(2.) Consider the Completeness of the Saviour; Jesus Christ is so by Merit, and by Efficacy and Power, and so every way fitted to do us good: He doth something for us, and something in us. Look as in the Gospel there is the History of Salvation, and there Christ doth all, he is a Saviour by Merit; and there is the Counsel of Salvation, and there he is a Saviour by Power, he helps us to do the Duty on our part. We have the Merit of his Humiliation, and the Power of his Exaltation: for us he prevails by the Merit of his Death, and in us by the Efficacy of his Spirit. When Christ was to save us, there were several Hinderances, one on God's part, and another on ours; there was Hinderance put in by God's Justice, and a Hinderance by our Unbelief: Justice requires Merit, and Unbelief Power; Christ was a Saviour both ways. Again, there are different Enemies to our Salvation, which were of several Qualities; God and the Law, and Sin and Death, and Satan and the World. Now God and the Law are to be considered in a distinct rank from Sin and Death, from Satan and the World. God was an Enemy that could not be overcome, therefore must be reconciled. The Law was an Enemy that was not to be disannulled and destroyed, but to be satisfied; the Precepts of it were not to be relaxed or repealed, but fulfilled; the Curses of it were not to fall to the ground; some must be made a Curse, that the Authority of it might be kept up. Now Jesus Christ he is made a Curse for us, and by his Merit he satisfies the Law, and the Justice of God. Then among the other Enemies, look to Satan, he is not ⟨p. 19⟩only a Tempter, but an Accuser; as he is a Tempter, so Christ is to overcome him by his Power; as he is an Accuser, so Christ is to overcome him by his Merit. Certainly so far as Satan is an Enemy, so far must Christ be a Saviour, that the Plaster may be as broad as the Sore; and therefore against the Accusations of Satan, he interposeth as our Advocate, by representing his Merit, and by bringing his Blood unto the Mercy-Seat. Once again consider, that our Comfort may be full, Christ saves us by Merit and by Power: By his Obedience and Merit, he gives us jus ad rem, a Right and Title to Salvation; but by his Efficacy and Power, he gives us Possession, jus in re; he was first to buy our Peace, our Comfort, our Grace, our Glory of God, and then to see that we be possessed of it;
(2.) Consider the Compleatness of the Saviour; Jesus Christ is so by Merit, and by Efficacy and Power, and so every way fitted to do us good: He doth something for us, and something in us. Look as in the Gospel there is the History of Salvation, and there Christ doth all, he is a Saviour by Merit; and there is the Counsel of Salvation, and there he is a Saviour by Power, he helps us to do the Duty on our part. We have the Merit of his Humiliation, and the Power of his Exaltation: for us he prevails by the Merit of his Death, and in us by the Efficacy of his Spirit. When Christ was to save us, there were several Hinderances, one on God's part, and another on ours; there was Hinderance put in by God's Justice, and a Hinderance by our Unbelief: Justice requires Merit, and Unbelief Power; Christ was a Saviour both ways. Again, there are different Enemies to our Salvation, which were of several Qualities; God and the Law, and Sin and Death, and Satan and the World. Now God and the Law are to be considered in a distinct rank from Sin and Death, from Satan and the World. God was an Enemy that could not be overcome, therefore must be reconciled. The Law was an Enemy that was not to be disanulled and destroyed, but to be satisfied; the Precepts of it were not to be relaxed or repealed, but fulfilled; the Curses of it were not to fall to the ground; some must be made a Curse, that the Authority of it might be kept up. Now Jesus Christ he is made a Curse for us, and by his Merit he satisfies the Law, and the Justice of God. Then among the other Enemies, look to Satan, he is not ⟨p. 19⟩only a Tempter, but an Accuser; as he is a Tempter, so Christ is to overcome him by his Power; as he is an Accuser, so Christ is to overcome him by his Merit. Certainly so far as Satan is an Enemy, so far must Christ be a Saviour, that the Plaister may be as broad as the Sore; and therefore against the Accusations of Satan, he interposeth as our Advocate, by representing his Merit, and by bringing his Blood unto the Mercy-Seat. Once again consider, that our Comfort may be full, Christ saves us by Merit and by Power: By his Obedience and Merit, he gives us jus ad rem, a Right and Title to Salvation; but by his Efficacy and Power, he gives us Possession, jus in re; he was first to buy our Peace, our Comfort, our Grace, our Glory of God, and then to see that we be possessed of it;
