Of Communion with God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost

1. In him God hath manifested the Naturalness of this §. 12 Righteousness unto him, in that it was impossible that it should be diverted from sinners, without the interposing of a propitiation. Those who lay the necessity of satisfaction merely upon the account of a free Act and determination of the Will of God, leave to my apprehension no just and indispensable ^ffoundation for the death of Christ, but lay it upon a supposition of that which might have been otherwise. But plainly God in that he ^gspared not his only Son, but made his soul an offering for sin, and would admit of no atonement but in his blood, hath abundantly manifested that it is of necessity to him, (his Holiness and Righteousness requiring it,) to render indignation, wrath, tribulation and anguish unto sin. And the knowledge of this naturalness of vindictive justice, with the necessity of its execution on supposition of sin, is the only true and useful knowledge of it. To look upon it, as that which God may exercise ⟨p. 94⟩or forbear, make his justice not a property of his nature, but a free Act of his will: And a will to punish, where one may do otherwise without injustice, is rather ill will, then justice.

1. In him God hath manifested the Naturallnesse of this §. 12 Righteousnesse unto him, in that it was impossible that it should be diverted from sinners, without the interposing of a propitiation. Those who lay the necessity of satisfaction meerely upon the account of a free Act and determination of the Will of God, leave to my apprehension no just and indispensable ^ffoundation for the death of Christ, but lay it upon a supposition of that which might have been otherwise. But plainly God in that he ^gspared not his only Sonne, but made his soule an offering for sinne, and would admit of no attonement but in his blood, hath abundantly manifested that it is of necessity to him, (his Holinesse and Righteousnesse requiring it,) to render indignation, wrath, tribulation and anguish unto sinne. And the knowledge of this naturallnesse of vindictive justice, with the necessity of its execution on supposition of sinne, is the only true and usefull knowledge of it. To look upon it, as that which God may exercise