The Meritorious Price of Our Redemption, William ... - Adkinshorton.net

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hjiht Fathtrs Atonement,
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And indeed the tigheoufnef^ which God the Father bcRowe^
upon poor believing fiiincrs in making thrm finlefs by his Atonefnent,
is an example of the highclt degree of Mercy, Charity,or
Almes, thar the world can afford-, it is a high degree of mercy
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in man todo jufliccto the opprefT-d, Pf. %i.},. hr.zz.-t^.Iob 2p.i2,
3 . but it is a tar higher degree of mercy in 6'od to reconcile himfelf
to his enemicSj and to makefinncrs juft zn6 innocent by bix
merciful Aronemcnt ; and in t'r,is fcnfe Peter Aiartjr cals CTods
Rightcoufrefsor Juuice,(yff^j Mercy ; Rom. 3.21. and in thisfenfc
the ApOi^le ^zxih^that God had /(ppthted m di,iji in vhlch he vfifljudq^t
the rvorii ir. Right etftfnefs^ AEi. 17.51. that is faith M. Broughton,
He hath appointed A day in rrhich he Vpili favor the world in mercy,
and liedotU exemplify his meaning '>ou Cod doth judge the world
in rightcoufn.fs or in mcrcy,by 7y.$> 8.9. and 146.7,8. Gods juftice
to believing finners is his mcrcy,bur his;uftice to unbelievers is his
wrath •, and his jufticc is innumerable waies adminiftred,/y!7i. i ^.
and 40.5. -£///« telleth lob, that the Almighty is
k'^g of ftrength,
ard that ve cannot alrcaies ^ndtm the reafltn of his corrections, but
yet faith hc^Geddoth rvhat he doth $ut of^itjgemcnt^and out ofplenty
t^juflicejob 1
7.1.^{.Broughton on this place faith, f/;rff G«dsjttfice
to poor humbled fiiiners,is his mercy : and ii^ ch.7,1 23. Flihu tcllcth
Icbi that if a meferrfr or teacher gne of a thousand befent (• fitch ax
1 /y Hndtr gois affliUirg hand to teach them their rio^hteou'nefs (M.
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'Brttfghtin cals it gods mercyWut is to Tiysto tfach them how they
may be maJc righteous or Cv^k's, by Gr.ds merciai! Atonement received
by faith .P^fw God'yt-il have mercy tipcnfr^ch right torn perfons
and flare t hem f9m dtfcending into the pit, faying, Jhaveftur-da
ranjom, namely, I have found farisfa^if n in Ci.ri:':f facific^ ot A-
tonemcnr,\vhich is the ranfom cl poor believing {in:^crs 1rom(7oJs
di(p! a'urc ;
and ti.en in v. 26. hej^'allfray t§ thefuijfant, .uidhe
jhAll itcrcf't him.and he f^aUfee hufae \ffithjoy,
andhejhall reft$rt
to miin /;;.< w//>f ,chat is to ay, be fiiall rcHorc to (iich ptr(«4is \\l
m'Tciful Arcrrm"nr, which for the prcfen: was hii uc^mth-ir
ccrfviierre by fin : Thf geneva note on v. 1^. faith, that godycia
f-r^iv( i:i;n ht*fr^