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or two at moſt, excepted, where it is mentioved, And Chritt is faidto juftifie Sinners meritorioully, becauſe he purchaſech ans procur- eth it for us, as God theFather 1s commenlyſaid to doit authoritatively
beeauſc he accepted the price paid by Chriſt for itz5 the proninciation > ACCEPLEE ChE pr "a G
ed in the ſame Grave with other MalefaQors, but the ſameneſs of Con- dition: As when David prayeth Pſalm 26. g+ Gather not my Soul C co wit, by Bcath \ with Sinners, he doth not mcan 1t o: the ſame Grave, but of the ſame ſtate of the Beads # This paſlage is thought |
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of the ſentence of Abſolution is referred to him in the Goſpel Diſ- enſation. cWhich word is ſeaſonably added, partly by way of Reftri- ion, toſhew that Chriſt will nor juſtifie all, bur only ſuch as be- lieve in him, and obey him : and partly by way of Amplification, ro declare that this bleſſed priviledge ſhall not now be, as hitherto it had in a manner been, confined to Judea,and the Fews,bur ſha'l be conferred upon an innumerable company of all the Nations of the World. 4 For he ſhall farisfie the Juſtice and Law of God for them, by bearing the puniſhment due to their fins, and therefore by the principles of Reaſcn and Juſtice they muſt be juſtified or acquitted, otherwile the ſame debe ſhould be twice required and paid. -:
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12 Therefore will 1e divide him f portion g with the great b, and he ſhall divide the ſpoil with the ſtrong 3 : becauſe he hath poured our his Soul unto death & : and
* Mar#15. he was thumbred with the tranſgreffors /, and he baretche
28. Luke (Go of many m, and * made interceflion for the tranl-
22. 37- ke 23. gretjors ». - 1 Es - Cm e God thz Father,the Spe&ator and Judge of the Aftion or Com- ** Heb.7, tar. f Give him his ſhare. Or, impart, or give 70 him ; for this
25.&9.24. Word is oft uſed withour reſpett to any diſtribution or diviſion, as 1 joh.2.1. Peut, 4. 19 and 29. 26. and cJ{ewhere. g Whichis very comme- | diouſly ſupplicd our of the next clauſe, where a word which anſwers to. it, the ſpoil, is exprefled. h Or, among the great ; ſuch as the great and mighty Potentates of the World uſe to have after a tharp Combat and a glorious Victory. Though he be a very mean and obſcure perſon, as to his extra&tion and outward condition 1n the World, y<t he ſhall attain to as great a pitch of Giory as the grea- eſt Monarchs enjoy. # The ſame thing is repeated in other words, after the manner of prophetical Writers. "The tenſe of both clauſes 15, That God will give him, and he ſhall receive great and happy ſucceſs in his glorious undertaking : and he thall conquer all 1s E- nemies, and lead Captivity Caprive, as is ſaid Eph. 4. 8. and fer up his univerſal and everlaſting Kingdom in the World. &k Becauſe he willingly laid down his Lite in Obedience to Gods Command, John Io. 17, 8. and in order to the Redemprion of Mankind. Dearth is here called a poxring out of the Soul, or Life, either beczuſe the Soul or Life, which in living men is contained in the Body, is rurned our of the Body by Death ; or to ſignifie the manner of Chriſts Death, thar ir ſhould be with the ſhedding of his Blood, in which the Life ef Man conſiſts, Levit. 17. 11, 24. 1 He was willing for Gods Glory and for Mans Good to be reproached and puniſhed like a Ma- lefactor, in the ſame manner and place, and betwixt two of them, as is noted with reference to this place, Mark 15. 27, 28. m Which was ſaid, wer. 11, and is here repeated to prevent a miſtake, and to intimate, that although Chrift was numbred with Tranſgreſlors,and was uſed accordingly, yet he was no Tranſgreſſor, nor did ſubmit to, and ſuffer rhisuſage for his own Sins, bur for the Sins of others, the puniſhment whereof was by his own conſent laid upon him. » Either, 1. By way of ſatisfaQion : he interpoſed himſelf between an angry God anc ſinners, and received thoſe blows in his own Body which otherwiſe mult have fallen upon them. Or, 2. In way of Petition,as this word is conſtantly uſed. He prayed upon Earth for all Sinners, and particularly for thoſe that crucified him, Luke 23. 34. and in Heaven he ſtill interceedeth for them, nor by an Humble Petition, but by a legal demand of thoſe good things which he purchaſed for his ewn People by the Sacrifice of himſelf, which, though paſt, he continually repreſents to his Father, as if it were
preſent. ; CH AF LF. The Bleſſmgs and Fulneſs of the Goſpel-Church, 1 ing Chriſts Spuſe : to whom his Loye is everlaſting, 5——10, her Glo« ries, n1, 12. the Gifts of the Holy Ghoſt, 13. her ſure Preſervation, I |
| FZeph. 3. * Oleg. O barren », thou that diſt not bear ; break
LI forth into ſinging, and cry aloud thou :hat didft ye not travail withchild: for * more re thechildren of the ; 25 defolare, than the children of the married wife 6, ſaich
G, 49.20, T6 the LORD. ; a The prophet having largely diſcourſed of the ſufferings of Chriſt, and of the bleſſed frurts or effe&ts thereof, among which, one is, that he ſhould have a numerous ſecd that ſhould believe on him, and that when the Fen s reje&ed him, the Gentiles ſhould glad- ly receive him, and here foreſeeing by the Spirir of God thar glo- rious ſtate of the Church, he rejoiced in it, as Abrahamdid upon the like occaſion,John 8. 56. and breaks forth into this ſong of triumph, He turneth his Speech to the Church and Spoule of God,or of Chriſt.
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and from Gal. 4. 27. where itis ſo expounded. Andalthough this Chapter is by ſome underſtood of the flourithing condition of the
their Condition ar that rime, which was full cf uncertainties, and us, and far from that Glory and laſting Tranquillity which is here