ThePriellhoodofChrill. ..-----. -.--.-..-- _ obedience more eafie, the tranfgreflion more unreafo- ' nable, and the puniflament more certaine. Now by this fall of man there came g tat mifchiefe into the world, and intolerable injury was done by the Creature to him that made him : Firil,his dominion and authoricie in his holy commandwas violared.Secondly, his juilice, truth,and power inhis moil righteous threat- nings were defpiled. Thirdly, his moil pure andperfe6t Image, whereinman was created in righteoufneffe and true holineffe, was utterly defaced© Fourthly, his glo- 1 ry, which by analive fervice thecreature fhould have I brought unto him, was loll and defpoiled. So that now 1 things will not returne to their primitive order and per- " feetion againe,till there two thingsbe firfi effeacd:Firil, a Sairforaion of Gods juilice : And fecondly,a Repara- tionofmans nature : which twomuff needs be effe6ted by fuch a middle and common perfon,as bath bothzeale towards God, that he may be fatisfied, and compaffion toward man, that he maybe repaired; Inch a perfon, as having mans guilt and puniffiment on him tranflated, may fatisfie the juniceofGod, and, ashaving a fulneffe of GodsSpirit and holineffe in him, may fan6bfie and repaire the nature of man. And this perfon is the Pricil here fpoken of by David. Here the learned frame a kinde of confl;& in Gods holy Attributes,and by a libertie which the HolyGhofl from the languageof holyScripturealloweth thern,they 1 fpeake ofGodafter the manner ofmen, as ifhe were re- ; duced unto fotne ilraits and difficulties by the erotic de- mands of his feverall attributes : j u (lice calltd uponhim for the condemnation ofa finfull, and therefore worthi- ly accurfed creature, which demand was fecondedby his truth, to make good that threatning, in the day that thou emelt thereof,thote!halt die the deaf,. Mercy on the other fide pleaded for favour and companion towards mar2, fay fcclucedand overthrovvne by Satan; and D d 3 peace 407 VERSE 4
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