66 Dtfpiap Ofeto#4uzewe + Or, fuch great Sinners, abominable Sinners, pro- phaneSinners. 4. , Confider the Neceffityof the Application of his Blood, or of that Atonement which he mark 16. bathmade ; He that Believeth not, (hall be Damn- 16. ed, ifye believe not that I am he; that is, (that I am the only Mefah, the only Mediator, the only Saviour, and that I am able to fave you) ob. 8 24. re `%hall die in your Sins. 5. Confider the woful Condition of fuch that reje& Jefas Chrift, or lay not hold on his Strength, or that flight his Mediation, or that think to find Peace force other way ; force think to have Peace by the Law, by the Moral Law, either as it is written in the two Tables, or as it is written in the Hearts of all Men, or by the Light of their own Natural Confcience, o- thers by a new Law, turning the Gofpel into a Law, and fo bring in (and Peek to eftablifh) their own Righteoufnefs. Gal.2.21. Alas, Ifthere had been a Lan, (as Paul thews) that could havegiven Life, then Chrift is dead in vain. Thefe call great Contempt upon the Mediationof Jefas Chrift ; nay, ftrive to fru- ltrate the grandDefign of God, in contriving our Salvation by his Son jefus Chrift, which was tomagnifie his own Free Grace alone, and toabafe the Creature, that no Manmight boaft, or glory in himfelf, but that allmight be afha- med, and confounded for ever. Queltion. What Offices cloth yefus Chrift ex- ercife as he is Mediator. Theofces i Anfw. I anfwer : Divines generally afí'ert, Chrift That he exercifetha threefold Office and this opened. ' every
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