Here is love, in that while we were yet enemies, Christ
died for us; yea, here is love, in that while we were yet without
strength, Christ died for the ungodly.
Oh, blessed Jesus, how didst thou discover thy love to man in thy
thus suffering! And, O God the Father, how didst thou also declare
the purity and exactness of thy justice, in that, though it was
thine only, holy, innocent, harmless, and undefiled Son Jesus, that
did take on him our nature and represent our persons, answering for
our sins instead of ourselves; thou didst so wonderfully pour out
thy wrath upon him, to the making of him cry out, "My God, my God,
why hast thou forsaken me?" And, O Lord Jesus, what a glorious
conquest hast thou made over the enemies of our souls--even wrath,
sin, death, hell, and devils--in that thou didst wring thyself from
under the power of them all. And not only so, but hast led them
captive which would have led us captive; and also hast received for
us that glorious and unspeakable inheritance that eye hath not seen,
nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man to
conceive.
The great Bringer of the gospel is the good Lord Jesus Christ
himself; he came and preached peace to them that the law proclaimed
war against. And to touch a little upon the dress in which, by the
gospel, Christ presents himself unto us, while he offers unto sinful
souls his peace by the tenders thereof:
He is set forth as born for us, to save our souls.
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