VER S.I8. An Expo{itto!l, with Notes ' . :C.H4·1hl Pfal. 8). Andwe may fing, ·GrP~cious is the·Lord) etndright~;u~, Pfa!. I r6,5. Our ·Belov€d is white and ruddy,Cant.). ro. For there . is aGod fatisfying, as well as aGod offended, fo .that Mercy and Ju– . fiice thine with an equallufhe and glory; yea I ufl:ice, which is .the Terror of the World, in Chrifl:, is made our friend,. and the chief ·ground ofour hope and fupport, as ~.John r. 9· 7 hs Lord_isi~ithful and right,eOf/Js to forgive .us our fin~ : A man woold have thought faithful and. graciotJts had been,a more proper term then faithfn! and righteous, Pardon being mofl: properly an act of fre.e grace ; but Jufl:ice being farisfied in Chrifi, 'cis no derogation to his Righteoufnefs to difpence a pardon;fo rheCrown ofGlory is cal~ed · a Crown ofRighteoufntjs, . 2 Tim.4. 8. There is an wlaole veinqf . Scriptures runneth tha~ way 1 that make,all the C011;lfort and .hope ofaChrifiian to ·hang upon Gods Righteoufnefs; yea,, ifyou will believe the ApofHe P~tu!, you fl.1all fee that Gods great intent in ap,. pointing Chrifi,rather then any other Redeemer, was to fhew him– felf jufi inpardoning, and that he might be kind to finners without · any wrong to his Righteoufnets : In £hart, That Jufiice being fa· tisfied, Mercy 'might have the freer courfe ; hear the Apofile, and . you !hall fee he fpeal<eth full to t~is purpofe, R~m.3. 2 5 ,_ 0 26. Who1!f God hathfet forth to be a Propitiation through Faith'. in his b!oo4 to declare his Righteoufnefs in the Remil]ion offins: And leafi w~ lhould lofe the Emphatical word, he redoubleth it~ To declare, I fay,his Righteoufnefs, and th?ft he might b'e ju{t, and the Iufti.{ier ofhim thu,t believeth in Iefus; . that is, in the matter of Jufiiflcai tion, where grace is moll: fre~, Godmakes his Righteou{jl.efs lliine forth, having received fatisfaction from Chrifi. ' · · .3· Comfort andDuty ar.ebrought together: The end ofall Re; ligions is, ut anirna fit fubjeCfa Deo & pacAta fibi,_, Thatthe Soul :may ~e q~~e~,io it felf, and q&edient to~hatwhich is fuppofed ·to be C9d; ~<?w.hqw' ~all_we dot~ retam, ~:are of 'D_uty, wit~~ fon.fc ~L Comfor~1 CqnfcH~ru:e cannot be fidied with loofe ·Prm· ciples : The Heathens could.not ·be 'qt1iet, and therefore when their Reafon was d.if..compofed and difiurbed wJth the rage of fenfual lufis,·-~n~, they~new· not bow to ~ridle them; .they offered . :violen~e t~Natu~e,puJkd~ out t~eir~ey~§,.'liecau(e t~ey 'could NOt look,. ~pon ~)froman i?v!tho~t lu[fin;;_ tif£5tAft~· ; ~nd- ,raged again~ their -mnocenr mem~er:, mlle~q.ot .r.~e)y;lf~cl:1n a.ffetlionn Al'l~ we that h~:ye the ltghtof~hr!fha~tcy -g~W ~u.c~ m~re~ tha~ we can· - -· -· not - .~
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