3. The Order of Conveyance, is first our Acceptance of Christ, then of God in and through Christ: We must first comply with the Means, ⟨p. 9⟩before we attain the End. Our Nearness to God, was purchased by the Blood of Christ, and is Actually conferred by our Union with Christ. Ephes. 2.13. But now, in Christ Jesus, ye that were sometime afar off, are made nigh by the Blood of Christ. They were made nigh by the Blood of Christ; but it was Actually conferred by their being in Christ. Faith hath Recourse first to the Atonement made by the Blood of Christ, and by that Blood unto God. Rom. 3.25. Whom God hath set forth to be a Propitiation; but how? Through Faith in his Blood. This Blood alone quencheth the Consuming Fire of God's Wrath. By Christ we are Reconciled, by Him alone we receive the Atonement, Rom. 5.11. As God was in Christ Reconciling, so we must be in Christ Accepting this Reconciliation. You are Christ's, and Christ is God's. In the Apostle's Order, we must first be Christ's by our Acceptance of him, as Christ was God's by his Calling and Commissioning him. As God goes out to us by Him, our return must be by Him to God. He paid our Debts, made an end of Sin, and removed the Wrath we Merited. God is our Judge, Christ is our Mediator: By this Mediator we must be Conducted to our Judge. We have offended the ⟨p. 10⟩Law-Maker; we must first go to him, who is the Repairer of the Honour of the Law. We must take the Redemption of Christ along with us, his pacifying Blood, and represent it to God; by whose Authority we were under Wrath. This is that, that upholds us before God. If we are not in Christ, as satisfying, we shall still be as Stubble before the Consuming Fire. Think not of standing sure by Absolute Mercy. Mercy is through Christ only: It breaths in no other Air. We must first take hold of the Strength of God, before we can make Peace with him: We must take hold of Christ, who is the Power, as well as the Wisdom of God. There is a Direction how we must act, By taking hold; and the End, That we may be at Peace; and the Assurance in that Method, And he shall obtain Peace with me, Isa. 27.5.
3. The Order of Conveyance, is first our Acceptance of Christ, then of God in and through Christ: We must first comply with the Means, ⟨p. 9⟩before we attain the End. Our Nearness to God, was purchased by the Blood of Christ, and is Actually confer'd by our Union with Christ. Ephes. 2.13. But now, in Christ Jesus, ye that were sometime afar off, are made nigh by the Blood of Christ. They were made nigh by the Blood of Christ; but it was Actually conferred by their being in Christ. Faith hath Recourse first to the Atonement made by the Blood of Christ, and by that Blood unto God. Rom. 3.25. Whom God hath set sorth to be a Propitiation; but how? Through Faith in his Blood. This Blood alone quencheth the Consuming Fire of God's Wrath. By Christ we are Reconciled, by Him alone we receive the Atonement, Rom. 5.11. As God was in Christ Reconciling, so we must be in Christ Accepting this Reconciliation. You are Christ's, and Christ is God's. In the Apostle's Order, we must first be Christ's by our Acceptance of him, as Christ was God's by his Calling and Commissioning him. As God goes out to us by Him, our return must be by Him to God. He paid our Debts, made an end of Sin, and removed the Wrath we Merited. God is our Judge, Christ is our Mediatour: By this Mediatour we must be Conducted to our Judge. We have offended the ⟨p. 10⟩Law-Maker; we must first go to him, who is the Repairer of the Honour of the Law. We must take the Redemption of Christ along with us, his pacifying Blood, and represent it to God; by whose Authority we were under Wrath. This is that, that upholds us before God. If we are not in Christ, as satisfying, we shall still be as Stubble before the Consuming Fire. Think not of standing sure by Absolute Mercy. Mercy is through Christ only: It breaths in no other Air. We must first take hold of the Strength of God, before we can make Peace with him: We must take hold of Christ, who is the Power, as well as the Wisdom of God. There is a Direction how we must act, By taking hold; and the End, That we may be at Peace; and the Assurance in that Method, And he shall obtain Peace with me, Isa. 27.5.
