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Add to this, that in the Sufferings of Christ there is the clearest Demonstration of the Evil of Sin, and how hateful it is to God, if we consider the Dignity of his Person, the Greatness of his Sufferings, and the innocent Recoilings of his Human Nature from such fearful Sufferings. He was the Eternal Son of God, the Heir of ⟨p. 80⟩his Father's Love and Glory, the Lord of Angels; he suffered in his Body the most ignominious and painful Death, being nailed to the Cross in the sight of the World: The Sufferings of his Soul were incomparably more afflicting: For tho heavenly meek, he endured the Derision and cruel Violence of his Enemies with a silent Patience; yet in the dark Eclipse of his Father's Countenance, in the desolate state of his Soul, the Lamb of God opened his Mouth in that mournful Complaint, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? His innocent Nature did so recoil from those fearful Sufferings, that with repeated Ardency of Affection, he deprecated that bitter Cup; Abba, Father, all things are possible to Thee; let this Cup pass me: He addressed to the Divine Power and Love, the Attributes that relieve the Miserable, yet he drank off the ⟨p. 81⟩Dregs of the Cup of God's Wrath. Now we may from hence conclude, how great an Evil Sin is, that could not be expiated by a meaner Sacrifice, than the offering up the Soul of Christ to atone incensed Justice; and no lower a Price, than the Blood of the Son of God, the most unvaluable Treasure, could ransom Men who were devoted to Destruction.

Add to this, that in the Sufferings of Christ there is the clearest Demonstration of the Evil of Sin, and how hateful it is to God, if we consider the Dignity of his Person, the Greatness of his Sufferings, and the innocent Recoilings of his Human Nature from such fearful Sufferings. He was the Eternal Son of God, the Heir of ⟨p. 80⟩his Father's Love and Glory, the Lord of Angels; he suffered in his Body the most ignominious and painful Death, being nail'd to the Cross in the sight of the World: The Sufferings of his Soul were incomparably more afflicting: For tho heavenly meek, he endured the Derision and cruel Violence of his Enemies with a silent Patience; yet in the dark Eclipse of his Father's Countenance, in the desolate state of his Soul, the Lamb of God opened his Mouth in that mournful Complaint, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? His innocent Nature did so recoil from those fearful Sufferings, that with repeated Ardency of Affection, he deprecated that bitter Cup; Abba, Father, all things are possible to Thee; let this Cup pass me: He address'd to the Divine Power and Love, the Attributes that relieve the Miserable, yet he drank off the