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

30 Titd MerH$rhm ffke cftnr Part I*
then by the fame phra(c you mufl affirm, That the Father laid all
oiiriiosuponhimftlf, by impuring the guilt at all ourfios lohimrclt-
for the Father is faid to bear our iiiw as well as Chrift ; for
bc« Jur c" by ** ^'•^''^ Flayed thw to the Father, in Pfal. zij. 1%. Bear g/l my finj :
imputatiou, as Co thc Hcbr..w IS. So thcn, the Father doth btar our Cms as w«U as
the SoH : The Son bcars Our fiiis Mediacorially, by hisSacrilicc oi
chrin baredicm
by impHution. AfonenKnt, namely, as it was thc merit- rii^us procuring caul'e of
his Fathers Atonement ; but thc Father doth bear away our fins by
his Atonement, Pardon, and Forgi»enef$,and thereby a finncr is
made formally juft : and thus *Z)xx//^ meant when he prayed to
the Father to bear a! Ibis fins, namely, to bear away the guilt of
them from him, by his free pardon and merciful forgivencfs : and as
foon ai ever afinner hath obtained the Fathers bearing of his fins,
he is formally jul),and (b he is in a bleiTed condition : and fo David
doih explane thc matter in Pfal. 52. i. BlejfeU it the man vbtfe
JranfgrfjfttM is barn : (So the Hebrew is*) nanKly, whofe TranfgrclFion
is born away by the Fathers Atonement and Forgivenefs :
and the Apoftle Paul doth fb expound thc Flebrcw Word in /««;.
^.j.'3/fjfed li the man vhtfeTranfgreJfttn u forgiven : So then by
this comparing o^ Davids Hebrew word with Pauls Greek word,
it follows, that the Father bears our fins from us by his Atonement,
that is to fay, his F(>rgivcne(j: and thb Interpretation is alfo confirmed
by other Scriptures •, DaviiCa\dj Iwillc9n^fs mjTranf-
^^ejfions to the Lord, and thou karej} the fnifjuity $fmj fin : P(al.
^1. 5. and y*/- doth thus expoftulate with the Father, fVhy dejh
then not hear my Trefpafsj andpafs over mine Iniquity > S-^ the
Hebrew is in lob 7. 21. and David (aid, / hefeechtheCt O Lord,
Bear gway the ItiiajMityof thy Jervant : t Sam. 24. 10. And thc
godly Converts in f/»/f4 pray thus Takeaway flift up, or bear
2\\3\) ail Ihicjuity : Hof, 14. 2. thatistolay, lud n or Pprgivc
our Iniquities ; not only a a Judi^e when Kc forgives "r acquits a
Malefa