P t 20. 6o9 chap. 7 %1n Bx o f ttoaupon the Boo k 0 f J 0 B. veil' the tree; that is in, his humanity or humane nature,while he dwelt with us in the body. Body is not here oppoled to Soul, but in- cludes it ; as fometime the whole work is laid upon the foul of Chrift, not excluding his body, Ifa. 53 . t o. When thou fhalt make his foul an offeringfor fin. By the whole man this offering was made, and the whole man bare our fins on the tree. That paf- fage,iV7at.S. t7 (where the firft prophetic oflfaiah is quoted,is very emphatieal) when Chrift had healed many of their otaiward di- fiempers, this reafon is added, That it might be fulfilled, which is written (fc. IIa. 53. 9.) himfelf took, our infirmities, and bare our ftckneJ es. Now Chrift took our infirmities, and bare our iïckneffes, when he took andbare our fins : when he took fin, he took that which was the neceffary fruit of fin, our fickncfles and our forrowes; For as in Scripture Chrift is laid to be made fin for us, that is, with the fin he bare thofe affiiftions and forrowes, which are the confequents of fin;fo here, when it is Paid, He bare ourforrowes and our fick,,neff'es,it takes in the bearing of thofe fins, which procured and prcduced thole forrowes. The Greek words ufed by theEvangeliftare full with this fente, Tzßk 7c14 He tookthem to him, he received them upon himfelf; he (as it ors ß sa1v were) tranflatedg them from poor finful man, to his own bo- affumpf-rfecù, cugae recepit dyThe word alto imports his takingour fins and fickneffes upon tgaafl al fc. him, as a vefture or a garment, and fowrapping himfelf in them: (lulir. We know our fins by nature cloath us a garment, ours is not only a burden, but a cloathing of fin and hithinefs, Takeaway his filthy garments (faith the Lord concerning Jofhua the high Prieft) then followes, and unto him I fard, I have eaufed thine iniquity to pafjefrom thee, and! will cloath thee with change of rayment. Man fan, not his own nakednefs, till he was cloathedwith fin, Gen. a. Chrift to anfwere that, cloaths and wraps himfelf withour fins. As we our felvs were wrapped about and cloathed with them ; he cloaths himfelf with our forrows , as we our felves were cloathed with forrow. Ih which fence among others Chrift may be called aman offurrows; as we may call a man cloathed with rags, a man of rugs; and a man cloathed with (ilk, a man ilasa . offlkk. The fecond word of the Evangelift,Mat. t 8,i7,figniifics to bear as a Porter bears a greatburden ; Chrift took, up t at burthen under which all the Angels in Heavetr would have funk; he took Xxxx2
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