By the hand of HIS own FATHER!
(John Flavel, "The Fountain of Life" 1671)
"HE was pierced for our transgressions,
HE was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace
was upon HIM, and by HIS wounds we
are healed!" Isaiah 53:5
"Yet it was the LORD'S will to crush
HIM and cause HIM to suffer. When
YOU make HIS soul an offering for sin . . ."
Isaiah 53:10
To wrath, to the wrath of an
(John Flavel, "The Fountain of Life" 1671)
"HE was pierced for our transgressions,
HE was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace
was upon HIM, and by HIS wounds we
are healed!" Isaiah 53:5
"Yet it was the LORD'S will to crush
HIM and cause HIM to suffer. When
YOU make HIS soul an offering for sin . . ."
Isaiah 53:10
To wrath, to the wrath of an
infinite GOD without mixture--
to the very torments of Hell
was CHRIST delivered--
and that by the hand of HIS
own FATHER!
Surely then, that love is fathomless,
which made the FATHER of mercies
deliver HIS only SON to such miseries
for us sinners!
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