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deceive, and the clamours of others wlio oj^enly drive the same de- sign. Wliat, therefore, the Scripture plainly and clearly reveals in this matter, is the subject of our present inquiry. And either in so doing, as occasion shall be offered, we shall obviate, or, in the close of it remove, those sophisms that the sacred truth now proposed to consideration hath been attempted withal.
The sum of what the Scripture reveals about this great truth, com- monly called the " satisfaction of Christ," may be reduced unto these ensuing heads: — ■
First. Thai A davi, being made upright, sinned against God; and all mankind, all his posterity, in him: — Gen. i. 27, " So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him ; male and female created he them.'' Chap. iii. 11, " And he said. Who told thee that thou wast naked? hast thou eaten of the tree whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?" Eccles. vii. 29, " Lo, this only have I found, that God made man upright ; but they have sought out many inventions." Rom. v. 1 2, " Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned." Verse 18, " Therefore, as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation." Verse 19, " By one man's disobedience many were made sinners."
Secondly. That, by this sin of our first parents, all men are brought into an estate of sin and apostasy from God, and of enmity unto him : — Gen. vi. 5, " God saw that the wickedness of man was gi'eat in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually." Ps. li. 5, " Behold, I was shapen in ini- quity; and in sin did my mother conceive me." Rom. iii. 23, " For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." Chap. viii. 7, " The carnal mind is enmity against God : for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be." Eph. iv. 18, " Having the un- derstanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart," chap. ii. 1 ; Col. ii. 13.
Thirdly. That in this state all men continue in sin against God, nor of themselves can do otherwise: — Rom. iii. 10-12, " There is none righteous, no, not one : there is none that understandeth, there is none that seoketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, the}^ are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one."
Fourthly. That the justice and holiness of God, as he is the supreme governor and judge of all the world, require that sin be punished: — Exod. xxxiv. 7, " That will by no means clear the guilty." Josh. xxiv. 19, " He is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins." Ps. v. 4-6, " For thou ait
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not a God that hatli pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell \nth. thee. The foolish shall not stand in thy sight : thou hatest all workers of iniquity. Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing/' Hab. i. 13, " Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look upon iniquity." Isa. xxxiii. 14, " Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with, everlasting burnings?" Rom. i. 32, " Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit STich things are worthy of death." Chap. iii. 5, 6, *' Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man) God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?" 2 Thess. i. 6, " It is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you." Heb. xii. 29, " For our God is a consuming fire ;" from Deut. iv. 24.
Fifthly. That God, hath also engaged his veracity and faithfulness in the sanction of the law, not to leave sin impunished : — Gen. ii. 17, " In the day thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." Deut. xxvii. 26, " Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them." In this state and condition, mankind, had they been left without divine aid and help, must have perished eternally.
Sixthly. That God out of his infinite goodness, grace, and love to mankind, sent his only Son to save and deliver them out of this condition : — Matt. i. 21, " Thou shalt call his name Jesus; for he shall save his people from their sins." John iii. 16, 17, " God so loved the Avorld, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but. have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the Avorld to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved." Rom. v. 8, " God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." 1 John iv. 9, " In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him." Verse 10, " Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the projoitiation for our sins." 1 Thess. i. 10, " Even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come."