...him, becaufe be "was the beloved Son of God. (Mat. xvii. 5.) And Chrift himfelf fays, therefore dotb my Father love me, becaufe I lay down my life, that I might take it again. (Jo. x. 17.) The dignity therefore and death of our Saviour are reprefented in...

...bring, and they fhall hear my voice ; " and there mall be one fold, and one " fhepherd. " 17. Therefore doth my Father love " me, becaufe I lay down my life, that " I might take it again. " 18. No man taketh it from me, but I " lay it down of myfelf : I have power to...

...Meffiah ; and, like ** days I will raife it up again ;" but more exprefsly in John x. n, 18. Therefore doth my Father love me, becaufe I lay down my life that I may take it again. No one taketh it from me ; but Hay it down of my fe If. I have power to lay it down,...

...moll confident ; for the Father, loved the Son in dying,- nad for dying ; J ihn x. 17. " Therefore doth my Father love me, becaufe I lay down my life, that I might take it again.")Ie loved his Son for this very acl of obedieuce v«'hich, lie yielded, to him...

...accepted of God the Father : " Therefore doth my Father love me, becaufe I lay down my life that I might take it again: this commandment have I received of my Father," John x. 17, 18Chrift being accepted of God, believers are accepted in him, and favoured in him; their life is a...

...thereby to revive it. For John x. 17, chrift fpeaketh exprefsly of himfelf, / lay down my life (or foul) that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of my f elf . I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. The laying...

...his life with the greateft cheerfulnefs and fponlanerty that could be, John x. 17, 18. " Therefore doth my " Father love me, becaufe I lay down my life, that I may take it " again ; no man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myfelf :" and indeed the vohmtarinefs...

...debtor. But Chrift came and fuffcred willingly : " Lo, I come, I delight to do thy will."f " Therefore doth my Father love me, becaufe I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No one taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myfelf."| You attempt to make this doctrine harm and odious,...

...said, " / lay down my life for the sheep.— Therefore doth my Father love me, because / lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself." " Christ lov» ed us, and gave himself for us an offering and a sacrifice."...

...differing, to which none could conftrain him ? Thus he fays to himfelf, John X. 17, 18, "Therefore doth my Father love me, becaufe I " lay down my life,..." This commandment have I received of my Father." He is not reprefented as merely confenting, becaufe none elfe could or would perform the work, and...