And he gave us testimony of this his might, when he was
employed in that part of our deliverance that called for a
declaration of it. He abolished death; he destroyed him that had the
power of death; he was the destruction of the grave; he hath
finished sin, and made an end of it; he hath vanquished the curse of
the law, nailed it to his cross, triumphed over them upon his cross,
and made a show of these things openly. Yea, and even now, as a sign
of his triumph and conquest, he is alive from the dead, and hath the
keys of death and hell in his own keeping.
2. The Father's giving them to him to save them, declares unto us
that he is and will be FAITHFUL in his office of Mediator, and that
therefore they shall be secured from the fruit and wages of their
sins, which is eternal damnation. And of this the Son hath already
given a proof; for when the time was come that his blood was by
divine justice required for their redemption, washing, and
cleansing, he as freely poured it out of his heart as if it had been
water out of a vessel; not sticking to part with his own life, that
the life which was laid up for his people in heaven might not fail
to be bestowed upon them.
3. The Father's giving of them to him to save them, declares that he
is and will be GENTLE AND PATIENT towards them under all their
provocations and miscarriages.
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