1 o6 Power communicated unto the O[HceofC!Jrift;&c. [on be aCtually exercifed as the Foundation of the whole. For that is it whence all their Glory, Power and _Efficacy are de– rived. Whatever ther~fore we do with refpefr unto his Rule;whatever we receive by the Communication ofhis Spirit and Grace, whatever we learn from his Word by the Teach~ ings of his Spirit, whatever Benefit we believe, expeCt and receive by his Sacrifice and Interceffion on our behalf, our Faith in them all, and concerning them all, is terminated on his 'Dt'Vine Perfon. The Church is faved by his Of/ices, be– caufe they arehis. This is the fubfiance of the Tefiimony gi– ven concerning· him,by God even the Father, I John ).Io,I r. This is the Witnefs that God hath tefiified concerning ·his Son, that God hathg,i'Ven unto us eternal life, and this li(e is in his Son. Eternal Life is given unto us, as it was wrought out and procured by the Mediation ofChrifi on our .behalfBut yet in him it was originally, and from him do we receive it in the difcharge of his Office ; for this Life is in the Son of God. Hence it is that all thofe by whom the Divine Perfon of Chrifl is denied; .a~e forced t? give fuch a defcription of his Of/ices, as that 1t IS utterly Impof1ible that the Church fhould be- faved by the difcharge of themd Cr-IAP.
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