in t!Je Conflitution of t!Je~e;jon of C!Jrifl. z67 and Rule from the diminution and wafie that was made of it by fin. As this could no way be pone, but by afull fatisfaEii– on unto Jufiice and an Obedience unto the Law, bringing and yielding morel{onour unto the Holinefs and Righteoufnefs of God, than they could any way loofe by the fin an difobe– dience ofman; fo this fatisfaflion mufi be made, and this Obe– dience be yielded in and by the fame Nature that fiimedordif– obeyed, whereby alone the Refidue of Mankind may be inte– refl:ed in the Benefits and Effects ofthat Obedience, and Satis~ . faction. Yet was it neceffary hereunto, that the Nature where– in all this was to be performed, though--Qerived from the fame common frock with that whereof in all \our Perfons we are partakers, fhould be abfolutely free from the Contagion mtd Guilt, which with it, and by it are communicated unto our Perfons, from that common flock. Unlefs it were fo there could be no undertaking in it for others,. it would not be able to anfwer for itfelf. But yet on al.l thefefuppofitions, no un– dertaking, no performance of Duty in·Humane Nature could poffibly yield that Obedience unto God, or make thatjatisfafli. on for fin, whereon the deliverance ofothers might enfue, urito the Glory of the Holinefs, Righteoufnefs and Rule of God: In this frate of things did infinite lf7ifdom interpofe it fel f, in that glorious ineffable contrivance of the Perfon ofChrijl, or ofthe Divine Nature in the eternal Son of God, and ofours in the fame individual Perfon. Other wair:s this work could . not be accomplifhed; at leafi all other waies are hidden from the eyes of all living, no created underftanding being able to apprehend any other way whereby it might fo have been un· to the eternal Glory of God. This theretore is fuch an effeCt of Divine T4'ifdom, as will be the ObjeCt of Holy Adoration and Admiration unto Eternity; as unt,o this Life, how little a portion is it we know ofits Excellency ? Mm 2
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