The safety of appearing at the day of judgement, in the righteousness of Christ

Gods name is as much vindicated, and there is as full a testimony given to the holiness of God by the sufferings of a surety, as if the sinner had suffered in his own person, there is no probability that Adam did at first understand this interpretation of the curse, it was a secret that God kept in his own breast, until there was occasion for its publication; indeed from the first publishing of the Law, God showed that a public person might perform the preceptive part of it for others: and by failing therein, might expose others with himself unto ruin as Adam did. Which shows it also to be very fair, that a public person may suffer for us: if a public person may ruin us, why may not a public person recover us: but we have no grounds to conclude that Adam knew any thing of the possibility of salvation in case he sinned, but God after the Fall revealed it unto him.

Gods name is as much vindicated, and there is as full a testimony given to the holiness of God by the sufferings of a surety, as if the sinner had suffered in his own person, there is no probability that Adam did at first understand this interpretation of the cnrse, it was a secret that God kept in his own breast, until there was occasion for its publication; indeed from the first publishing of the Law, God shewed that a publick person might perform the preceptive part of it for others: and by failing therein, might expose others with himself unto ruine as Adam did. Which shews it also to be very fair, that a publick person may suffer for us: if a publick person may ruine us, why may not a publick person recover us: but we have no grounds to conclude that Adam knew any thing of the possibility of salvation in case he sinned, but God after the Fall revealed it unto him.

But God has by his practice, clearly given us ⟨p. 39⟩this interpretation of the curse of the Law; God himself has provided a Mediator for us, and inflicted the punishment of our sins on him: which shows it is no ways contradictory to his law so to do: such a proceeding is agreeable to the law, otherwise Go? would never have had an hand in it; God has showed us how the law is to be understood in executing it on Jesus Christ, and it is very unreasonable to think, that there should be any thing in the law to hinder our salvation by Jesus Christ; for this way of salvation has been decreed by God before the world,