Indian dialogues, for their instruction in that great service of Christ, in calling home…Indian dialogues, for their instruction in that great sevice of Christ, in calling home…

Then God opened the mouth of this dear Servant of his, who told me that the infinite mercy and wisdom of God had found out a ransom, a way to satisfy Justice, and fulfil the Law, and to save poor condemned sinners, and that he himself had found mercy in that way. This bred some hope in my soul, and stayed me from sinking quite down, when I heard of a possibility: but still I was in distressing doubt and fear that it was but some delusion, because I could not see a possibility for Man or Angel, or any Creature, to satisfy and give a ransom to infinite Justice. Then he declared to me, that it is true that no Creature could give a ransom to satisfy Justice, but God himself was able to satisfy the infinite Justice of God. To that I yielded, that God himself might satisfy his Justice, but still I was in the dark, I could not see this could possibly be. Then he opened me, that adored Doctrine of God his being One and Three, how God was one in Essence, three in Persons, G•d the Father, God the Son, and God the holy Ghost; how the Father doth by an eternal intellectual act conceive the Image of Himself, as being the only adequate Object he understands himself; and this is called the Begetting of the Son, by an intellectual conception of his own Image: and these two Subsistencies, do by an eternal act of Volition love each other; and this Love is the third Person in Trinity, proceeding from both the Father and the Son. Now the eternal Majesty of God agreed within himself, that God the Son, the second Person in Trinity, should assume humane Nature to himself, and become a man, subject to the Law. This glorious Person is the greatest subject that ever the Law had, and this glorious Person is able perfectly to fulfil the Law, and perfectly to pay a ransom satisfactory to infinite Justice, who hath done it. This depth of divine Wisdom my soul admired, and shall do to eternity. But still I was at a loss how I should be interested in the ransom that this glorious Person hath paid. Then did this Messenger of God declare unto me, that this glorious Person Jesus Christ had undertaken both parts of this work: First to atone, and reconcile God to man, by paying the ransom required, and by perfect fulfilling the Law: Secondly, to subdue the soul and will of man to turn, and submit to be reconciled to God.

Then God opened the mouth of this dear Servant of his, who told me that the infinite mercy and wisdome of God had found out a ransome, a way to satisfie Justice, and fulfil the Law, and to save poor condemned sinners, and that he himself had found mercy in that way. This bred some hope in my soul, and stayed me from sinking quite down, when I heard of a possibility: but still I was in distressing doubt and fear that it was but some delusion, because I could not see a possibility for Man or Angel, or any Creature, to satisfie and give a ransome to infinite Justice. Then he declared to me, that it is true that no Creature could give a ransome to satisfie Justice, but God himself was able to satisfie the infinite Justice of God. To that I yielded, that God himself might satisfie his Justice, but still I was in the dark, I could not see this could possibly be. Then he opened me, that adored Doctrine of God his being One and Three, how God was one in Essence, three in Persons, Gd the Father, God the Son, and God the holy Ghost; how the Father doth by an eternal intellectual act conceive the Image of Himself, as being the only adequate Object he understands himself; and this is called the Begetting of the Son, by an intellectual conception of his own Image: and these two Subsistencies, do by an eternal act of Volition love each other; and this Love is the third Person in Trinity, proceeding from both the Father and the Son. Now the eternal Majesty of God agreed within himself, that God the Son, the second Person in Trinity, should assume humane Nature to himself, and become a man, subject to the Law. This glorious Person is the greatest subject that ever the Law had, and this glorious Person is able perfectly to fulfil the Law, and perfectly to pay a ransome satisfactory to infinite Justice, who hath done it. This depth of divine Wisdome my soul admired, and shall do to eternity. But still I was at a loss how I should be interested in the ransome that this glorious Person hath paid. Then did this Messenger of God declare unto me, that this glorious Person Jesus Christ had undertaken both parts of this work: First to atone, and reconcile God to man, by paying the ransome required, and by perfect fulfilling the Law: Secondly, to subdue the soul and will of man to turn, and submit to be reconciled to God.