_Object. 2._ There are other ends of Christ’s dying for us, mentioned in scripture, where though the same mode of speaking be used, different ends are said to be attained thereby, from that of his giving satisfaction to the justice of God: Thus it is said, that _he gave himself for our sins that he might deliver us from this present evil world_, Gal. i. 4. _that he might purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works_, Tit. ii. 14. and that he might hereby _leave us an example that we should follow his steps_, 1. Pet ii. 21. and that he might acquire to himself some additional circumstances of glory, thus it is said, _He died, and rose and revived, that he might be Lord, both of the dead and living_, Rom. xiv. 9. These, and such-like ends, are said to be attained by Christ’s death, which do not argue that he died in our stead, but only for our advantage. And to this it may be added, that others are represented as suffering for the church, as well as Christ, namely, for their good, where there is no difference, in the mode of speaking, from that other scripture, in which Christ is said to die for us. Thus the apostle saith, _I rejoice in my sufferings for you_, Col. i. 24. and this he explains elsewhere, when he speaks of his being afflicted for the church’s _consolation and salvation_, 2 Cor. i. 6. _Answ._ We do not deny but that there are other ends designed by Christ’s sufferings and death, besides his giving satisfaction to divine justice, which are the result and consequence thereof; therefore we must consider him as dying in our stead, and then the fruits and effects, which redound to our advantage; one is so far from being inconsistent with the other, that it is necessary to it; and, in some of the scriptures but now mentioned, both these ends are expressed, the former being the ground and reason of the latter; as when it is said, _He gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world_: the meaning is, he first made satisfaction for sin, and then, as the consequence thereof, in the application of redemption, he designed to deliver us from the evils we are exposed to in this world; and when, in another scripture before-mentioned, the apostle speaks of _Christ’s purifying unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works_, he mentions this not as the chief, much less as the only design of his giving himself for his people; but it is said, he did this first, _that he might redeem them from all iniquity_, namely, by giving a satisfaction to justice for them, and then, that having redeemed, he might purify them to himself; and when it is said, that _he died, that he might be Lord, both of the dead and living_, the meaning is, that he might purchase that dominion which he hath over them as Mediator; or that having satisfied divine justice for them, as a Priest, he might, have dominion over them as a King; so that these two ends are not