A practical exposition on the 130th Psalm

1. That he dyed to make Atonement for Sin, or Reconciliation for Iniquity, Dan. 9. 24. He gave his life a ransom for the sins of many, Matth. 20. 28. 1 Tim. 2. 6. He was in it made sin, ⟨p. 212⟩that others might become the righteousness of God in him, 2 Cor. 5. 20. Rom. 8. 3. Therein he bare our sins in his body on the Tree, 1 Pet. 2. 24. This was the state of this matter. Notwithstanding all the Love, Grace and condescension before mentioned, yet our sins were of that nature, and so directly opposite unto the Justice and Holiness of God, that unless Atonement were made, and a Price of Redemption paid, there could be no Pardon, no forgiveness obtained. This therefore he undertook to do, and that by the Sacrifice of himself; answering all that was prefigured by, and represented in the Sacrifices of old; as the Apostle largely declares, Heb. 10. 5, 6, 7, 8 9. And herein is the forgiveness that is in God, copied out and exemplified so clearly and evidently, that he that cannot read it, will be cursed unto Eternity. Yea, and let him be accursed; for what can be more required to justify God in his eternal destruction? He that will not believe his Grace as testified and exemplified in the Blood of his Son, let him perish without remedy. Yea but,

1. That he dyed to make Attonement for Sin, or Reconciliation for Iniquity, Dan. 9. 24. He gave his life a ransom for the sins of many, Matth. 20. 28. 1 Tim. 2. 6