Epi/lleofS. Pattito7tart. Cline. 2.14. whoperformed this worke,rñrho was not a bare man,but z .theSonne óf God by eternal! generation. a. his onely Sonne. 3. his beloued Sont e. And toPhew vs that chefe be thereffaïs whichmake the worke fo tr.c- ricorious in it felie,and fo acceptableunto his father;the Scriptures eue- ry where glue him loch rides as declare him to be molt deare vnto God hisFather:lo Ioh,l.14.the only begotten fonneofthe Father,foll ofgrace anti trteth: and 18. theoneybegotten Sennewhich to ix the bof-me of his Father: and Ioh.3.16.God fo loued theworld , that he bathgiuen his onelybegot- ten Sonne: andRom.8.3 a.who[parednot his owne Sonne:now ilthe perfon be fo gratious,the workecannot but be acceptable. Secondly, confider thefirfciencie oftheworke, beeing Co admirable as neuer was the like: for it was no fimpleatlionneither of God alone,nor of man alone, and fo neithermeerely dimise , nortneerely humane, but (asDiuines fpeake ) theandrike : theoperations of both thefenatures which concurre toone perfon , concurring to theeffeEFing of the fame worke.Wonderful! then is this worke,which couldneuer beperformed by a meere creature, man or angel, but by a perfon that mull beboth God andman. Thirdly, the largenesand extent of theprice , mod abfolutcly fatisfy- ingwhatfoeuer was required,and that in all voluntarieobedience both4- [lime andpaltae. A6liue,for he fulfilled all righteoufneffe, and perfe6lly performed and fulfilled thewhole lawe in our !lead. Patltue,for he fuffe- red a mod fhamefull andcurled death, both vifible, (landing in the fepa- rationof fouleand bodie: and inuifble , fuffering for a time mien the ve- rie torments of hell, namely, theendles wrath ofhis facher,vnder which his Church bad otherwife beene fubdued for all eternitie. So as for the time, the Sonne ofGod, and Lordof was deie6led vnder all crea- tures, andheld vnder themolt accurfed death that euer was, feeing the fumes ofall hisbody lay moll heauilyvponhim:vnto bothwhich bran- ches of his obedience, if you adde thevoluntarineffe and freedome of both,thewhole will appearemoll perfe6lly meritorious ; to which pur- pole (becaufe nothing canmerit, to which any man is bound)the Scrip- ture faith,that hs paid that which he neuer tooke,and fo was not bound to any fuel) paiment. Doffr. 1. SeeingChritl mull glue himfelfe to redeeme vs , it imply- eth a wonderful] bondageand eyrannie of finoiler vs before that Chrift wrought our libertie. Hencedoth the Scripture fpeake of regenerate per fons,asferuantsof finne , fersoant.t of vnrighteonfneffe, ferxantsof cor- roption : we readallo of the wages offinne, of the hire of vnrighteouf neffe which Balaam loued: ofbeemg fold under finne, andofwtckedmcn felling themfelues.toworkewickednefe,as Ahab, and others:which is , 5 t t Mo er re.non ,_ n roleraait e.baßus. 2 3 watth3.i5. Bcior! ,Mare demprion we vere tj rsb,,,,,ond C1y., andd:arh. a. "`a'c'''` nothing
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