“(2dly.) It is so also of the exceeding
love of the Son; whereof the testimonies are innumerable. I shall
give but one or two:— Tit. ii.
14, ‘Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all
iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good
works.’ This was his aim, his design, in giving himself for us; as
Eph. v. 25–27, ‘Christ loved the
church, and gave himself for it; that he might sanctify and cleanse it with
the washing of water by the word; that he might present it to himself a
glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that
it should be holy, and without blemish.’ 2 Cor. v.
15; Rom. vi. 11.