Yet he assum'd my sin and guilt, k
For which the noble blood was spilt.
Great was the guilt-o'erflowing flood,

The creature's and Creator's blood! /

i Psalm cx. 7. He shall drink of the brook in the way therefore shall he lift up the head.

j Rom. viii. 3. God sent his own Son, in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin condemned sin in the flesh.

John i. 14. And

(and we beheld

the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father) full of grace and truth. Luke i. 35. And the angel answered and said unto Mary, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee, shall be called the Son of God. Heb. ii. 16. For verily, he took not on him the nature of angels: but he took on him the seed of Abraham. And vii. 26, 27. For such an High Priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.

k Isa. liii. 5, 6. All we like sheep have gone astray: we have turned every one to his own way, and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. 2 Cor. v. 21. God hath made Christ to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. Matt. xx. 28. The Son of man came to give his life a ransom for many.

7 Rom. iii. 25. Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation, through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the re

The Chief of chiefs amazing came, m

To bear the glory and the shame ; n
Anointed Chief with oil of joy, o

Crown'd Chief with thorns of sharp annoy.p

Lo, in his white and ruddy face

Roses and lilies strive for place ; q

mission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God. Acts xx. 28. Feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. 1 Pet. i. 18, 19. Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a Lamb without blemish and without spot. 1 John iii. 16. Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us.

m Rev. i. 4, 5. Grace be unto you, and peace from-Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth.

n Zech. vi. 12, 13. Behold, the man whose name is the BRANCH-he shall build the temple of the Lord, and he shall bear the glory. Heb. xii. 2. Jesus, for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, &c.

o Psalm xlv. 7. Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

p Matt. xxvii. 29. And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, king of the Jews.

The morning star, the rising sun,
With equal speed and splendor run.

How glorious is the church's head,
The Son of God, the woman's seed !s
How searchless is his noble clan, t

The first, the last, the second man! u

q Song. ii. 1. I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. And v. 10. My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.

r Rev. xxii. 16. I [Jesus] am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. Mal. iv. 2. But unto you that fear my name, shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth and grow up as

calves of the stall.

s Col. i. 18. And Christ is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead; that in all things he might have the pre-eminence. John iii. 16. God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have everlasting life. Gen. iii. 15. And I [the Lord God] will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: it shall bruise thy head and thou shalt bruise his heel.

t Isa. liii. 8. He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? Prov. xxx. 4. Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?

With equal brightness in his face,

Shines divine justice, divine grace; v
The jarring glories kindly meet,

Stern vengeance and compassion sweet. w

God is a spirit; seems it odd

To sing aloud the blood of God? x

u Rev. i. 11. I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last. 1 Cor. xv. 45. The last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Ver. 47. The second man is the Lord from heaven.

v 2 Cor. iv. 6. For God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God, in the face of Jesus Christ. Rom. iii. 24-26. Being justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Jesus Christ: whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation, through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; to declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. Eph. i. 6, 7. To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the Beloved in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of his grace.

w Rom. v. 20, 21. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: that as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness, unto eternal life, by Jesus Christ our Lord. Psalm lxxxv. 10. Mercy and truth are met together: righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

≈ John iv. 24. God is a spirit, and they that worship him, must

Yea, hence my peace and joy result,
And here my lasting hope is built. y

Love through his blood a vent has sought,
Yet divine love was never bought :
Mercy could never purchas'd be,

Yet ev'ry mercy purchas'd he. z

worship him in spirit and in truth. Acts xx. 28. Feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

y Rom. v. 1. Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ. Ver. 10. For if when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son: much more being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 1 Pet. iii. 15. Be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear. Ver. 18. For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, (that he might bring us to God), being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit.

z Rom. v. 9. Much more, then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. Ver. 21. See letter w. John iii. 16. God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have everlasting life. Rom. ix. 15. God saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. Eph. i. 3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.