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,…

let their debts be never so many, or never so great, or of never so long continuance, I will pay them all▪ there is no work so high, nor no work so hard, nor no work so hot, nor no work so bloody, nor no work so low, in which I am not ready to engage, upon the account of my chosen: Lo, I come, I delight to do thy will; yea, thy law is in my heart•: Christ freely submits, not only to the duty of the Law, but also to the penalty of the Law; not only to do what the Law enjoins, but also to suffer what the Law threatens; the former he¹ makes good by his active obedience, and the l•ter by his passive obedience. This was the way wherein the Father, by an eternal agreement with his Son, would² have the salvation of lost sinners brought about; and accordingly Jesus Christ very readily complies with his Father's will and way. Christ, as Mediator, had a command³ from his Father to die, which Command▪ •he readily closes with; Joh. 10. 11. I am the good shepherd, the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep: vers. 15. I lay down my life for the sheep: vers. 17. I lay down my life, that I might take it again: vers. 18. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of my self; this commandment have I received of my father. Christ was content to be a servant by paction, that so his sufferings might be accepted for his people; and certainly, whatever God the •• there put Jesus Christ upon in his whole Mediatory work, that Jesus Christ did freely, fully and heartily comply with. Lo, I come, And I have finished the work that thou gavest ⁴me to do: And had not Christ been free and voluntary in his active and passive obedience, his active and passive obedience would never have been acceptable, satisfactory or meritorious. To go further to prove it, would be to light a candle to see the sun at noon. But,