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 the infernal regions are not so monument of the justice and holiness  sin-hating God as he has given us in  crucifixion of his beloved Son.--For if  Lord spared him not, when guilt was  found in him, but only imputed to  how much less shall he spare the  offender himself, who obstinately persists  his rebellion. Nothing sets forth the aggravations of sin, its execrable  and loathsomeness in the sight of God, nothing speaks such terror to the work of iniquity, did they but lay it to heart, the shameful, the bitter, the accursed  of the Prince of life for our offences.

The love, the grace, and mercy of God, are illustriously displayed in the cross of Christ. life, and endless felicity, granted to criminals on any terms, must be wonderful and  an astonishing display of divine mercy. But the father grants these through the wounds,  agonies, the death of his dear, his only begotten,  equal Son, he not only manifests his love, but  it; he displays it in such a way as may  inflame us with gratitude, and transport us with  admiration. He shews it in its highest. The blessings of salvation, invaluable themselves, are unspeakably enhanced by the  iuin [sic] which they are conferred. God so loved the loved it in such a way and to such a degree, as  only be expressed. only conceived by himself; loved it, that he gave his only begotten son to  and to death, even the death of the cross,  whosoever believeth on him should not perish,  have everlasting life. Sin had reigned unto