Sin is an heavy Burden upon the Soul which it lies upon; and the Sinner may justly roar under it, as in Psal. 38. 4. My Iniquities, as an heavy Burden, are too heavy for me. Hence, The Bearing of Iniquity, is a phrase that sometimes occurs in the Book of God. Every sensible Soul, feels it like a ponderous Mountain of Lead upon him; the Thousands of Talents which he owes unto the Revenge of God, are • Weight upon him, which he finds there is no Enduring of. Ask the Undone Murderer that is now before you, whether he feels not Sin like a Load upon him? That Malefactor will be pressed to ⟨p. 15⟩Death for ever, by the Dead Weight of Sin, who shall be so Mute under his Guilt▪ as not to cr• out, Lord, I am oppressed, undertake for me. But in Justification this intolerable. Burden is Translated unto the Blessed Lord Jesus Christ, who was made a Curse for us. And thus we are told in Isa. 53. 6. God hath laid on him the Iniquity of us all. The Burden of Sin▪ […] the Obligation to make Satisfaction for it; this is a Burden enough to Break the Backs of all the Angels in Heaven, if it were laid upon them. On Supposition of a Law given by God, and on Supposition of that Law broken by man, there follows a Necessity▪ of a Satisfaction to be made unto the Justice of that Holy One, who will be known to be of purer Eyes than to behold Iniquity. The Rule according to which the Almighty God acts as the Judge of the World, is the Rectitude and Holiness of His Nature; and the Law which he hath given us ⟨p. 16⟩is Ratified with such a Sanction, that there is now no pardoning of a Sinner without a Satisfaction to Him, Against whom only we have sinned. Now the Obligation to pay the Debt which our Sin has run us into, is in Justification made to fall upon our Lord Jesus Christ, who is our Surety for Good. As one speaks well, Nostram causam Sustinebat, qui nostram sibi Carnem aduniverat; and as I remember, Prosper expressed it, We were Crucified in Him; or according to the Language of the ancient Cyprian, He bore both us and all our sins. The Lord Jesus now becomes the Antitype of the Ancient Scape-Goat, upon whose Head, is laid all the Sin, which we have to answer for. There is an Imputation in this Affair; and as 'tis said […] 5. 21. God made Him to be Sin for […] ▪ who knew no Sin, that we might be made the Righteousness of God in Him; 'tis thus by a Divine Imputation and Constitution.
Sin is an heavy Burden upon the Soul which it lies upon; and the Sinner may justly roar under it, as in Psal. 38. 4. My Iniquities, as an heavy Burden, are too heavy for me. Hence, The Bearing of Iniquity, is a phrase that sometimes occurrs in the Book of God. Every sensible Soul, feels it like a ponderous Mountain of Lead upon him; the Thousands of Talents which he owes unto the Revenge of God, are • Weight upon him, which he finds there is no Enduring of. Ask the Undone Murderer that is now before you, whether he feels not Sin like a Load upon him? That Malefactor will be prest to ⟨p. 15⟩Death for ever, by the Dead Weight of Sin, who shall be so Mute under his Guilt▪ as not to cr• out, Lord, I am oppressed, undertake for me. But in Iustification this intollerable. Burden is T•anslated unto the Blessed Lord Iesus Christ, who was made a Curse for us. And thus we are told in Isa. 53. 6. God hath laid on him the Iniquity of us all. The Burden of Sin▪ 〈…〉 the Obligation to make Satisfaction for it; this is a Burden enough to Break the Backs of all the Angels in Heaven, if it were laid upon them. On Supposition of a Law given by God, and on Supposition of that Law broken by man, there follows a Necessity▪ of a Satisfaction to be made unto the Justice of that Holy One, who will be known to be of purer Eyes than to behold Iniquity. The Rule according to which the Almighty God acts as the Iudge of the VVorld, is the Re•titude and Holiness of His Nature; and the Law which he hath given us ⟨p. 16⟩is Ratify'd with such a Sanction, that there is now no pardoning of a Sinner without a Satisfaction to Him, Against whom only we have sinned. Now the Obligation to pay the Debt which our Sin has run us into, is in Iustification made to fall upon our Lord Jesus Christ, who is our Surety for Good. As one speaks well, Nostram causam Sustinebat, qui nostram sibi Carnem aduniverat; and as I remember, Prosper expressed it, We were Crucify'd in Him; or according to the Language of the ancient Cyprian, He bore both us and all our sins. The Lord Jesus now becomes the Antitype of the Ancient Scape-Goat, upon whose Head, is laid all the Sin, which we have to answer for. There is an Imputation in this Affair; and as 'tis said 5. 21. God made Him to be Sin for who knew no Sin, that we might be made the Righteousness of God in Him; 'tis thus by a Divine Imputation and Constitution.
