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God
iui!t1y
pstnifhed
Chriît
fur
vs.
3
o
t
be candemned,and
the wicked
acgtiitted,that
wee
who like
73
arrabas were
cruell
tnurtherers and wicked
finners
fhould
be
letbofe,
&
the immaculate lambe
ofGod
in
whom there
was
no
fault fhould
be delivered
vp
to
be
crucified;
for
what
were this
but
to make the
iufl
God
like vniufl `Pilaf?
what
were this
but
to
deny
his
owne
word, hauing
laid
that
the
righteous
fhould
liue in
his
righteouíhcífe,and
the
firmer
die
Ezecim
in his
iniquitie
?
To
which
I
anfwere,
firfi,
that
it
would not
indeed
haue
flood
with Gods
iuflice,to
haue
punifhed
Chrif}
as he
was
innocent
and
righteous,
nor
to
haue
acquitted_
and
abfolued
vs
who
were
vnrighteous
and
wicked; but
hee
pu_
nifhed
Chrif} in
refpeá
that
hee
had taken vpon him the
lins
of
ail
the
faithfull,and abfoluethvs
as
we
are
freed
from
our
fins,
and clothed with
his
righteoulnes
and
obedience.
Hee
punifhed Chrift,not
as
he was
moll
iuft
and
free
from
finne,
but
as
hee
was our
flu
ety,who
had
taken
vpon him
to
dill
charge our
debt,
and
to
fatiffie
for our
finnes,;
and thus
the
.
creditor
may
ivaly
require
his
debt
ofthe
fureti'e,though in
refpea
ofhimfelfhe
owed
him
nothing,
&
thus
he
may,nay
ought
to.releafe
the principall,
when the
furetie
hath
alrea-
die difcharged the debt. Secondly
I
anfwere
that
it
had
been iniuflice
in
God,
if
hee
had
forced our
Sauiour
Chrifl,.
who
was iufl
and innocent,
to
vndergoe the punifhtnents
which
were due
vnto
vs,
who were
malefa
tors
&
offenders
for
this were to
cordemne
the
righteous,
and
to
iuflifie
the
wicked
:but
our Saviour
Chrifl
of
his
owne
freeaccord, did
voluntarily
offer
himfclfc
to
Band
in our
place, and
to
dit=
charge
that debt
which
we
owed,and to
make fatisfaelion
to
his
father,by
fuffering
that
punifhrnent which
we
had defer-
tied.
And this appeareth, Iohn
to. i8.
where our Sauiour
Ia;s
as'b13,
faith, that
no
man
tooke
his
life
from
,rm.
but that
bee
lased
it
dolbne
ofbimrelfe..
And
the-Apofl'le
tellcth
vs
that
he
bumbled
himfelf'e,and became obedient
vnto
dcath,Phil.2.8.
In
which
re,
fpe
&,his
death
is
called a
facrifice
or free
oblation,
which
he
voluntarily
offered
vnto
his
father.
Heb.9.14.
and therefore
Hcb9.I
the Lord might ivaly
take
that
which Chriflfreeiy.gat.e,nay
it
had been cruelty andiniui1ice
i-fhe
fhould
haue
ref
ufed,thc
paicnent.offuchafuffieientftiretie,3,s eu he
voluntarily.
efe-
red
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