252. TiePattitonr of tieVbitte Ztíríbuíeo ¿1 from the excellency ofhis Sacrifice, infers the unity of p. its Oblation, and from thence concludes its Efficacy.. Chrifl did not by the Jilood.ofBulls and Goats,but byhis own Bloodlie entred in once into the Holy Place,havingobtained eternal Redemptionfor ne : and by one Offering He hath Heb. ao. 14, for ever perfected themwho arefancied. Upon this ac- count God promifed in the New-Covenant, that their Sins and Iniquities He would remember no more, having received compleat fatisfàâion by the Sufferings of his Son. 'Tis nowPaid thatonce in the endof the worldbath he appeared, to put away Sinby the Sacrifice ofhimfelf. Htb. 9. 2-'17. And a it is appointed for all men once to die,. and after Zg Death comes 3udament : So Christ was once offered to bear thefins of many, andunto themthat look for him fhall be appear thefecond time withoutfan. As there isno other natural death to fuller between Death and Judgment, fo there is noother propitiatory Sacrifice between his all- fufficient Death on the Crofs, and.. the laft coming ofour Redeemer. There is one Confideration I'fhall add, to Chew the great difference between Legal Sacrifices, and the Death ofChriff, as to its favingvertue. TheLaw ab- folutely forbids the eating of Blood, and the peoples . tailingof the Sin-offerings ; to lignifie the imperfec` ion ofthofe Sacrifices. For fence they were confumed in their Confecration to Gods Juffice, and nothing was left for thenourifhment ofthe Offerers,twas a fign they couldnotappeafeGod- TheOfferers had communion with themwhen they broughtthem to the Altar, and in.a manner derived their guilt to them, but they had no.vertueby them in coming from it. The Sinner conveyeddeath to theSacrifice,, but didnot receive life fromir. ButChriff the Lamb-ofGod wasnot fwallowed up in his Offering to Divine Jake: 'Tishis peculiai Glorythat He bathcompleatly made Satisfaction. We may
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