Part II. The Living Temple. 3 29 or to think that he looks with In- differency upon Sin, or counts it a (mall Matter. And fuppofe it poi - fible a Tingle Delinquent might have been pardon'd , without fuck A- tonement made for his Offence, the Defign of God's unbounded Mercy not being fo narrow, but fo vaft- ly comprehenfive, as to require the fettling of a fiated Courfe, for the reducing, and laving of Loft Souls, in all Times, and Ages ; fince a Redeemer of to high Dignity was to be conftituted, for this purpofe ; it had been an unexpreffìble Injury to him, a Detraction from the Kind- nefs of his Clndertaking, and the Au- thority of his Office, that any thing of Mercy fhould be fhewn in this kind, but in him, and by him a- lone. But that it may be further under- flood, how regi,ifite it was filch Atonement fhould be made, filch a Sacrifice offered , for the Sins of Men, in order to God's fettling his temple, and Prefence with them, we were to confider, not onlywhat was to be remitted, which we have done ; but
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