08 The Pre hao4olthii VERSE4 oragerel.s...0 peace for reconcilement and pacification betweene an offended Judge,and-an undone creature. Hereupon the infinite 'vvifdome and counfell of the Welled Trinitie foundout a way;whiCh the Angels of heavengaze on with admiration and afionliMimt, how to reconcile there different pleas of his attributes together. APriefi then is refolv',J upon, OLCof the fame bleffedTrinitie whoby his Fathers ordination,hi3owne voluntary fufl - 1 ception, ant tne hr Spirits narfiation, fhou d be -fitted fir the bufi rt ff .1-1e was tobe-both a Surety, and a Head over ii ,?u I nt tater their punifiaments,and tofan57,P their !iatures,in the rel4tionofa fumy topay mans deb: tIntotloii; and in the relation-ofan Head to reflOre Gods irnage untoman : and thus in himmercie end truth have met together, rkhteottlneffe an piace have Ved each other, Pfal. 85.10. So then the neceffitie which man fallen hath of this Prieftherefpok-nof, is grounded upon the fweet har- mony, and mutual! lciffcs ofGod s Mercy, Truth,Righ- teoufneffe, and Peace; whichwill more diflinaly ap- peare by confidering three things : Firli, God didpur polenot utterly to defiroy hiscreature, and that princi-, pally for thefetwo reaforas,as wemay obferve ourof the Scriptures: Firfl, his ownefree,andeverlaflinglove,and that-infinitedelight whichhe hath in mercy, which dif- pofethhim abundantly to pardon,and to exercife loving 'kindrieffe in the earth, Alic.7:1'8,.,Exai.34 6,7 -. Pfahrt. o3.8; Elay 55.7. kr. 9.24. Secondly, his delight to be a6tively glorified by-his, creatures voluntary fervice, and fabjetiion : Herein is my Fatherglorified, thatyou Beare inteehfruit, John i 5X. -I have no pleafure -in the deathof the wicked, but tbarhee ttirnefrenAitway and live,Ezek.3 3. t i, He dellghtedvtnallin unbl,oudycon.;. queflis,:iwhenbyhispatierice;goOdneffe,andforbearance he Tubdueth the hearts, affetilonS, and confciences of men -unto himielk fO leading4h= untorepentanee; ad
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