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Speculum theologiæ in Christo, or, A view of some divine truths which are either…
Speculum theologiæ in Christo, or, A view of some divine truths which are either practically exemplified in Jesus Christ, set forth in the Gospel, or may be reasonably deduced from thence / by Edward Polhill ..., Esq.
London: printed by A.M. and R.R. for Tho. Cockerill, 1678
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Hence it appears, that his consent to suffer punishment for us, was a very just valid one, it being in that, which he had authority over; and where there is such a just consent, there an innocent one may suffer for the guilty. It's true, an innocent one merely as such cannot be punished; neither did our Saviour suffer as such, but as one in conjunction with us, as our Goel and Sponsor, who undertook to bear the punishment of our sins. It could not be unjust for him to undertake it; and after undertaking, it could not but be just for him to perform it; especially, seeing his person could not sink under his Sufferings, and his Sufferings could not be in vain, or to no purpose. He rose as a glorious Victor, and out of his Penal Evils sprung that great ⟨p. 59⟩Good, the Redemption of a World.
Hence it appears, that his consent to suffer punishment for us, was a very just valid one, it being in that, which he had authority over; and where there is such a just consent, there an innocent one may suffer for the guilty. It's true, an innocent one meerly as such cannot be punished; neither did our Saviour suffer as such, but as one in conjunction with us, as our Goel and Sponsor, who undertook to bear the punishment of our sins. It could not be unjust for him to undertake it; and after undertaking, it could not but be just for him to perform it; especially, seeing his person could not sink under his Sufferings, and his Sufferings could not be in vain, or to no purpose. He rose as a glorious Victor, and out of his Penal Evils sprung that great ⟨p. 59⟩Good, the Redemption of a World.
3. The Sufferings of Christ are to be considered in themselves, and in their fruits. Take them in themselves, Justice appears in the proportionableness of them: in punishing Justice holds the Balance, it weighs and measures out Penal Evils for Moral: Judgments on Sinners are called, the portion of their measures,