighty work of the Spirit of God, and a work that would have been done,
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