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                                    (15) e both pleased to the full, the parties cannot but all agree, and embrace each other. Again they meet together and embrace one another in him, as a sacrifice, A sacrifice and offering of a sweet smelling favour, unto God, Eph. v. 2. why, He offered, up himself by the eternal Spirit,’ O great! Even by his eternal Godlead; a valuable sacrifice indeed! they meet together in him as a propitiation, Rom iii. 25. Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation thro' faith in his blood to declare his righteousness, &c. Behold him righteous in shewing mercy, here is the atonement, the propitiation, that very word which the Septuagint calls the mercyfeat in the Old-Teftament: and it is the word that the poor publican made use of when he was seeking mercy, saying, God be meciful unto me a sinner. He had mind of this, this mercy-feat and propitiation, it is not simple mercy that he fought, but mercy through a propitiation : he locked to the blood of atonement to the sacrificed Lamb of God, saying, Give me mercy for this, by that solemn propitiation, be thou propitious to me. Here it is that mercy and justice meet together: they meet together in him as'a ransom, Job xxxiii. 24. deliver his soul from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom. (No II) THE HARMONY

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From PSALM Ixxxv. 10. Mercy and Truth are met together, Righteousness and Peace have kissed each other. In a word they have met together, and kissed one and another in a crucified Christ, whose death was the paynent of our debt, the punishment of our sin, the price of our redemption, and a purchase of our life, liberty,