g I 2 The Gofpel of the Legal Purifications. Glory of the Perron of Chrift. Who is the Image of the invifble God, by him were all things made. The Dignity of his Perfon puts an infi- nite Value on his Blood and Sufferings, mounting the Blood of Chrift to a higher SatisfaEtion of Divine Julticey than the Blood of all the Elea. The Righteoufnefs of 'Jefus Christ is a more glorious Righ- teoufnefs than if all the Elea had fuffered for themfelves ; that had been but the Blood of Sinners, this the Blood of God. 2. The fpeedy SatisfaCiion that is made to Divine ufdice. Chrift paid all the Debt at once, which Sinners milt have been paying for ever : And-this is more Satisfaaory to the Creditor, than to have the Debt long a paying. If a Man owe an hundred Pounds, and muft lie in Prifon till the Debt be paid, paying ten Pounds every Year ; this Debt will be long in payipg, and it will not be fo fatisfaaory to the Creditor, as if a Bich Man fhould come and fec the Prifoner free, by paying the Debt prefently. 3. He fatisfied fully, and paid the whole Debt, John i9. 3o. Our Sa- viour faith, now it is fini(hed. He hath made full and perfea'Satisfa- aion to Divine Juftice. So that the Law of God-hath more Honour, and the Juftice of God more Glory, by the Sufferings of Chrift, than if all the Elea had ruffered. 3. Compare the Blood of Chrifi with the Righteoufnefs ofSaints and An- gels, his Righteoufnefs, and their Righteoufnefs. There is a greater Glory in Jefus Chrift's Obedience Aaive and Paffive, then in the Righteoufnefs of all the Angels in Heaven, though they had never fin. ned :.for theirs is but the Righteoufnefs of Creatures, in whom is a negative Imperfeaion, N64..18. He chargeth the Angels with Folly, and the Heavens are impure in his fight. Chrift's Righteoufnefs is more worth, then all the Righteoufnefs of all the Creatures. 4. If compared with the Power of Sin in its kind, to defile and damn Souls . There is a far greater Power in the Blood of Chrift to cleanfe and fave, then in Sin to defile and deftroy. Rom. 8. 3. The Lawbe- carne weak to do good, but it hath Power to Condemn. The firength of Sin is the Lam, t Cor. 15. 56. The Law gives,frength- to Sin, be- caufe by Virtue of the Curfe of the Law, Sin reigns and defiles the Souls of Men through that righteous Curfe, The Soul that Sins jhall -die. But the Blood of Jefus Chrift hath greater Power to fave, then Sin ( together with the Law) hath to Condemn for the Blood ofChrift takes away and abolifhes it utterly. Where this Blood is applied and brought home, Sin it felf cannot ruine that Soul. The Soul is poyfon- ed and corrupted by Sin ; but the Blood of Chrift takes away that Poyfon, and makes the Soul Pure and Holy, as ifit never had The d;
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