Goß's MAIMING lMMQurrv. 53 It is still accompanied with thunderings and lightnings as of old ; and it will not fail to represent the terror of the Lord to a guilty soul. Among the saints themselves I could produce in- stances to show that they have found it to be thus. The cases of Job and David are known; I shall only consider it in Christ himself. From himself, he had no'occasion of any discouraging thought; being holy, harmless, un- defiled. He fulfilled all righteousness, did his Father's will in all things, and abode in his love. This must be attended with the highest peace and most blessed joy. In the very entrance of his trials be had a full persua- sion of a comfortable issue and success; as we may see, Isaiah, 50 : 7, 8. But yet., when his soul was exercised with thoughts of God's marking our iniquities upon him, it was sorrowful unto death. He was " amazed, and very heavy." His agony, his bloody sweat, his strong cries and supplications, his reiteratedprayers, " If it be possible, let this cup pass fromme," his last and dread- ful cry, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me 1" all manifest what apprehensions he had of what it was for God to mark iniquities. Well may poor sin- ners cry out, " Lord, who shall stand1" when the Son of God himself so trembled under the weight of it. In serious thoughts of God marking sin, he is repre- sented to the soul under all those glorious terrible attri- butes and excellences which beget dread and terror in the hearts of sinners when they have no relief from any covenant-engagements in Christ. The soul looks upon him as the great Lawgiver, (James, 4 : 12,) able to re- venge the breach of it, by destroying body and soul in hell; as one terrible in holiness, of purer eyés than to behold iniquity; the living God, into whose hands it is a fearful thing to fall; as attended with vindictive justice., saying, " Vengeance is mine, I will recompense." Hell. 10 : 30. Now, for a soul to consider God clothed with
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