joz C H R I S T A MED fAT 0 R. Mediation, give< up his Trufl:, and ceafeth to be a Mediator any more in that Affair. XXI. A Mediator leaves no Liberty of Appeal, after he hath pa!fed the definitive Sentence. A SURETY. Book li. PARALLEL. will yield up his Office unto the Father, and ceafe to be Mediator any more. /lnd when all Things .fha/1 be fubdued unto him,then jha/1 the Son alfo him– felf be fubjetl unto him, that put all Things under him, that God may be 1111 in 1111, I Cor. xv. z8. XXL Jefus Chrifl:, after the lafl: Judo-ment and definitive Sentence is pafl:, will leave ~oRe~ lief for Sinners; then will that Text be fulfilled, which fays, Let him that is filthy befilthyjfill, Rev. xxii. 11. N F E R E N C E ~ 1. SEE what the abominable Nature of Sin is ; it is that which made the Breach be– twixt God and Man, and filled the Heart with Enmity againfl: the M•0eily of Heaven, Rom. viii. 6. z. From hence alfo .we may admire the Love of God, in fending fuch a ble!fed Mediator to make Peace for us, John iii. 1 b. 3· This alfo {hews the Firmnefs and Stability of the Covenant of Grace. Chrifl: keeps and preferves Peace betwixt the Covenant-parties, being the Mediator thereof, Heb. ix. I5· the Inheritance is from hence fure to all fuch as are called. 4· It lhcws the woful State of fuch as rejetl: this Mediator, and will not accept of thofe gracious Terms of Peace he offers to them, 1-Ieb. ii. 3· They mufl: fubmit to him, and take Salvation as it is offered by the Father through him, or peri!IJ, ]obn·xii. 48. 5· Let us take heed we own no other to be our Mediator, as Chrill: is our Media– tor. Minifl:ers may pray for us, and one Saint may mediate and intercede to God for another; but none have power to make Peace, or to give to God a Ranfom for his Brother, Pfal. xlix. 7, 8. There is but one Mediator betwixt God and Man, 1 Tim. ii. 5· Chrift mediates by the Price and Virtue of his own Blood, which alone is that propiti– atory Sacrifice, by which we have Peace and Acceptance with God the Father. 6. Let alllabor to accept Chrifl: Jefus as Mediator; which none can do, unlefs they receive him as King, Prieft, and Prophet. C H R I S T A S U R E T Y. KaTcX TO(T8TOII xeu-r1ov~ d'Ht-9"t1i01} 1)1!'}'~!1!11 !'Yfuo~ Ino-3r} l-Jeb. vii. 22. By Jo much was Jefus made a Surety of. a better Te.flammt, (or Covenant.) E rruo~ or •yfu"T"'' a Surety, is one thal1mdertakes for another, wherein he is defeC/ive really, or in Reputation; in Latin, Sponfor, Fideju.ffor. • I. Whether it be derived of •yfu~ prope, nigh ; or from •yfuaw, fpondeo, promitto, to engage or promife, it imports the Nearnefs of the Surety and Debtor,-Chri!t being made near to us. All good Authors, thus underfl:and it: Sponfor proprie eft, qui pro alia fatisfatlionem Jpondet: That IS, a Surety IS properly one that engages to make Sa– tisfatl:ion for another. The Hebrew :liVGnarab, is a Root of as large, or larger S1g· nification, than any in that Language, as Mercer fays: Non eft Radix opud 1-Iebr.eoJ, qu.e tam late pateat. "t . . . . . . . I. This anfwers to the Greek •yfuo~, Surety.-Its pnmary Sigmfication IS mifcurt cam· mifcuit, he hath mixed or mingled, PrO'IJ. xiv. IO• Pfal. cvi. 35· 2. But by a :):Metaphor it is put for jide-jujjit, fpofpondit,fidem interpofuit;. that is, he hath engaged or pa!fed.~is Prom1fe. and Truth for another, ]er. xxx. 21. !o becomes his Surety, as Gen. x\Ill. 9· In this Senfc we take Chnft to be a Surety, and therefore will nm the Parallel under that Notion; for though he is really and properly a Surety, yet the original Notation of the Hebrew, which the Gr~eks ~ran!lated by the Word in the Text, being not fo, it leaves no Ground for Cavil, If tlus be reputed a Metaphor for fo Mr. Leigh in Grit. Sac. calls it. • Dr. Owtn on Htb. vii. 22. p. 2z J, t Vid. Par. Corn. in Heb. viU. 6. Calv. Le).· Jurid. &<;• .t Leigh Crit. Sll!f· in <;;OU ::l1l7 1 3· The
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