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be satisfied. There was wanting, therefore, some clear illumination and substantial ground of hope, which the Christian religion supplies; Jesus Christ is the propitiation for sin. As it is certain, that in Adam all die, even so in Christ all are made alive. There is nothing inconsistent with reason or justice in the arrangement: if Adam's sin could destroy, Christ's satisfaction could save: God ordained it: and made them the two heads, that all that descended from them, or depended on them, should stand or fall accordingly. The whole Epistle to the Hebrews beautifully illustrates and confirms the mediatorial character of Christ. A mediator may be so by choice; when a person, from a principle of benevolence, makes a tender of his services to two contending parties, with a view to conciliate differences: in this case persuasion and argument must be the weapons employed: he could have no power to compel obedience,