s justice in his Son
Jesus Christ. Having laid upon him our iniquities, he exacts of him our
deserved punishment, and makes him a curse who knew no sin. Now this being
done, the Lord sends forth to all poor sinners who are trembling at mount
Sinai this proclamation,--this is my last and most peremptory command, that
ye believe in the name of my Son Jesus Christ. This is my well-beloved
Son, in whom I am well-pleased, hear ye him. Have ye heard me the lawgiver
condemning you? Now go and hear him, the Mediator and Saviour, absolving
you, for I have committed all judgment unto him. Though I pronounce the
sentence in this world against you, yet I have committed all the execution
of it to him, and if you come to him, you may prevent it. You have broken
all my former commandments, and I have pronounced a sentence against you
for that. But now I give a new commandment instead of all the former,
which if you obey, then the sentence of death is relaxed. You who cannot
obey the law and give satisfaction in your own persons, I charge you to
flee unto my Son Christ, who hath given me full satisfaction both to the
curse, by suffering, and to the command, by obedience, and lay hold on his
righteousness as your own, and in him ye are justified, and delivered from
all these sentences and hard writings against you. I give a new
commandment as the cure and remedy of all broken commandments. Believe on
this name, in which is salvation. Take his obedience and suffering for
your cure, and present me with that, I shall be as well satisfied as with
your own personal satisfaction.

This now is very plain business. All commands are broken. There is yet one
published in the gospel to help all, and it is in substance to embrace and
welcome Jesus Christ for all, to seek our life and salvation in him, to
take him as a priest to offer sacrifice for us, and expiate our sins, and
to come to him as a prophet to seek wisdom and illumination, and all grace
from him; to choose him as our King, henceforth to submit to his easy yoke
of government. Now I say there will be no more debates about this. Will ye
yet dispute whether ye may believe or not? Will ye inquire after this
whether you have a warrant or not? Truly such a question would occasion
much jealousy and provocation among men. If a man had signified as much
willingness by command, by invitation, by request, by frequent repetition
of these, yet to call in question or dispute whether or not I may go to