18 , A profitable Expoftion Thirdly, thefe two are both duties of the mediator, and in truth none can bee a mediator, vnlefiè hee performe barb thefe things, 'namely, both redemption and inteicetfion. Nowoftwo duties or parts of the office ofamediator, shall we make two forts of mediators ? Trudy it is euen all one, as if becaufe ran confi. 'frith of body and foule, as of two parts that snake but one whole, wee fhoulde fay there are two forts of then, one conffting of ()odic,' another of foule, which were a true fpeech. Or againe, becaufe the Pri, ce bath power oucr body and goods, and they both are incident to the prerogative of his kingly office there- fore ofts othinges belonging to one perfoá, wee would make a dijl a of' perfons, and fay, there are two forts of Princes, one hauing power otter- ódy,, and. an other halting authonry outr goods. For euen fo it is in pl is mattér.of amediator,whofeof {ice confitiethin both thefe duties, a, pattsof hhefame, to redeeme the people, and to make interceffion for them. wires sûer allointhe Scripture before named, how vttetly Saint Attllin difliked that Parmenianthe heritick, who in a certaine place made the Bifhop a mediator betwixt God and thepeople,and how het faid,that if Saint lohnfhoulai haue done fo, no man would haue abid him, neither haue looked vpon him, as vpon an Apof }le ofChrifl, but as vpon a very Antichrift. Trudy Parmenianneuer thought the Bifhop was a mediateir of redenptionorfa!uation, and therefore Ephef..3,1 t èuen there, by that learned fatherAtigufüne, is moil plainly ouerthrowne, this foolilhdiflin:lion which we fpeake of. Laflly ,cotlider the Scripture ofGod, Hebr,9,and.9. and tremble to rcfifl a trueth malicioufy when it is plaine. Doth not the Apofile fay, we bane boldnes, and entrance with confidence by faith tn him ? 1f in any place it can beetruelyihewed, that we haue fuch entrance by any other, fade it out, ifnot, thinke ofit. Confider aduifedlyof the 7. and e. Chapters to theHebrcwes, and Ch6p.u.rf fee how flrongly it is prooued, that thefe two offices of redemption & interceffi- On are ioyned,and fo that the dignitie,power,and e,ftìcacie ofChriffes interceffion, Hcbr.9.u4 . dependeth vpon, the merits ofinsredemption. Marke how hee faith it ofChrifl, that hee euer liueth to make interccfiîon for his. Finde you where Saints or Angels iuc to make rtterce11îota for VS? Againe, that Chriflisentred into the veriehca- Urns, toappeare now in the fightofGod for vs : fhr,vv you the like of other me. Ilobrn; S. diators. That Chrift by the verse oath of God is, appointed to this office for his children. Show you where God by oath bath ioyned others in commïffìtin with Iohi,i6. him. Confider with your feld how contfortablç apromife it hofChrift, That wharrcuers,eashetbefdt her in his want ir' S. t(./ haul ±t.Serely,ifotherwerefellowes with him in mediation ofinterceffìou, wCCY }ouldhauc like promife, that what- fuente wee askein their names wee ;;tould reed= it: but this is not fo, and there- fore a great differe ore betwixt our comfort that aslcc i Chrilles name, and theirs that aske in other names. Jaíosthedorre, faith our Sauiour Chrifl,bymeeifany man en- I ors° 14. tee' in he fiall bee fa uc:d, andfhall óoe tn, and gee oast, andfind place, I em the way, the trueth and the liife ,No man conmeehto the Fat but by me. Which were meerelyfalfe, if there were many mediators cifint'erceon. For then fo many mediators, fo many t T'^ ,, meanes to come vuto God. verf,t. Finally, confider it mien with your heart, that in the verieplace where he faith, pn í There is onemediaror, and that Chrifr, her fpeaketh of prayer, fupplication, and in- terceffion, and therefore moil fully fatisficth any Chnflian confcience, thatcucn of that there is but One contrary to this vaine and foolifh diflinaion. Wherefore,. let the fruit of all this be a reformed iudgement, for afmnch as prayer to God a- loneby Chrifl bath warrant and comfort, and the other path none, but when God (hall awake vs, mod fcarefull difcomfort, being a plaint and dreadful(robberie of God of his true and due honor. If you can find asplaineproofcs and props to your confcience: that others bee ioyned in this authoritie & office with Chrill to make interesffió forvs,as nowyou have feen that Chrift is,thenharken to thë, but ifnor, think vpon your God that hand bis precious blood for you, & lice that hash fo lo. ucd
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