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56

Go#el

(Rs

mi

son,

Ir

pleafed the

Lord

braifc 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

travetof

his

fc,td

and

_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

to

pafs, 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 me

have

thofe

fouls

pardoned,

and

I have

enough;

Oh

then do

thou fay,

let

me

have

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

of

God

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

-and

f.r/

he

will

convince

the

world

of

fin.

2,.

Of

righteoufncß.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,