First, We have showed you, that the appeasing of God's Wrath was the Effects of the Death of Christ; he put an end to all Vindictive Wrath and Vengeance that was due to all Believers or Elect Ones: The Pangs of Hell due to us, seized upon him, and he bore it in our stead upon the Cross: He was delivered for our Offence, and rose again for our Justification. Now when Christ was discharged, all his Elect were virtually discharged also, because he suffered and rose again as a public Person, representing all that were given to him by the Father: those things which he did in his own Person in this respect, we are said to do together with him. Brethren, the benefit of his Performances doth redound unto us; we are said to die with him, and to be quickened together with him, and entered 1into the Holy Place with him; the whole Victory over Sin and Death being obtained, and the Quarrel removed; the condemning Power of Sin being destroyed: all things about making an end of Sin are done and passed through. Now what saith the Apostle, He that is dead, hath ceased from Sin. Well, what of this? Likewise, 2saith he, Reckon ye also your selves to be dead indeed unto Sin; but ⟨p. 258⟩alive unto God, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Knowing that Christ being 3raised from the Dead, dieth no more; Death hath no more Power over him. Now this being done by us, and for us in our Head, can we henceforth die any more? Shall Eternal Death have Dominion over us? No, no, we are to reckon our selves to be as absolutely freed and discharged from Sin and Eternal Death, as Christ is discharged and freed from Death, and dieth no more: And this comes to us as the Effects of his Death, by his suffering for us, and in our room. If one died for all, then were all dead, (that is, all 4those for whom he died) they were dead, and died likewise with him their Sponsor, and are delivered from the Curse due for Sin; so that we now might and shall live to him that died for us, and rose again. This was the End of his Death, and is or will be the Effect thereof on all for whom he died.
First, We have shewed you, that the appeasing of God's Wrath was the Effects of the Death of Christ; he put an end to all Vindictive Wrath and Vengeance that was due to all Believers or Elect Ones: The Pangs of Hell due to us, seized upon him, and he bore it in our stead upon the Cross: He was delivered for our Offence, and rose again for our Justification. Now when Christ was discharged, all his Elect were virtually discharged also, because he suffered and rose again as a publick Person, representing all that were given to him by the Father: those things which he did in his own Person in this respect, we are said to do together with him. Brethren, the benefit of his Performances doth redound unto us; we are said to die with him, and to be quickned together with him, and entred 1into the Holy Place with him; the whole Victory over Sin and Death being obtained, and the Quarrel removed; the condemning Power of Sin being destroyed: all things about making an end of Sin are done and passed through. Now what saith the Apostle, He that is dead, hath ceased from Sin. Well, what of this? Likewise, 2saith he, Reckon ye also your selves to be dead indeed unto Sin; but ⟨p. 258⟩alive unto God, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Knowing that Christ being 3raised from the Dead, dieth no more; Death hath no more Power over him. Now this being done by us, and for us in our Head, can we henceforth die any more? Shall Eternal Death have Dominion over us? No, no, we are to reckon our selves to be as absolutely freed and discharged from Sin and Eternal Death, as Christ is discharged and freed from Death, and dieth no more: And this comes to us as the Effects of his Death, by his suffering for us, and in our room. If one died for all, then were all dead, (that is, all 4those for whom he died) they were dead, and died likewise with him their Sponsor, and are delivered from the Curse due for Sin; so that we now might and shall live to him that died for us, and rose again. This was the End of his Death, and is or will be the Effect thereof on all for whom he died.
- 1Rom. 6. 5, 6. Col. 2. 12, 13.
- 21 Pet. 4. 1.
- 3Rom. 6. 10, 11.
- 41 Cor. 5. 15.
