Ver.7. the 17thChapter of St: J O H N. Sj , written of me, to do thy Will, O God : as if God had fet down in a Book, a Draught and Model of his Defìgns, and then fhewed it to Chrift. 2. As the Supream Caufe, in whom Divine Power was eternally refident, he affifteth Chriff in the aceomplifinnent of this Work, and qualiheth him for his Office; with Power and Mercy. Chtift in his own Perron, wóuld {hew ùs the Fountain from whence all Mercies do arife. Pfal. 45.7. He was anointed with the Oil of Gladnefi above his Fellows ; the Father is not only fáid to beget him,. but to;anoint him. His comppaffìo- nate Spirit he received from the Holy Ghoft ; Luke 4: i8. The Spirii. of the 19x4 i, Ili- on me, becaufe the Lord bath anointed me to preach the Gospel, &c. God gave him tender- nefs and bowels to poor broken-hearted Sinners. So for Power and Strength , John 5. tg. The Son of Man can do nothing of bimfelf, as feparate and dierina froth the Fa, ther ; not out of any weaknefs, but becahie of the Unity of the EffenCe, as God, dud on the fcederal Agreement,as Mediator. 3. As Supream Judg, he appointeth his Sufferings, and the nieafure of the Satisfa.: lion he was to make. Ms 4.28. To do whatfoever thy Hand and thy Counfel determined before to be done : Whatever Men did to him, it was by his Hand and Gonad. We muff look to an higher Court, from God's Providence to God's Decreed If it had been done without his knowledg and confent, nothing would have been done for eur- Salvation. Him being delivered, by the determinate Counfel of God, ye have taken, Ads 2.24. a word taken from Mats to Beggars. -We wanted a Price for our Redemption, and God gave it out of his own Treafury ; Rota. 4. ult. He was deli- vered for our Of nces 5 a Metaphor taken from a Judg, who delivereth up the Male- War into the Hands of the Executioner. Chrift was delivered._ by God .as our Sure- ty, one that by his Decree was to be refponfible to his Jttftice for Man's Sin : The Fa- ther was to reward him for this, by railing him from the dead, and to give him leave to return to his own Glory; therefore he asketh leave to return to Heaven, Vert: 5. And now, 0 Father, glorify thou me with Mine own felf, with the Glory which I had with thee before the World was. After the Price and Raritan was paid, the Father was to give Chrift a Power to rife from the Dead, and to go into Heaven. There is Patel/as and Potentia, vatsus, i..txeIa. Chrift had Power in himfelf,and leave from the Father; till the Father fhould declare himfelf to be fatisfied, Chrift was not to be difmiffed from Punifhment. Our Surety was not to breakPrifon but honourably to be brought out by the Judg, for this was theAffurance God would give the World ; Als r 7. 31. He will judg the World in Righteoufnefs, by the Man whom he bath ordained ; whereof be bath given affurance unto all Men, in that he hath railed him from the Dead. It is not on- ly an Effel of the Divine Power, but an All of Divine Juflice. And being railed up, he is to be crowned with Glory and Honour, as having abundantly done his Work for the Salvation of Creatures: Heb. 2. g. We feeJefim, for the fuffring of Death, crowned with Glory and Honour. The Father's Heart was Co' taken with it, that he honoureth Chrift for this Reafon. And again, he giveth Power and Authority to fave Sinners. Alts 5.31. Him bath God exalted to be a Prince and a Saviour, to give Repentance to Iliad, and forgivenef of Sins He bath railed him up to be a Prince of Salvation. Here is the end of ell, that Chrift as Mediator might be in a Capacity to bring Souls to Heaven. And in this Work there is a confiant co- operatiött of the Di- vine Power; 1 Cor. 1. 3o. Of God he is made. to us Wifdom, and Righteoufnefs, and Saniliftcation, and Redemption. All the Emanations of Grace come originally from the Father, in and through Chrift, to all his Members. Z)fi 1. Comfort. What would have become of us, if the Father himfelf had not found out fach a Remedy ? God had Power to. punifh. Sins in our own Perlon, he needed no Mediator. To fave Sinners, is not proprietas divine nature, but opus liberi confilii, it dependeth on God's Appointment ; and if Chrift had been a Mediator only by the Vote of the Creature, he might have been refufed. Exod. 32. 33. Wbofoever bath finned againfi me, him will I blot out of my Book: There is much in the Father's Alt. Now God bath given Chrift a Faculty to this purpofe; when we,go to God, we may offer a Mediator authorized by himfelf, thou haft fent thy bl'effed Son to be a Mediator for me. 2 Epift. John 9. He that abideth in the Dalïrine of Chrift, he bath the Father and the Son. You may urge it upon your Fears and Suggeftions.of Satan. God is not only the wronged Party,. but Supream Judg ; it is no matter what Satan faith,'or, your own Hearts fay, if the Lord bath laid, he will accept Sinners in Chrift. Rom. 8. 33, 34. who fball lay any thing to the charge of God's Elea ? It is God that juftifeth 5 who
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