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A54347 The mystery of the Gospel unvail'd wherein is plainly shewed and proved, that the man Christ Jesus has honoured all the perfections of God more than Adam and all his posterity could have done, had they continuted in their primitive state of innocency / first preached, and now published by Samuel Pack. Pack, Samuel. 1691 (1691) Wing P151; ESTC R32208 12,469 26

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to Justice against Believers for their abuse of Mercy but presently it receives this or the like answer from Justice Though 't is true O Law what thou say'st concerning this Believer's abuse of Mercy yet I am resolved to stand by this Believer because my Mercy has shone forth so abundantly by their Surety God over all in their Nature that a finite Being is not able to comprehend for says Justice if there had been but one of Adam's Off-Spring saved my Mercy would have been more display'd thereby than it would have been in the Salvation of all Mankind had they continued in their Innoceney for then God had only extended Mercy only to Loyal Subjects But for God as an Act of his Grace to save sinners by the Death of his Son was an extending of Grace to Rebellious Adam and his Rebellious Off-Spring which is a great Amplification thereof 4. As this Doctrin does inform us That the Sovereignty Holiness and Mercy of God are no losers by Believers with respect to their Nature in the Person of God over all so likewise the power of God has been more display'd in the Conception Death and Resurrection of Christ than it would have been in keeping Adam and all his Posterity in their State of Innocency Oh what power did the Spirit of God manifest in forming the Pure and Spotless Humanity of Christ of the Substance of a sinful Virgin And how was the Power of God manifested in bearing up of that Spotless Humanity under that Wrath the thousand part of which would have sunk the whole Creation So that when the Law cries to Justice for Vengeance against Believers for contemning of God's Power by acting in his sight contrary to his Nature it receives this or the like answer from Justice Though it is true O Law what thou sayst That Man has greatly contemned God's Power yet I am resolved notwithstanding to stand by this Believer because my power shone forth more in the Conception Death and Resurrection of their Surety who is God over all than it would have been in preserving Man in Innocency And besides says Justice to the Law my power has been as much display'd in infusing the habit of Grace into the Hearts of Believers Eph. 1.19 1. Pet. 1.5 and in keeping up that habit by constant supplies of persevering Grace as in making of Heaven and Earth 5. As the Power of God has been more magnified by God over all in Man's Nature than it would have been in the perseverance of all Mankind so has his Wisdom likewise for as Man did put a slight upon God's Wisdom when he consulted with Satan for the mending of his Condition yet there has been for that slight such satisfaction made to the Justice of God in Man's Nature by contriving that way for our Redemption which was infinitely above the reach of Human and Angelical Wisdom that when the Law cries out to Justice against sinners for putting of slights upon God's Wisdom when we go not to him for Direction in our important concerns Justice returns this or the like answer 'T is true O Law what thou sayst concerning the slights that have been put upon my Wisdom by sinners yet I am resolved to stand by this Believer notwithstanding forasmuch as the essential Wisdom of God and in whom is hid all the Treasures of Wisdom has managed that Work of Man's Redemption at such a rate as would have puzzel'd all the Angels in Heaven for what Angel could ever have imagined that the same Person should be the Satisfier which was the Satisfied But thus it was with God over all in Man's Nature for Christ as God was satisfied but Christ as God Man or Mediator was the Satisfier 6. As the Wisdom of God so the Truth of God has been more display'd by God over all in Man's Nature in the management of the Work of our Redemption than for ought that is revealed in the Scripture it would have been by Adam and all his Posterity had they continued in their Innocency for such was the Zeal of the Man Christ Jesus for the magnifying of his Father's Truth that notwithstanding the unutterable Torments that he was in upon the Cross he would not put a Period unto them by his Death till all those Prophesies were fulfilled that were to be accomplished by his Death and therefore it said That Jesus knowing all things that the Scriptures might be fulfilled said John 19.28 I thirst and therefore Christ is called the Faithful and True Witness In a word had Adam and all his Posterity continued in their Innocency there had been many True Men but there would not have been one Man Truth it self but the Man Christ Jesus is Truth it self and the Fountain of all Truth so that the Truth of God is greatly Glorified by God over all in Man's Nature 7. Last of all the Justice of God shines forth greatly in the Man Christ Jesus by laying upon him unconceiveable Sufferings for Sin imputed to him though not committed by him And certainly could the Justice of God have dispensed with Sin it would when it found it only by imputation upon the Darling of Heaven but such was the Severity of God's Justice that if Christ would undertake to pay our Debts God would not dispense with the non-payment of them 8. If Christ be God over all and that the Dignity of his Person has put such efficacy into his Sufferings as has made them infinitely meritotorious so as to make full Satisfaction to the Justice of God for all the Wrong that has been done to all his Attributes then this may inform us Rom. 3.26 1 Joh. 1.8 that the Justice of God is ingaged to Justifie a True Believer forasmuch as he has been fully satisfied by Christ the Believers Surety In a word though the Damned in Hell will never have satisfied Justice for which cause they must never come out of their Torment yet Christ who is God over all did satisfie the Justice of God to the uttermost Farthing 9. If Christ be God over all then this may inform us of the honourable and happy Condition of True Believers who are mystically one with Christ who is God over all by his Essential Union with the Father if it were such an honour to Hester to be relatively one with an Earthly Prince it must needs be a far greater honour to a True Believer to be mystically one with God over all who is King of Kings 10. If Christ be God over all this Doctrin may inform us what encouragement we have in this Day of Jacob's Troubles when contempt covers the Faces of the Saints to be importunate with God for the Deliverance of Sion and for the Exaltation of the Interest of Christ for if Christ be God over all he will make all his Implacable Enemies to feel the Force of his Irresistible Power in order to his own Glory and his Churches Good 11. If Christ be God over all this may