Now, the sinner is not saved in a way which casts a slight on justice, for Jesus has honoured the law, and borne its penalty on the behalf of the men whom the Father gave him. It was a wonderful act of grace on Christ’s part thus to become our surety before the throne of justice, but he did it, and smarted for it, and fulfilled all that it involved. Beloved, I would not like to have gone to heaven over a broken law: no right minded man could be eternally happy and yet know that the law of God had
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