each PERSON cliftintlly. 345 They make this commutation I fpeak of with Jefus Chrift, that is, t.) 'They ferioufly confider, and by faith conquer all obje&ions to the ceottary, rfiat Jellts Chrift by the will and appoinnnentofthe father, hath really undergone the puniíhtnent that was due to thofe fins, that lay now un- der his eye and confideration, ifa. liii. 6. 2 Cor. v. 21. He bath as cer- tainly and really anfwered the juftice of God, for diem, as if he himfelf, the finer, fhould at that infant be cart into hell, he could do. a.) They hearken to the voice of Chrift calling them to him with their burden; Come unto meye that are weary and heavy laden, come with your burdens, come, poor foul, with thyguilt of fin, whywhat to do ? why, ibis is mine faith Chrift, this agreement I madewith my father, that Ifhould come, and take thy fins, and hear them away, they were my lot. Give me thy burden, give me all thy fins ; thou knower} not what to do with them, I know how to difpofe of them well enough, fo that God Hall he glorified and thy foul delivered. Hereupon, 3.) They lay down their fins at the crofs of Chrif, upon his Moulders ; this is faith's great and bold venture upon the grace, faitlifulnefs, and truth of God. To fand by the crofs and fay, all ! He is bruifedtár ny fins, and woundedfor my tranfdrefons, and the chá/iifement of my peace is capon him. He is thus made fin for me. Here I give up my fins to him that is able to bear them, to undergo them. He requires it of my hands, that I Mould be content that he Mouldundertake for them, and that I heartily confent unto. This is every day's work. I know not how any peace can he maintained without it. If it be the work of fouls to receive Chrift, as made fin for us, we muf receive him, as one that takes our fins upon him. Not as though he died any more, or fuffered-any more, but as the faith of the Saints of old, made that prefent and done before their eyes, not yet Caine to pals, Heb. xi. s. fo faith now, makes that prefent, which was accomplifhed and pall many generations ago. This it is to know Chrift crucified. 4.) Having thin by faith given up their fins to Chrift, and feen God lay- ing them all on him, they draw nigh, and take from him, that righteoufnefs which he hath wrought out for them; fo fulfilling the whole of that of the apofle, a Cdr. V. 2h. He was made fin for us, that we might become the righteoufnefs of God in him. They confider him tendering himfelf and his righteoufnefs, tobe their righteoufnefsbefore God, they take it, and ac- cept of it, and compleat this blelïed bartering and exchange of faith. An- ger, curfe, wrath, death, fin as to its guilt, he took it all away; with him we leave whatever of this nature belongs to us, and from him we receive, love, life, righteoufnefs and peace. But it may be laid, Surely this course of procedure can never be accepta- ble to Jefus Chrift, What? Hall we daily come to him, with our filth, our guilt, our fins? may he not; will he not bid us keep them to our lelves, they are our own ; Hall we be always giving fins, and taking righteoufnefs? There is not any thing that Jefus Chrift is more delighted with, than that his Saints fhould always hold communion with him, as to this bufinefs of giving and receiving. For, (h. This exceedingly honours him, and gives him the glory that is his due ; many indeed cry, Lord, Lord, and make mention of him, but ho- nour him not at all. How fo? They take his work out of his hands, and afctibe it unto other things,their repentance, their duties, Hall beat their ini- quities. They do not fay fo, but they do fo. Thecommutation they make, if theymake any, it is with themfelves. All their bartering about fin, is in Soss and
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