each PER so N d int1ly. 257 God, Chrift revealeth in his doftrine, in the revelation he makesof God and his will, as thegreat prophet ofthe church, Yoh. xvii. 6. ' And on this ac- count the knowledge of them is expúfed to all, with an evidence unfpeak- ably furmounting that which is given by thecreation, to his eternal power and godhead. But the life of this knowledge lies in an acquaintance with his perfon, wherein- the exprefs image and beams of this gloryof his fa- ther do Mine forth, Heb. i. 3. of which before. [a.l There are other properties of God, which though alfo otherways difcovered, yet are fo clearly, eminently and favingly only in Jefui Chrift. As s.) His vindiilive juflice in punifhing fin. a.) His patience, forbearance and long- fuffering towards Burners. 3.) His wifdoin, in managing things for his own glory. 4.) His all-fufhciency in himfelf and unto others. All thefe though they may receive force lower and inferiour manifeftations out of Chrift, yet they clearly thine only in him, fo as that it may be our wifdom, to be acquainted with them. 1.) His vindillive juftice. God bath indeed many waysmanifefted his indignation and anger againfi; fin; fo that men cannot but know that it is the judgment of.God, that .bey which commit fach things are worth) ofdeath, Rom. i. 32. He hath in the law threatned to kindle a fire in his anger, that Bull burn to the very-heart of hell. And even in many providential difpeafations, his wrath is reveal- ed from heaven againli all the ungodlinefs of men,' Rom. i. 18. So that men mull fay that he is a God of judgment. And he that fhall but confider that the angels for fin were calì from heaven, {hut up under chains of everlaflìng darknefs unto the judgment of the great day*. The rumour whereof feems to'have been fpread among the gentiles, whence the poet makes his 'rspiter-threaten the mferiour rebelliousdeities with that puni{h- ment. And howSodom and Gomorrah were condemned with an overthrow, and burned- into allies, that they might be examples unto thofe thatfhould after live ungodly, z Pet, ii. 6. cannot but difcover much of God's vindi!- tuve juftice, and his anger againft fin; but far more clear loth this fhine in- to us in the Lord Chrift. (a. In him God hath manifefted the natuealnefs of this righteoufnefs un- to him, in that it was impoffible that it {hould be diverted from linnets, without the interpofng of a propitiation. Thofe who lay the neceffity of fatisfaftion meetly upon the account ofa free aft and determination of the will of God, leave to my apprehenfson no juft and indifpenfible (a) founda- tion for the death of Chrift, but lay it upon a fuppofition of that which Might havebeen otherwife. But plainly God in that he (b) feared not hisonly fon, but made hie foul an dietingforfin, and would admit of no at- tonement but in his blood, hash abundantly manifefted that it is of necefi- ty to him (his holinefs, and righteoufnefs requiring it,) to render indigna- tian, wrath, tribulation and anguifh unto fin. And the knowledge of this naturalnefs ofvinditlive juftice, with theneceflity of its execution on fuppofi- ' "H ¡sry én.¿v /,4, sTáp7aegv ü.e v1á, T»re sOc lie' ßoa,,,, 11Só X.5,4* 55 Aftfie, '45ea.dliq,,a, Ti 'rd... 5 xanseos ¿odds T,40,2 1119.4* v'idea óuov aeyvós er äz¿ yaíns, Homer. (s) Vid.Diatrib. 1534. Vint. (o) Hem viii. 32. Ifa. lui. so. Heb. x.7,8, 9, 8om,ï. 32, 4Tts.i. 5, 4. PIel. v. 5, 6. Hab. i,.3, Pt. cxix. i35. -3' t t tiOTï
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