200 Chap.3. 1.1 Cornrneratarie vpon He indured it willinglyof his owne accord : he did not onely inmiede fee it beforehis eyes, but allohe felt it : it was laid and i I impofed on him, and he incountredwith it : but it had no do- minion or lordthip ouer him. AC1. 2. 24. The fecond is How much he fuffered ofthewrath ofGod? "Inf. The puniíhment S he fuffered was in value and mealure anfwerabie to all the i " :u ' fenes of all theElea pafl , prefent , and to come : the God - ` head fupporting the manhood, that it might be able to beate, and ouercome the whole burden of the wrath of God. Ifit be faide , that a creature cannot hauean infinite apprehenfon of to the wrath of God : I anlwer, it fuffceth that God laid infinite wrath vponhim, and that he apprehended it according to the condition of a creature. For in fo doing , he incountred with the whole wrath ofGod. One man in a breach, or at a bridge, may Elandagai aft an whole armie , and beam the brunt of it : tl why may notthen the manhood of Chritl fupportedby the Godhead, bore the flrcfl'e of the whole wrath ofGod ? A- gainfl this doctrine, fundric things maybeobie(led. 0. ObicEl. I. The Scripture afcribes all to the blood ofChrifl, and therefore to the death ofthe bodie. An/. Byblood,is meant :o a bloodie death : by thebloodic death, the deathofthecrofhe : by the deathofthe crofïe, a death occurred, or the deathofthe bodie, ioyned with the ma!editionofthe law. Obiet!. I L The fuffering of the anger of Godwas not fi- gured in Sacraments or facnfices. Ana The beat! , whereof is theburnt offering was made, wasfart tied to the homes ofthe altar: his blood then was fhedde : and lafllyhe was all burnt vpon thealtar voto God.: and hereby was figured the ficric wrath ofGod. Obiet.11 I. Temporal! death, or the curie for halfe a day, 30 cannot counteruaileeternal! death..Anf.Yes,in Chrill. For if ii. man could fuffer and ouercome puniíhment in mealure infi- , nite, he !hoold not fuffer eternally : but thisno man nor angel Icon doe : and therefore manmull fuffer puniíhment for mea- fpare finite, for time infinite : becaufe the puniíhment mull be 35 anfwerabl to God , whole maieflie is infinite. NowChrift bee-mgGod and naan,fuf Bred puniíhment indeed infinite:and therefòre it was not neeefFarie that he fhould indure it eternal - ly. Aaaine, herethe ditgnitie of the perfonhelpeth : for in that ehe.Sonroe ofGod fuffered thecurfe of the law for halfc a day, or it
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