Christs temptation and transfiguration practically explained and improved in several sermons /

that man who had lost the Image, Favour and Fellowship with God should be again restored, by renewing his Heart, reconciling his Person, and admitting him again into Communion with God, who was was so justly provoked by him. God stood in no need of our Friendship, nor could any loss come to him by our Hatred and Enmity; only it pleased the Father to take this way, Isa. 53. 10. For ⟨p. 141⟩it pleased the Lord to bruise him, he hath put him to grief, when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hands.

that man who had lost the Image, Favour and Fellowship with God should be again restored, by renewing his Heart, reconciling his Person, and admitting him again into Communion with God, who was was so justly provoked by him. God stood in no need of our Friendship, nor could any loss come to him by our Hatred and Enmity; onely it pleased the Father to take this way, Isa. 53. 10. For ⟨p. 141⟩it pleased the Lord to bruise him, he hath put him to grief, when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his dayes, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hands.

2. He is pleased with the Terms. God who is the Supreme Governor of the world, and the offended Party, stood upon these Terms, that the Honour of his governing Justice should be secured, and the Repentance and Reformation of man carried on. Strictly these must be done, or else man must lye under his Eternal Displeasure; if one be done and not the other, no Reconciliation can ensue. Now that God is highly pleased with the satisfaction and compensation made to his governing Justice,