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THE WRATH
OF
THE
LAM.
DISC.
y.
godhead, or divine
essence,
is
but
one,
:
and
it
is
the
same godhead, which
belongs to
the
Father, that
dwells
in
the
Son,
and,
in
this respect,
"
Christ, and
the Father,
are
one, he
is
in
the
Father,
and the
Father
.
in
him,"
John
x.
30
-38.
yet the Father
is
constantly exhibited
in
scripture
with
peculiar characters
of
prime
authority, and
the
Son
is
represented
as
receiving all from the
Father,
John
v.
19,20,22,26,27..
If
it
be
farther
enquired, Why Christ
is
called
"
the
Lamb of God,"
I
shall
not pursue
those many
fine
me-
taphors and
similes, in
which
the
wit
and
fancy
of
men
have run a long course on this
subject,
but
shall
.
only
mention
these two things
:
1.
Heis
called the Lamb, from the innocence
of
his
behaviour,
the
quietness and
meekness
of
his
dispositidn
and
conduct
in
the
world.
The
character of Jesus
among
men
was
peaceful and
harmless,
and patient
of
injuries;
"when
he
was
reviled,
he
reviled
not
again,
but was'led
as a Lamb to the slaughter,"
with submission,
and
with-
out
revenge.
This resemblance
appears,
and
is
set
forth
to
view,
in
several scriptures,
wherein he
is
compared
to
this
gentle creature,
Acts
viii.
32.
1
Pet.
ii.
23.
2.
He
is
called the Lamb, because
he
was
appointed
a
sacrifice for the sins
of
men;
John
i.
29.
Behold the
Lamb
of
God
'which talceth
the sins
of
the
world,
1
Pet.
i.
18, 19.
You
were
redeemed
with
the precious
blood
of
Christ,
as
of
a
Lamb
without
blemish,
and
without
spot.
It
was
a
Lamb,
that
was
ordained for
the constant
daily sacrifice amongst the
Jews
morning
and
evening, to
typify,
the
constant
and everlasting
in-
fluence
of
the atonement
ruade
by
the
death
of
Christ;
.Heb.
x.
11, 12.
It
was
a Lamb
which
was
sacrificed
at
the
passover,
and
on which the families
of Israel feast-
ed,
to
commemorate
their
redemption
from the
slavery
of
Egypt,
and
to
typify
Christ,
who
"is
our
passover,
who
was
sacrificed
for
us,
and
for
whose sake
the de-
stroying angel spares
all
that trust
in him,
1
C,or. y.
7."
But
will
a Lamb discover
such
dreadful wrath
?
Has
the Lamb
of
God such indignation
in
him
?
Can
the
meek,
the
compassionate,
the.
merciful
Son
of
God
put
on such
terrible
forms and
appearances
?
Are
his
ten-
der mercies vanished quite
away,
and
will he
renounce