The Nature of Chr ß's Sureti f hip. 2 63 way to folve the Apoftles mention of Chrift being a furety in the defcription of his Priefly Office, but by overthrowing the Nature of that Office alfò. For to confirm this abfurd notion that Chrift as a Priefi was a furet for God, he would have us believe that the Priefihood of Chrift confits in his making effe&ual unto us the Promifes of God, or his elle &ual communicating of the Good things promifed unto us ; the fat/hood of which notion really defttruftive of the Priefihood of Cbrff, .1 have elfewhere at large .dete&ed and confuted. Wherefore feeing the Lord Chrift is a furety of the Covenant as a Prieít, and all the facerdotal A&ings of Chrift have -God for their immediate Obje &, and are performed with him on our behalf, he was a furety for us alto. A Surety, Sponfor, Vas, ,Pries, Fidejuf r, for us, theLord Chrift was, by his voluntary undertaking out of his rich Grace and Love, to do, anfwer, and perform all that is required on our parts, that we may ,.enjoy the Benefits of the Cove- nant, the Grace and Glory prepared, propofed, and promi- fed in it, in the way and manner determined on by Divine Wifdom. And this may be reduced unto two Heads. a. His anfwering for our Tranfgreffions againft the firft Covenant. 2. His purchafe and procurement of the Grace of the New. He was made a Curie for us, that the Biding of Abraham might some upon us, Gal. 3. 13, 14, 15. 1. He undertook as- the fisrety of the Covenant to anfwer for all the fins of thofe who are to be, and are made parta- kers of the Benefits of it. That is, to undergo the puni li- ment due unto their fns; to make atonement for them, by offering himfelf a propitiatory facrifice for the Expiation of their fins, redeeming them by the Price of his Blood from their Rate of mifery and bondage under the Law and the Curfe of it, Ifa. 53. 4, 5, 6, io, Math. 2o. 28. a Tim. 2. 6., . 1 Cor. 6. 2o. Rom. g. 25, 26. Heb. to. 5, 6, 7,'8. Rom. B. 2, 3. 2 Cor. 5. 19, 20, 21. G41.3. ag. And this was abfOlute- ky
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