466 The Prieflhoodof Chrift. V E R S F 4. nature,Rem.10.3. and fuch a righte--oufneffe a-s fe.fe did performe, though in the humane nature, in our behalfe, AEI20.28. Phi/.2Z,7,8. And this is the groundofall our comfort,the bell di- re6tion in all our miferies andextremities whither to file. A King is the greateft officer amongR men, and his ho- nour and flare is for the fupply, defence, and honour of his people : He is Cuflos Ma/4mm, the Father, and the Keeper of the Lawes. If I want anyof that Office and equity, of whichhis facred Bofome is the publike trea- lure, I may freely beg it ofhim, becaufehe is an Officer to difpence righteoufneffe unto his fubjeets; fo alfo is Chrift untohisChurch. I finde my felfe in a miferable condition, condemned by the confcience offinne, by the teflimony of the Word, by the accufations of Satan, full of difcomforts ; God is aGod of juflice l and all fire, f fi my felfe a creature on, andall Rubble; Satan the ac- cufer of the brethren ' who labours to blow up the wrath of Godagainft me: In this cafe what (hall I doe? Sure- ly Godbath jet his KingonSion; and he is a King that bath life and righteoutheile to give to mee ; that bath graceenough to quench all fin, and the envenomeddarts ofSatan, in whom there is created a court ofpeace and mercy, whereunto to appeale from the feverityof God, from the importunityofthe Devill, and from the accu- rations and teflimoniesofour owne hearts. And indeed he hadneed bea King of righteoufneffe that (hall juili- fie men, for our juflification is in the remiffion of our fins; and to pardon fins, and difpencewith Lawes is a regall dignitie ; and Godtaketh it as hisowne high and peculiarprerogative, I, even 1 am be who blottetb out thine iniquity for mine ownefake, and will not remember thyflimes, gay 43. z5. Noman, or Angell, or created power, no merit, noobedience, no rivers of oyle, nor mountaines ofcattell, no prayers, teares or torments, can wipe out the Plaines, or remove the guilt of any time,
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