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Secondly, As it was the wrath of God that lay upon his soul, so it was the pure wrath of God, without any allay or mixture. Not one drop of comfort came from heaven or earth. All the ingredients in his cup were bitter ones. There was wrath without mercy; yea, wrath without the least degree of sparing mercy; for God spared not his own Son, Rom. 8.32. Had Christ been abated or spared, we had not. If our mercies must be pure mercies, ⟨p. 468⟩and our glory in Heaven, pure and unmixed glory; then the wrath which he suffered, must be pure unmixed wrath. Yea,

Thirdly, As the wrath, the pure unmixed wrath of God lay upon his soul, so all the wrath of God was poured out upon him; even to the last drop. So that there is not one drop reserved, for the Elect to feel. Christs cup was deep and large, it contained all the fury and wrath of an infinite God in it. And yet he drank it up. He bare it all; so that to believing souls, who come to make peace with God through Christ; he saith▪ Isa. 27.4. Fury is not in me. In all the chastisements God inflicts upon his people, there is no vindictive wrath. Christ bare it all in his own soul, and body on the Tree.

Fourthly, As it was all the wrath of God that lay upon Christ, so it was wrath aggravated in divers respects, beyond that which the damned themselves do suffer. That's strange you will say, can there be any sufferings worse than those the damned suffer, upon whom the wrath of an infinite God is immediately transacted! Who holds them up with the arm of his power, while the arm of his justice lies on eternally. Can any sorrows be greater than these? Yes, Christs sufferings were beyond theirs in divers particulars.