The PrieflhoodofChrifl. ...cemeow. king by the frogs in the fable, hee will not pima thole perfons whom he loves, becaufe he is pitiful! to them he will not paffe over the finnes which he hates, becaufe he is jealous towardshimfelfe. Man and fin are as ink- parably joyned together fence the fall, as fire and heat; yet God wil have mercy on the man,& he wil take ven- geance ofthe fin. Some courfe then or other mull there be found out,to tranflate this mans fins onanothers per- fon who maybe able to beare them, and to interefi this mans perfon in anothers righteoufhefle, which may bee able to cover him. Some way muff be found out, that things may bee all one in regard of man, as ifthe Law had beeneutterly abrogated, and that theymay be all one in regardof God too, as if the creaturehad bcene utterly condemned. And all this is done in our High Pried. Onhim was executed the curfe ofthe Law, by him was fulfilled the righteoufneffeof the Law, for him was remitted the finof man, and through him were all things made new againe. The worldwas in Chrifi as in its furecie, making fatisfaRion to the juflice of God; andGod was inChrift as in his Ambaffadour, reconci- ling the world unto himfelfe againe. By all vvhich wee fee the neceErnie whichman "aged hadofa Priefl to re- flare him. Hence then we may learne,firfl,howmuch we'ought to hate filne, which armcs the Law, "'Ace and power ofGod againfi us. As hateful! as it is unto God, fohate full it is in it felfe, for hee judgeth uprightly, bee feeth thingsid' as,they are,without paffion,prejudice,or par- . tialitie: and as hateful'as it isita it felfe fohateful! timid it be unto us, as the onely ground ofour mifery, of the creaturesvanities and of Gods difhonour. Wee fee it is fo hateful' untoGod,that he will moltcertainlybe aven ged of it. If he fpare me, yet he will not fpare myfin, though his owne beloved Son muff be punifhed for.it. O thenwhy fhould that belight tomee, which was as heavie
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