Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…

2. For encouragements to bring on souls thus to believe on Christ, consider,—

1. The fullness of this Object; Christ's life is full, it is very comprehensive, it contains holiness, and happiness, sanctification, and justification: if Christ's Garments were healing, how much more so main and essential a part of Christ, even the half of Christ as it were? for so is Christ's Life. It is vehemently to be suspected, that the true reason why so much is said of his Death, and so little in comparison of his Life, it is ⟨p. 323⟩either because we understand not the fullness of his life, or because we are carnal and selfish, affecting freedom from hell, more than holiness on earth; some benefit by Christ, more than conformity to Christ. O come! see the fullness of Christ's life: in reference to our sanctification, was it not an exact model of perfection? a most curious exemplification of Gods whole Word? an express Idea, Image, Representation of the whole mind of God? a full president for all others to walk by, to work by, to live by? and in reference to justification, is not Christ's life the object of Faith and justifying? nay, is not Christ's life the object of justifying faith, as well as Christ's death, resurrection, ascension, session, intercession? The assertors of Christ's active and passive obedience for us, can tell us of two things in the Law intended; one principal, viz. Obedience: and another secondary, viz. malediction upon supposition of disobedience; so that sin being once committed, there must be a double act to justification, the suffering of the Curse, and the fulfilling of Righteousness anew, the one is satisfaction for the injury we have done unto God as our Judge; and the other is a performance of a service which we owe unto God as our Maker. O then how large, and full, and comprehensive is this life of Christ?

1. The fulness of this Object; Christ's life is full, it is very comprehensive, it contains holiness, and happiness, sanctification, and justification: if Christ's Garments were healing, how much more so main and essential a part of Christ, even the half of Christ as it were? for so is Christ's Life. It is vehemently to be suspected, that the true reason why so much is said of his Death, and so little in comparison of his Life, it is