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but the wrath of God, death, and Gods withdrawing of himself from man, are of the essence of the Punishment, proceeding from the Threatening in it self considered. Now look what the Threatening in it self doth produce, that Christ suffered for us, but it will not therefore follow, that he should despair, blaspheme, or die in sin, because these do proceed from the condition, and disposition of our Persons, that the Curse of the Threatening falls upon: as ye see it is with the beams of the Sun; if they fall on Wax, they soften that; but if they fall on the Clay, they harden that: So the wrath of God, and his withdrawance falling upon us, there doth ensue, despair, blasphemy, and dying in sin; but falling on Christ, it is not so; Why? because these do not proceed from the threatening in it self considered. Now, I say, look what we should have born as due to us from the threatening it self, that Christ did bear for us: For saith the Prophet Isaiah, ⟨p. 72⟩chap. 53.¹ He hath born our Griefs; that is, those griefs that were due to us from the threatening in it self considered. But if we had perished, and gone to Hell our selves, we should have suffered in our Souls, and in our Souls immediately, the wrath of God, and the very torments of Hell, upon the account of the Threatening: and therefore all these things did Christ suffer for us.

but the wrath of God, death, and Gods withdrawing of himself from man, are of the essence of the Punishment, proceeding from the Threatening in it self considered. Now look what the Threatening in it self doth produce, that Christ suffered for us, but it wil not therefore follow, that he should despair, blaspheme, or die in sin, because these do proceed from the condition, and disposition of our Persons, that the Curse of the Threatning fals upon: as ye see it is with the beams of the Sun; if they fal on Wax, they soften that; but if they fal on the Clay, they harden that: So the wrath of God, and his withdrawance falling upon us, there doth ensue, despair, blasphemy, and dying in sin; but falling on Christ, it is not so; Why? because these do not proceed from the threatning in it self considered. Now, I say, look what we should have born as due to us from the threatening it self, that Christ did bear for us: For saith the Prophet