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The harmony of the divine attributes in the contrivance and accomplishment of man's redemption…
The harmony of the divine attributes in the contrivance and accomplishment of man's redemption by the Lord Jesus Christ, or, Discourses wherein is showed how the wisdom, mercy, justice, holiness, power, and truth of God are glorified in that great and blessed work / by William Bates.The harmony of the divine attributes in the contrivance and accomplishment of man's redemption by the Lord Jesus Christ, or, Discourses wherein is shewed how the wisdom, mercy, justice, holiness, power, and truth of God are glorified in that great and blessed work / by William Bates.
London: printed by J. Darby for Nathaniel Ranew and Jonathan Robinson and Brabazon Aylmer, 1674
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Divine Justice is declared and glorified in the Death of Christ. The threefold account the Scripture gives of it: As a Punishment inflicted for Sin, as a Price to redeem us from Hell, as a Sacrifice to reconcile us to God. Man was Capitally guilty. Christ with the allowance of God interposes as his Surety. His Death was inflicted on him by the Supreme Judg. The impulsive Cause of it was Sin. His Sufferings were equivalent to the Sentence of the Law. The Effect of them is our Freedom. An Answer to the Objection, That 'tis a violation of Justice to transfer the Punishment from the guilty to the innocent. The Death of Christ is the Price that redeems from Hell. This singular effect of his Death distinguishes it from the death of the Martyrs. An Answer to the Objections. How could God receive this Price, since he gave his Son to that Death which redeems us? And how our Redeemer, supposing him God, can make Satisfaction to Himself? The Death of Christ represented as a Sacrifice. The Expiatory Sacrifices under the Law were substituted in the place of guilty Men. The Effects of them answerable to their threefold respect, to God, Sin and Men: The Atonement of Anger, the Expiation of Sin, and Freedom from Punishment. All sorts of Placatory Sacrifices are referred to Christ, and the effects of them in a sublime ⟨p. 239⟩and perfect manner. No prejudice to the Freeness and Greatness of God's Love, that Christ by his Death reconciled Him to men.
Divine Justice is declared and glorified in the Death of Christ. The threefold account the Scripture gives of it: As a Punishment inflicted for Sin, as a Price to redeem us from Hell, as a Sacrifice to reconcile us to God. Man was Capitally guilty. Christ with the allowance of God interposes as his Surety. His Death was inflicted on him by the Supreme Judg. The impulsive Cause of it was Sin. His Sufferings were equivalent to the Sentence of the Law. The Effect of them is our Freedom. An Answer to the Objection, That 'tis a violation of Justice to transfer the Punishment from the guilty to the innocent. The Death of Christ is the Price that redeems from Hell. This singular effect of his Death distinguishes it from the death of the Martyrs. An Answer to the Objections. How could God receive this Price, since he gave his Son to that Death which redeems us? And how our Redeemer, supposing him God, can make Satisfaction to Himself? The Death of Christ represented as a Sacrifice. The Expiatory Sacrifices under the Law were substituted in the place of guilty Men. The Effects of them answerable to their threefold respect, to God, Sin and Men: The Atonement of Anger, the Expiation of Sin, and Freedom from Punishment. All sorts of Placatory Sacrifices are referr'd to Christ, and the effects of them in a sublime