in the Collflittttion oftlie Perjon of Cljrift J63 or conceptions of Jufrice; nothing that might be exemplary unto men in the punifhmcnt of crirries, tllat the_fins of an infinite number of men, deferving every one of them eter– nal death, 1hould be expiated by the tempormy fofferings of one meer man, fo as to demonHrate the Righteouii1efs of God in the puni!hment of fin. But God cloth not do thefe. things for jhew or appearance, but according unto the real exigence of the holy Properties of his Nature. And on that fuppofition there mufi be a proporti. n between the things themfelves, namely, the fufferings of one, and the delive– rance of all. Nor ·could the Faith of man ever find a}l.tble Foundation to fix upon on the ft;tppofy:ion before mentioned. No Faith is able to conflict with this Objection, that the fufferings of one meer man fhould be accepted with God as a jufl: compen– fation for the fins of the whole Church. Men who in things ofthis Nature fatis fy themfelves withNotions and Fancies may digeft fuch fuppofitions. But thofe who make ufe of Faith for their own delivery from under a ConviCtion of fin, the nature and demerit ofit, with a fenfe of the 'Vrathof God and the curfe of the Law againfi it, can find no relief in fuel~ .Notions or Apprehenfions. But it became the TJ!ifdom ofGod, in the difpenfation of himfelfherein unto the Church, fo to order things, as that Faith mighthave an immoveable Rock to build upon. Thisaloneithathin thePerfon ofChrifl, God and man, his obedience and fufferings. Wherefore thofe by whom the Di·vine Nature of the Lord Chrifi is denied,do all of them abfolutdy deny alfo that he m:1de mryfatisfa– Efion uoto Divine Jufl:ice for fin. They will rather fwallow all the abfurdities which the ahfolute difm;.ffion of(in without fatisfaB:ion. or punifhment cloth bring along with it, than grant that -a meer man could make any fuch, fatisfatl:ion by– his temporary fufferings for the fins of the world. And on the·
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