193 / 772
Spiritual!
af
ielions no
infal':blefignes
of
Cj
ods
hatred.
165
and belt beloued
fonne,in
whom
he profeífeth himfelfe
to
be
well pleafed,Mat.3..i
7.
Seeing therefore our Sauiour
Chrift
Matth.3.1.
who
was
the natural
fonne and heire
ofGod,and
fo
tenderly
beloued
of
his
heauenlie father
that
in him hee
loueth
all
his
children,did
notwithilanding
indure
not
only grieuous
aflli-
&
}ions
ofbody,but
the intollerable
burthen
of
his
fathers dif-
pleafure in
his foule
al
fc:why
fhould
we
imagine
p
either our
outward
or
inward
aff3ieiions
are
any lignes
or arguméts
that
God
hateth
or hath
reieaed
vs?
efpecially
cófidering
that
he
hathpredef
inated
vs
to
be
made
like
to
the
image
ofhisfonne,nót
only in
hisglory,but
alto
in
his
of
i[li-s;fo
that
f
rfl
we
anufl
fuf
er
tom.8.
rg.
with
him,&
after
raigne
with
him, as
it
is
Ro.8.29.2.Tit11.2.12,
z.
.
z
But
it
may
be obie
&ed
that
our Sauiour
Chrift
fuffered all
z.
Y
Pet.
a.zz:,
this,not
for anie
finne
that
was
in himfelfe,for
he
did
nofanne,
neither
was
thereguile
found
in his
mouth.
I
.Pet.
2.2
2.
but
he
was wounded
for our
tranfgrefons,
he
was
broken
for
our iniqui-
ties,
as
it
is
Efa.5
3.5
And therefore
conf
dering
that
the
E5:53.5%,
Lord
did
thus
hate
rime,
euen
when
his
dearelie
beloued
fonne did take
it
vpon
him;how
much
More
will he hate
it
in
vs?
ifhe
fo feuerelie
punifhed
his
deare
darling
when
he
had
Ánfwere.
taken the
fznnes
of
others
vpon
him,
how
fearefull
punifh-
r.Pet.3.¡8.
merits are
prepared for the
fanners
themfelues?
I
anfwere,
that
indeede
Chrifl
who
was
iufl
didfuffer
for
vs
who
were
vas-.
iufl,
as
it
is
i Pet.3.18.
and
that
fsnne is
fo
odious to
Gods
eies,
that
rather then
it
fhould
not
bee
punifhed, hee would
punifhit in
his
deerelie beloued
fonne;
the confidcration
whereoffhould
make
vs
alfo
to hate
and
flie
from
it
as
the
greaten
euill
:
but
yet
this
fhouldbe
fo
farre
of}
from difcou-
raging
vs,
or
from
making
vs
doubt
of
Gods
loue,
that no-
thing
in
the
world
loth
more
affure
vs
thereof; no confolati-
on can
be imagined more comfortable:for
what
greater tefli-
monie
ofGodslóue
can
be
imagined,then
that
whë
we were
Rom.
5.1°.
ffrangers,yea enemies
to
God,he
fhould
fend
his
deare
belo-
ued
fon
to
die
for vs,to
the
end
that by
this meaner
his
iuf
+ice
might
be
fatisfied,his
wrath appeafed,and
we
being
receiued
into
grace
&
fauour,might be made
hires
ofeuerlaf}ing
life?
what greater
affurance can
we
haue
that
our
fins
are
forgiuen
vs,
then
that
they
are alreadie
punifhed in Chrift
?itbeing
a-
M
3
gainf