gg Queflions, andCafes ofConfctence Chap. 2q Fieb.r.r. that fnce Chrifts hiilìon we are not now to expe& any other extraor- dinary tnitfions,Chrift carne as the fulnefs of all. V. 5: Fifthly, Confider the feafonablenefs of the time wherein he was fent , Gal. 4.4. called the fulnefrof time , when the Churchof the Jews was become like a wildcrneffe , when all the former Prophets were forgotten , when there wasan univerfal blacknefs upon the Church, thenChrift came. VI. 6 Sixthly, Confider the manner ofhis fending, viz. in a humble, low, and con- temptible way in the eyes of the world : fo that none tooke him to be the Meffras. Q.Lieft. what are we to confider about ChriFfh 'Prie I OO ce ? Anfn. Firít, That it did confia in offering up tmfehIf a Sacrifice : every I' Prieft was toexpiate fin by facrifices : now becaufe God would have burnt offer- rings no longer, neither could the bloodof Rams, &c. purge away fin , there- fore Chrift carne to make an attonement : fo that now we have reconciliati- on with God, upon a two fold ground : r. His mercy ; a. His juftice. Is his mercy to fend Chria into theWorld., yet that Chrift mull fatisfic by his death, its his julice. 11. 2 Secondly, Herein Chrifts Priealy Office exceeded thofe under the Law": they being only Typical!, did outwardly cleanfe , but Chrifts blood cicanfeth us from fin, andpurifieth our perfons and confciences. III. 3 ,, Thirdly, This Priealy Office ofChrift is not only in the oblationof his body, but alto inhis prayers for us. For fo did the Prieas under the Law : and Chrifts f prayers for us areof two forts. r. Whila he was onearth he prayed for us,foh. 17. q, 2. Now he is in heaven he intercedes for us s His prayers on earth wereattended withgreat cries,and groans,and debafingof himfelf: but this in Heaven is nothing but the prefentation of his will, that what he hadprayedfor, and obtained . a ' for his people. fhould be applyed to them. IV. L. Fourthly, confider the adjun&s of his Priealy Office : He is a Prieft after the order of Me'Ichiz¡dech, Pfal. fro. 4. He6.7. 57. which doth imply. The conjoyn`ing ofthe Kingly power to the Priefthoed,w ichwas forbidden by the Lord : King Idzoiahwas fmrtten for medling with thePrièftsOffice. Had Chrift only fanCkified himfelf tobe a Prica for us, without this Kingly Office , we should ail! be under thepower of ourlufts, and íhould havewanted a Spiritual Princeof glory, againa that Prince of darknefs. _ 2.It impliesthe fpiritualiry ofhisPrieahood : For Melchizedek,though a Prieft, yet hebrought onlybread and wine toAbraham to refresh him fo:Chriftafter that bodily oblation ofhimfelf, hath now appointed his children no other but fpi- ritual facrifices. (a ! 3. There is implyed theperpetuityof it : there is no abolition , or tranflation of this Office to any other. (h ¡ 4. This Prieffly Officewas confirmedby an oath, He6.7.2t , Every word of God is as fure as his oarh,but this was done to eftablifh our faith:for its the harden thing in the worldfor a foul troubled with fin, tobelieve that Chria bath made fuch an attonement, and purchafed reconciliation : therefore Goddid not only promife, but (wore ir. Queft. what are we farther to confider about the ' rie hood of I Chrif ? I. j' Anfw. Fiat, That Chrift is not only the Priea , but the Sacrifice it fel£: He i offered up himfelf in the bloody and ignominious death of theCrofs for our fakes. II. yc Secondly, That he isnot only Prieft and Sacrifice, but Altar alfo. Prieft he was in both his Natures as Godand Man : Sacrifice he was in his humane na- ture, becaufe that only could fuller : andAltar hewas in refpe&ofhis Divine nature, becaufe by that he was fanetified. III.. 3' Thirdly, InaSacrifice it was neceffary that therebeforce kind of defiruaion or
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