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84

alle

Zxcellency

of

Chri

--

wee underfiand

what

the perfonal union

of

the

two

Na-

tures are, in

Ab1.zo.28.

faith

the

.t

pofile

to the

Church

of

Ephefus,

rake

heed

therefore unto

jolly (elves

,

and

to

all

the

flock

over which

the -Holy Ghoft

hath made

you

,overfeers,

to

feed

the

Church of

God which

hee

hathpurchafed

with

his

own

Mood.

Thefe kinde of

phrafes'wee have

that

come from the

Perfonal union

of

the

two

Natures

;

fo

that the

blood

that

Chrifl did

fhed

and

offer

unto

Godas

a

Sacrifice

for the

fin

of

man

, it

is

that

that

the

Scripture:calls die blood of

God. Now the

blood

that

other

Prieas

did

offer

,

was

the

blood of

Goats,.:

and Bulls,

and

Lambs,

and

Kids, but now

what

a

wonderful Prieft

have

wee,

that

comes

to

offer Sa-

crifice

to

the Father for-us,and

comes

to

offer

blood,that

is

the

blood

of

God.

Hee

is

wonderful in

his

Priefily

Office

in

regard

of

his

Offering.

s

Further from

this

follows,that Chrift offered

a

Sacrifice

unto God

that was

fufficientto

fatisfie

God

for all

the

wrong

that

ever was

done him

by mans fin

;

they

:offered

poor

things

unto God,

you know,

in

the time of the

Law

,

things

that

were

worthies But

now.

the

Sacrifice

that

Chrifi of-

fered unto

the Father,

when

hee,

that

High

Priefl, came to

offer,

it

was a

Sacrifice

that did

frtisfie Gods

infinite

Ju-

flice

,

did

make

up

all

the wrong

that

alt_

the

fins of

the

Elea

had

ever

done

to

God, it

was

that that infinite Juflice

raid

it

was'

well-

pleafed withall.

It

was worth all that

Chrift

-did

tender

it

up to

his

Father

for,

not onely

a Sacri-

fice

that

was

a

fweet favour, becaufe

God

would bee plea

-

fed

to

accept

of

ir, but

a

Sacrifice

that

had

in its

felt

fuch

=a

favour

that

could

not but

bee fweet

in

the

notrils

of

God-

the

Father

,

for

it

did fully

farisfie

the

Jullice

of God

the

Father

for

the

fins

of

manktnde

;

:

here

is

a

wonderful

High

Prieff

now,

that

hee fhould

come;

and

offer fuch

a..

Sacrifice

that

thould

bee

of

fuch

infinite merit and

worth

as

it

was.

,

6

Yea,

and

hee was

wonderful,,

becaufe

that hee did

offer

himfelf,.not

onely

his blood,

but

himfelf,

foul

and

body, bee

made.,

himfelf

á

Sacrifice:, none

of

the. Prie1ls

did-