84 The Living Temple. Part II. When they behold the Apoftacy and Revolt of the Sons of Men, expiated by one of themfelves; but with whom the Divine Nature, in his own Son, was fo intimately united, that the Atone- 'Bent made was bothfit, as from them, and adequate, as to him. This they cannot but behold with complacential Approbation, and Ad- miration. For, no doubt, he made Creatures of filch a Capacity, with a Defign to gratify the Underftandings, hegave them, by approving, and re4 commending the exatinejs and accuracy of his Methods thereto ; otherwife, a fir lower meafure, of intellectual Abili, ty, in theft. Creatures, had anfwer'd the Creator's Furpofeas well. they, certainly, cannot but approve that way he bath taken, for itJeff; and do dpubtlefsfloop down to look into it, not with lefs Complacency, than Won- der ; it being, in the Congruity of it, as fuitable to their bright and clear In- telleús, being revealed ; as, for the ftrange Contrivance thereof, it had been altogether above them, if it had not been reverted. They cannot, when they behold a full glorious Vindication of the Offence, and Wrong done to their cot rmo't
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