The Fountain of Life Opened

Secondly, His Priesthood supposes the unalterable purpose of God to take vengeance for sin▪ He will not let it pass. I will ⟨p. 129⟩not determine what God could do in this case, by his absolute power; but I think it is generally yielded, that by his ordinate power,¹ he could do no less than punish it, in the person of the sinner, or of his surety.

1. 1The Reader may find this case learnedly and solidly handled by Dr. Twice, Vindiciae gra•iae Digress. 8.The Reader may find this case learnedly and solidly handled by Dr. Twisse, Vindiciae gra•iae Digress. 8.

Those that contend for such a forgiveness,¹ as is an Act of Charity, like that whereby private persons forgive one another, must at once suppose God to part with his right, cedendo de jure suo, and also render the satisfaction of Christ altogether useless, as to the procurement of forgiveness. Yea, rather an obstacle, than a means to it. Surely the nature and truth of God, oblige him to punish sin. He is of purer eyes, than to look upon iniquity, 1 Heb. 13. And beside, the word is gone out of his mouth; that the sinner shall dye.

1. 1Nulia alia ratione palam f••ripotest odium adversus peratum dici•um, quam poenae commeritae inflictione. Brad. de Justific. p. 61.