d withal, the efficacy of this
sacrifice, and the sufficiency. Who this is, is pointed out as with the
finger. "He is," that is, "Jesus Christ, the righteous." The apostle
demonstrates him as a remarkable person, as in his evangel the Baptist
doth--"Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sins of the world."
And the church, (Isa. lxii. 1,) taketh a special notice of this person,
"Who is this that cometh from Edom?" And that which maketh him so
remarkable, is his strange habit, after the treading the wine-press of
wrath alone,--that he was made a bloody sacrifice to pacify God. And to
show you how notable a person he is, he is signally and eminently pointed
out by the Father, Isa. xlii. 1, "Behold my servant," &c, as if he would
have the eyes of all men fixed upon him, with wonder and admiration. And
for this end, he singled him out from the multitude, by a voice from
heaven, which testified unto him particularly, "This is my well beloved
Son, hear him." Therefore the apostle had reason to say, (2 Cor. v. 14.)
that he is "one for all," so notable an one, that he may serve for all. He
stands in more value in the count of God than all mankind. All creatures
are ciphers, which being never so much multiplied, come to nothing, amount
not beyond nothing, but set him before them, put Christ on the head of
them, and he signifies more than they all do, and gives them all some
estimation in the count. And so they stand in Paul's calculation, (Phil.
iii.) which he makes with very great assurance and confidence, "Yea,
doubtless, I count all dung, but the superexcellent knowledge of
Christ,"--Christ is only the figure that hath signification, and gives
signification to other things.

But in this business, the consideration of the persons interested, _he_
and _us_, maketh us behold a great emphasis in the gospel. _He_ a
propitiation, and that for _our_ sins, is a strange combination of
wonders. If it had been some other person less distant from us, that were
thus given for us, and standing in our room, then we should have better
understood the exchange. Things of like worth, to be thus shuffled
together, and stand in one another's place, is not so strange. But between
the persons mentioned, _him_ and _us_, there is such an infinite distance,
that it is wonderful how the one descends to the room of the other, to
become a sacrifice for us. O that we could express this to our own hearts,
with all the emphasis that it hath! He the L