Y 40 Forgivenef'di,fcovered in the fir Prornife. Pfal.I 3c. 2. Man who had finned fubfcribed in his heart and confc. ence unto the righteousfintence of the Lnv. He knew what he had deferved, and looked for nothing but the immediate Execution of the fentcnce of death upon him. Hence he meditates not a defence, expects no pardon, ílayes not for a tryal, but oyes and bides, and attempts an efcape. Gen. 3. i o. I was afraid, faith he, and hid my fel f ; than which never were there words of greater horror in the world, nor [hall be until the day of Judgement. Poor Creature, he was full of expectation of the vengeance due for a broken Covenant. 3. G.,d hadnewly declared in the finning Angels what his 3u- fiice required, and how he could deal with finning man without the leaf( impeachment of his Government , I-iolincß or Goodnefj See 2 Pit. 2. 4, 4. There was nothing without God him(if that Jhould move him in the leaft, fo much as to fuffiend the execution ofhis wrath for one moment , he had not done fo with the Angels. All things lay now under wrath, curie, confution, and diforder: nothing was kit good, lovely, or detirable in his eye. As in the fir(1 Creation, that which was Mil brought forth from nothing was 'WO, 1111 without form and void, empty of all order and beauty ; nothing was in it to induce or move God to bring forth all things in the glory that enfued, but the whole detign of it, proceeded from his own infinite Good- nefs and Witdom ; fo was it now again. There was an Emp- tinefi and Vanity brought by tin upon the whole creation. Nothing remained that might be a motive unto a merciful Reftoration, but all is again devolved on his Soveraignty. All things being in this five and condition wherein all doors flood open to the Glory of Gods Jutlice in thepunifhing of fin, nothing remaining without him tohold his hand in the leafl ; the whole creation , and efpecially the finner himfelf lying trembling in Expectation of a dreadful doom , what now cometh forth from him ? the bletfed word which we have, Gen. 3. r 5. The feed cf the Woman fhall breaktbe Serpent: bead. It is full well known that the whole myfterie of forgivenefl is wrapt up in this one word ofpromife. And the great way of its coming forth fromGod by the blood of the Mepiah, whole beef
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