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Ón

..the

excellency of

Chrifi.

did

fo

in

the time

-of

the

Law;

was

there

ever

hard

of

fuck

a

Prieft

that'came to

offer facrifice

,

that did

offer.

himfelf

for

fáèh

as

hee

would fnake

attónement for

?'

.

Jef

s

Ch

:la

hee was

anointed

by

God

the Father

as

a

Priefl

of

?

s

Church to offerfacribce

now hee muff have

famething to

offer

,

and Chrift

faw

that

whatfoever

hee

còuld offer

,

if

fo

bee

,that

hee

had

offered

that

that

had

been the worth

of,

Heaven

and

Earth,

what{bever

it

had 'been,

it

could'änever

have been an

Attonementfor

thofe

fouls

which bee

did un-

dertake for,

therefore

Chrill' offers

himfelf", as

there

is

zry

thing

but God can

bee

a

fatisfying

portion

to

an

immortal

foul fo

no facrifice

but Chrif:

himfelf could bee

a

Sacri-

fice

to

pacifie

Gods wrath

for

the

-fins

of mankitide,

ri;?

Chrift

fhould have

raid;',.-

Father,

Thou

haft made :nee

tofd

over all

the

world, and

I

will give

it'all

for

IKanfo,tte

for

the

foul

of

this

poor:fintaer,

God

would have Paid,

It

will

not

do

it, but

it mint

bee

thy felf;

I;and

Chrift.yeelds

to

it,

A

body

haft

them

prepared

mee

.

Aid

"hee

made

his:

foul

air

o

f

Ifa.

io.

fering: for

fn.

And a

body

haft

thou

prepared

for

mee, both

body

and

foul

of

Chrift wasoffered.

to

God the

Father far

a

facrifice,that

hee

might finell

a

{Weer

favour

of

ref},

even

concerning.

us

who are wicked

and

wretched

fintíers.

Either

Chriflmuft offer himfelf

foul

and

body to bee

á

Sacrifice'

Tor,thy

fin,

>òr

elfe_thyfoul

and

body

mufthavebeen

Offered

-as

a

facrifice

to

Gods

Juftice,

and

then

it

mule

eternall}

have been under

the

ftroke of

.

Gods Juftice;

but

to

that'end

to

free

that

foul

and

body

of thine, if

thOu

beefi

a

beleever

to free

thee from

the

eternal

Juftice

of

God

,'

;therefore

Chrift

did:

offer

his

foul

and

bodÿ

as

a

facrificeto

his

Fa-

Cher.

7

And:yet

further,

Chrift

;vas

;vonderful

in

his

Prieíll

QlFice,

for hee

was

not onely the

Sacrifice

,

but the Altar,

It

would

bee

._wonderful

to

hear of

a

Prieft

that

fhoùld

offer

hinifetf.,

but the

Prieft

to

bee

the

-Sacrifice, and

die

Altar

too that

fhould

fanftile

the

Sacrifice

,

it

is

a

greater

wonder

and

:becaufe

this

expretfìon feems

to

bee

very

hard,'

I

take

this out of

Heb..9.

iq..

How

.mfich more (J

]i the

M

.

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