Speculum theologiæ in Christo, or, A view of some divine truths which are either…

Moreover, As it is the nature of Hatred to be a Murderer, to seek the not being of the thing hated; so it was the great Design of this Mystery to extirpate sin out of the hearts of men. For this purpose was the Son of God manifested, that he might the stroy the works of the devil, 1 John 3.8. There are three things in sin: the guilt, the power, and the being. The aim of a crucified Christ was to extirpate there all: Christ was made Sin and a Curse for us. He did by his sweet-smelling Sacrifice fully satisfy the Law and Justice of God: ⟨p. 35⟩And why did he do it, but that the bonds of guilt might be broken off from us? The strength of sin, in binding us over to Death and Hell, is the Law; and the Law, in its threatening of a Curse and Condemnation, is the voice of vindictive Justice: these two being fully satisfied in Christ, the guilt of sin becomes powerless, and unable to hold such sinners, as by Faith and Repentance partake in that Satisfaction. There was in Christs Sufferings, not only a fullness of Satisfaction, but a redundance of Merit: Thereby he procured the Holy Spirit for us; and why so, but that the power of sin might be dissolved in us? Our own spirit of it self could not, would not do this; but the divine Spirit, which Christ hath procured, doth in true Believers effect it. Sin is no longer a prevailing-Law in the heart; the Holy Spirit takes away its dominion, that the Throne of Christ may be set there. It is true, as Saint Bernard saith, Velis, nolis, infra fines tuos habitat Jebusaeus. Sin hath a being in Believers; but even that doth the holy Spirit in the Article of Death remove from them, that their Souls may fly away into that pure Region, where are the spirits of just men made perfect. Thus God manifests his hatred of sin, in that he laid in the Sufferings of Christ a design for the extirpation of it.

Moreover, As it is the nature of Hatred to be a Murderer, to seek the not being of the thing hated; so it was the great Design of this Mysterie to extirpate sin out of the hearts of men. For this purpose was the Son of God mantjested, that he might the stroy the works of the devil, 1 John 3.8. There are three things in sin: the guilt, the power, and the being. The aim of a crucified Christ was to extirpate there all: Christ was made Sin and a Curse for us. He did by his sweet-sinelling Satrifice fully fatisfie the Law and Justice of God: