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The harmony of the Gospels, in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings of Jesus Christ, from his incarnation to his death and burial. / Published by John Eliot, teacher of the church in Roxbury. ; [Two lines from Acts]
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2. The place of punishment is not of the Essence, or an Essential part of the p• nishment of sin; the judge may choose and appoint the place, where the punishment shall be inflicted and executed. It was an act of Gods infinite wisdom to appoint and order that Jesus Christ should suffer the punishment of sin in this world among men, it is most agreeable to the Covenant of works that it should be so; it is great love to his Elect that it is so, it is not yet revealed where the place of Hell is, or shall be. Some great divines have thought, that after the day of Judgement, the Earth shall be the place of Hell, that the place of committing sin, shall be the place of punishing of it. Sure it was so with Jesus Christ, he suffered the punishment of sin on Earth, where sin was committed.
2. The place of punishment is not of the Essence, or an Essential part of the p• nishment of sin; the judge may chuse and appoint the place, where the punishment shall be inflicted and executed. It was an act of Gods infinite wisdome to appoint and order that Jesus Christ should suffer the punishment of sin in this world among men, it is most agreeable to the Covenant of works that it should be so; it is great love to his Elect that it is so, it is not yet revealed where the place of Hell is, or shall be. Some great divines have thought, that after the day of Judgement, the Earth shall be the place of Hell, that the place of committing sin, shall be the place of punishing of it. Sure it was so with Jesus Christ, he suffered the punishment of sin on Earth, where sin was committed.
Instance 3. It is a great part of the punishment of sin, inflicted on man, that he is dead in sin, Eph. 2.1, 5. and Gen. 2.17. one part of this dying, is to be dead in sin. But this death Jesus Christ suffered not, how then did he suffer all the punishment of sin?
Answ. 1. To be dead in sin is personal defilement, by the loss of Gods image, this could not befall Jesus Christ, God hath excepted sin, Heb. 4.15. Jesus Christ his humane nature was like unto us in all things, except sin, he could not sin, therefore he could not be dead in sin, he was every way fitted to be a sacrifice for sin, and he did dye for sin without any defilement by it. He dyed for s•n to satisfy justice, if he had dyed in sin, he should have offended Justice thereby, and then how should he have satisfied Justice. The Lamb of God, that was to be a sacrifice for sin, was to be spotless and without blemish, had he dyed in sin, he should have been a spotted sacrifice, and unaccepted.
Answ. 1. To be dead in sin is personal defilement, by the loss of Gods image, this could not befal Jesus Christ, God hath excepted sin, Heb. 4.15. Jesus Christ his humane nature was like unto us in all things, except sin, he could not sin, therefore he could not be dead in sin, he was every way fitted to be a sacrifice for sin, and he did dye for sin without any defilement by it. He dyed for s•n to satisfie justice, if he had dyed in sin, he should have offended Justice thereby, and then how should he have satisfied Justice. The Lamb of God, that was to be a sacrifice for sin, was to be spotless and without blemish, had he dyed in sin, he should have been a spotted sacrifice, and unaccepted.
2. That which Jesus Christ could neither be, do, nor suffer without sin, that he neither was, did, nor suffered. The Lamb that suffered for sin, to take it away, must himself be without sin, and must suffer only that which he is capable to suffer without sin. To satisfy justice for sin, by dying for sin, that was the work which Jesus Christ performed, and Justice was satisfied with it.
2. That which Jesus Christ could neither be, do, nor suffer without sin, that he neither was, did, nor suffered. The Lamb that suffered for sin, to take it away, must himself be without sin, and must suffer only that which he is capable to suffer without sin. To satisfie justice for sin, by dying for sin, that was the work which Jesus Christ performed, and Justice was satisfied with it.
3. To be dead in sin, final separation from God, desperation, &c. neither the excellency of his person, nor his glorious production, nor the quality of his Office, ⟨p. 120⟩nor the work which he had undertaken, could admit any such thing to befall him. But all the Essential punishment due to the sin of man, he was willing to suffer to the utmost, Heb. 10.5. and did so, to the full satisfaction of Justice. Justice required that he should dye; but did not require that he should sin, nor did Justice require that he should dye eternally; if he have once paid the debt of death, Justice was satisfied, and gave him a discharge, that he might rise a Conqueror.
3. To be dead in sin, final separation from God, desperation, &c. n•ither the excellency of his person, nor his glorious production, nor the quality of his Office, ⟨p. 120⟩nor the work which he had undertaken, could admit any such thing to befal him. But all the Essential punishment due to the sin of man, he was willing to suffer to the utmost, Heb. 10.5. and did so, to the full satisfaction of Justice. Justice required that he should dye; but did not require that he should sin, nor did Iustice require that he should dye eternally; if he have once paid the debt of death, Iustice was satisfied, and gave him a discharge, that he might rise a Conqueror.
4. There have been four ways of the production of man. 1. Adam was created by God, out of the dust, and he was made spotless. 2dly. Eve was created by God out of the rib of man, and she was made spotless, though the weaker vessel.
4. There have been four wayes of the production of man. 1. Adam was creat•d by God, out of the dust, and he was made spotless. 2dly. Eve was created by God out of the rib of man, and she was made spotless, though the weaker vessel.
3. All the stock of mankind are produced by the conjunction of man and woman, and all defiled with sin.
4. Jesus Christ was produced of a woman without man, by the power of the Holy Ghost, and he is spotless, full of grace and truth, and hereby was a capable subject to have sin imputed to him, and to be made a sacrifice to God for sin. Jesus Christ suffered all sinless punishment. But when sin is punished with sin, that punishment Jesus Christ is uncapable to suffer, nor is it a necessary kind of punishment, to be suffered in way of satisfaction for sin. Because it is secondary, a consequent of sin.
4. Iesus Christ was produced of a woman without man, by the power of the Holy Ghost, and he is spotless, full of grace and truth, and hereby was a capable subject to have sin imputed to him, and to be made a sacrifice to God for sin. Iesus Christ suffered all sinless punishment. But when sin is punished with sin, that punishment Iesus Christ is uncapable to suffer, nor is it a necessary kind of punishment, to be suffered in way of satisfaction for sin. Because it is secondary, a consequent of sin.
Instance 4. Man is punished with total and final separation from God, and despair. Jesus Christ was not so punished.
Instance 4. Man is punished with total and final separation from God, and despair. Iesus Christ was not so punished.
Answ. Jesus Christ suffered dereliction, and separation from God, (as we shall anon see) to the utmost that was possible and necessary, for the satisfaction of Justice, but total and final was neither necessary nor possible; and had it been so, then sin and death had overcome him. But he hath overcome sin and death, and satisfied justice, which could not have been, if he had totally and finally sunk under it.
The Essential parts of the sinless punishment of sin, which Jesus Christ suffered, are two, the punishment of loss, and the punishment of sense, which appeareth, Math. 25.41, 46. depart ye cursed into Everlasting fire.
THe Essential parts of the sinless punishment of sin, which Jesus Christ sufffered, are two, the punishment of loss, and the punishment of sense, which appeareth, Math. 25.41, 46. depart ye cursed into Everlasting fire.
The punishment of loss firstly, chiefly falleth upon the Soul, which nextly hath communion with God, and the body herein suffereth secondarily, by participation, and sympathy with the Soul, as it was in the garden, where the body was under no sense of punishment saving by participation with the Soul, and that was so deep, that it made him sweat drops like blood abundantly. So that the punishment of loss is a Soul Agony.
The punishment of sense doth firstly, nextly fall upon the body, and reacheth to the Soul secondarily, by its participation with the body. The efficacy of both these together met upon Jesus Christ, when he was upon the Cross, to the uttermost extremity.
First, the punishment of loss, desertion, and dereliction of God fell upon him, and he conflicted with it in his three hours silence. The issue, up-shot, last stroke, and finishing whereof, Jesus Christ uttered and expressed in that exclamatory, roaring, expostulation, Eli, Eli, lamasabach•hani.
First, the punishment of loss, desertion, and dereliction of God fell upon him, and he conflicted with it in his three hours silence. The issue, up-shot, last stroak, and finishing whereof, Jesus Christ uttered and expressed in that exclamatory, roaring, expostulation, Eli, Eli, lamasabach•hani.
I call it exclamatory, because the Evangelists so express it, he cried out with a great voice, I call it roaring, because the Prophesy so calleth it, Psal. 22.1. the voice ⟨p. 121⟩of my roaring, when he spake these very words. The original words are more full·
I call it exclamatory, because the Evangelists so express it, he cryed out with a great voice, I call it roaring, because the Prophesy so calleth it, Psal. 22.1. the voice ⟨p. 121⟩of my roaring, when he spake these very words. The original words are more full·
