The blessedness of the righteous discoursed from Psal. 17, 15 /The blessednesse of the righteous discoursed from Psal. 17, 15 /

That it was not agreeable to Gods wisdom, truth, and legal justice, to treat with Man a Sinner, in order to his recovery, but through a Mediator: and that therefore he was pleased in wonderful mercy, to constitute and appoint his own Son Jesus Christ God-man, unto that Office and Undertaking; that, through him, man might return and be reconciled to himself, whom he causelessly forsook; designing that man shall now become so affected towards himself, through the Mediator; and firstly therefore towards the Mediators own person, as he was before, and ought to have been towards himself immediately.

That it was not agreeable to Gods wisedom, truth, and legal justice, to treat with Man a Sinner, in order to his recovery, but through a Mediator: and that therefore he was pleased in wonderfull mercy, to constitute and appoint his own Son Jesus Christ God-man, unto that Office and Undertaking; that, through him, man might return and be reconciled to himself, whom he causlessely forsook; designing that man shall now become so affected towards himself, through the Mediator; and firstly therefore towards the Mediators own person, as he was before, and ought to have been towards himself immediately.

Therefore, whereas God was considerable, in relation to Man, both in his innocency and Apostasy, under that forementioned two fold notion of the supreme Authority. Goodness. He hath also set up and exalted our Lord Jesus Christ, and represented him to Sinners under an answerable two fold notion of a Prince Saviour i. e. a mediating Prince and Saviour to give repentance first; to bow and stoop the hearts of sinners, and reduce them to a subject posture again, and then remission of sins to restore them to favour and save them from the wrath to come. Him hath the Father clothed with his own authority, and filled with his ⟨p. 25⟩grace: requiring sinners to submit themselves to his ruling power, and commit themselves to his saving mercy; now both lodged in this his Son: to pay him immediately, all homage and obedience, and through him ultimately to himself; from him immediately, to expect Salvation and blessedness, and through him ultimately from himself.