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Title:  The display of glorious grace, or, The covenant of peace opened in fourteen sermons lately preached, in which the errors of the present day about reconciliation and justification are detected / by Benjamin Keach.
Author: Keach, Benjamin, 1640-1704.
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just, and the Justifier of him that believeth in Je∣sus, vers. 26. that is, That no wrong might be done to the Essential Purity of God's Nature, or Rectitude of his Will; nor yet to his imme∣diate Justice, by which he cannot but hate Sin, and for it require a Satisfaction.3. In regard of the Truth of God's Threat∣ning pronounced against all Mankind in Adam, upon his Disobedience, legal Threatnings are such, that they admit of no Pardon, without Sa∣tisfaction be made to the Justice and Holiness of God; and this was signified by all those Ty∣pical Sacrifices and Offerings under the Law; therefore in vindication of the Truth or Veraci∣ty of God, together with the Honour, Equity, and Sanction of the Law, there must be Satis∣faction made, or no Peace with God, for fallen Mankind; and this could not be done but by such a Mediator as Jesus Christ is.For that which could not be done by Men or Angels, nor as a simple Act of God's Mercy, without the Impeachment of his Holiness, Truth, and Justice, &c. could not be done at all: But no pardon, no Peace could be pro∣cured by Men nor Angels, nor as an ab∣solute or simple Act of Mercy, without the Impeachment or eclipsing the Glory of the Attributes of God's Justice, Truth, and Holi∣ness, &c. therefore it could not be so done at all.4. To say God might have entered into a Covenant of Peace for us any other way than by the Mediator Jesus Christ, or through his Death and Atonement would (as one observes) 0