Payment in Gold Instead of Copper

“Though Christ paid the sai7te debt as that which is due from lost souls, yet, through the excellency of his perso?i, it was done in a shorter time. A payment in gold is the same sum as a payment in silver or brass; only, through the excellency of the 7netal, it taketh up less Thus do we clearly see how the one death of Jesus was a fit and full substitute for the eternal woe of many. How precious does it appear in that light! We are redeemed with a price inconceivable! Gold and silver are corruptible things in comparison therewith. How we ought to prize the adorable person of our Lord! What high thoughts we ought to entertain of him, seeing that it is “by himself” that he purged our sins! His own intrinsic excellence was the essential value of the great price which he paid. Had he been less illustrious his sufferings had been insufficient. Precious blood! yea, more precious Lord Jesus, from whose preciousness the finished work derives its infinite efficacy.