Paradise opened, or, The secrets, mysteries, and rarities of divine love, of infinite wisdom,…Paradice opened, or, The secreets, mysteries, and rarities of divine love, of infinite wisdom,…

That Christ should die, was no part of the moral Law, but it was a positive special Law laid upon Christ; well▪ this Law he obeys, he complies with, I lay down my life for my sheep; this commandment ¹have I received of my father: Christ, as Mediator, had a command from his father to die, and he observes it; hence God calls him his servant, Behold my servant whom ²I uphold: And in pursuance of God's Royal Law, will and pleasure, he takes upon him the form of a servant; and frequently▪ proclaims before all the world, that he came to do the will of him that sent him. Again, God the father³ lays a special command upon Jesus Christ, to preserve and bring to glory all those that come unto him: Jesus Christ has not only leave to save the Elect, but a charge to save the Elect; All that the father giveth me, shall come ⁴to me; and him that cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out (where the doubled negatives, in the Original, serve to make the assertion strong, and to carry their faith over all their doubts and fears) For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. And this is the fathers will which hath sent me; that of all which he hath give• me, I should lose nothing,▪ but should raise it up again at the last day. And this is the will of him that sent me; that every one which seeth the son, and believeth on him, may have everla•ing life; and I will raise him up at the last day. Christ is to be answerable for all those that are given to him, at the last day▪ and therefore we need no• doubt, but that he will certainly employ all the power of his Godhead, to secure and save all those that he must be ⟨p. 125⟩