of Sa!uation and'Diminatian. 27 Church.in all ages. .. . A Therefore Chrjft, as he i.! God,hatn vnder him Emperours, Kings, Princes, to bee his Vicegerents; who tnerofore arecalled Gods. Pfal.S.•· x. BdtasheisMediatour, that is, a Prieft, a Prophet, and Kiog of the Church of God,he bath no Vicegerent,Vicar, or Lieue– renanr,who in his Kingly, Prieftly or Prophe; ticallof6ce, in twoofthefe, orinone; can be in his !lead. . . " . . Chriflsoffice isthreefold,Priefily,Prophe– ticall,Regali,Pfal.tto.t,z,3,4- Eray 4>·1· .. ChriOs Priefthood,is anoffice ofhis,wherin he performed all thofe thin~s to God, where– by is obtained eternall life. Heb.s.9,to•..Anti nants. bei11g conftcrlltt,. \t'Mm11derhe 4Hthor ofeternA/J His office followeth,tothe perfell: aecom- B folu41i•n,vnt..tl t}Jtm th4t obey him: •nd u calChriftbeing now borne, lVU ctrcumctfcd the eight day,that he might fuUill all the righ– reoufnelfe ofthe law:and being rhirtie yearcs ofage, ho was baptiled , that he being pub– likely and folemnely ioudled intotheoffice of hisMediaror!ltip, might rake vpoo him the guilt ofoar ftnnes, Hewas both circum– cifed and bapti:i.ed. that we might learne: r. Thlt the whole efficacie of the Sacraments, depend alone and whollyvpon him. I I. That he was Mediatour ofmankindc, both before and vnderche law, as alfo vnd:r grace. I II. That he is the knot and bond of borb coueplilhing whereof, he wasannoinred of his FaledofG•danhigh Priefl for mer•ftcr theorder rher,chat is,he was fufficieotly furniil>ed with •fMeichifodt<. Chap. 7·•4,•5· T hism•nbebothgifcs and aurhoritie. Heb.t·9· Thmfm «•ft he end~~rtth for euer, bath a! '""'•flmg God, eue•thy Godh4th ar.noillltdthee ,iththe Priefthood; owhmfore he u •ble alfo perfe[Jiy t• oyle of (ladne!fiaboutthyf•Noowes. Efay 6J.t. frue aN them that come vnto Godby him. TheJiirit oftht LorJ ,..,wupon me, therfore he His Prieil-hood confifteth of two parts, •nnointed m"- J.h. 3· 34· God giuethhi,ttOt Satisfaction; and Intercefsion, th!JPirit of meafore. Satisfaction is thar,whereby.Chrift is a full • If any man inforce this asa rcafon, that propitiation to his Father for the Elell:. Job Chri(l; could not performe the office of a ll·'3·ifthereb<arm!fingtr'Withhim,or•nill. Mediatour, beeing not the meane or mjddle tti-preter, one of 11 tlw11[1111d, to Je,/t~re wtoma• betwixt God and man, but the partie offenhis righteonfne!fi, then wiN he ha•e mtrrie 'Upon ded, andfo one ofthe extreames: we muft him, and 'WiNfoy, Deliner him th41 begot not know that Chriftis twowaies faid to be the downe int•the pit,f~r 1hauefoltlfd.arec•n•iliatl.. middleormeane.I.BetwixtGodandallmen: on. Rom. 3• >+ Andare iuflifiedfreelybJ hit for being both God and man, he doth par- C grac<, through the redemption tb•r it inChrif/ ricipate with both extreames. JI. B:twht lefm. vetf.z 5- Whdm God hi11hJttforthte bee• God and the faithful! onely : Firft,according reconciliatioh throughfaith in hit blood, I .Ioh. to his bumanitic , whereby he receiucd the :1.1. He i& • propiriAtwnfor o~trjinnes. fpirir without meafure. Secondly,according Ghrifts fatisficd Gods anger for mans 0 f. to hisdiuiae nature~ namely ll as hee is the fence; according to his humanity,by perforWord. Now the Word ismiddle,betwixtthe ming perfell: obedience to the will of God; Farher,and the faithful: I .In regard oforder, according to his Deitie, byminiari.ng to the becaufe the Word was begotten of the Faf•~ne perfect obedience, efpoci•ll dignity, to ther, and by it we haue accelfe vnro the Fawlt,meritbefore God,&cfficacy. !oh. t7·'9· ther. This fubordination, which is ofrheSon For th:irfokes fon£/ifte I amftlfe, th•tt!Jty •lfo to the P1ther,is not in the diuioe el!'ence,feuem"} befoom{ied through the tmth. AB:. 20.2 S. rally and difiinctly confidqed,but in therelaTofudetbejlotkf.oj God, which heebAthpurcion or manner of hauing the e!fence. And chafid with hi; •wne biODd. 2. Cor. 5. t 9· G•d rhofe thi"gs which arc fubordinate afterthis WIU i• Chrifl, •nd reconciledthe world to himmanner, cannot be vneqtJali. ifthey hauc: one feffe.not imputing theirflnnes vntD thnn. and rhefame ftngularelfence.Il.In regard of D SarisfaCI:ion compfehendeth his pafsion, his office, the which being impofcd on him, and fulfilling rbe Law. byhis Father,he did willingly vndergoe, and His pafsion,is the firft part ofS"tisfaC!ion, of his owne accord. by which , he hauing vndergone the punifiJChrifr doth cxercile this office according ment of ~une, fatisfied Gnds iuCtice,._and apro both n>tures vnited in one perfon, and ac. peafed hts anger for the finncs of the faithcarding to each nature dillinct one from the full. His pafsionwas on this manner. other. For in reconciling God and man toge- (a)Somewhat before his death,partly feare ther, the Aelh performerh fo:ne things dianfing from the fenfe of Gods wrath immi- !linctly,&the Word other things diflinctly : nent vpon him, partly gricfe polfefsing, as it Again, forne other things ace done nor by the were, each part ofhtm, fo d1£lurbed his facred Word or flelh alone,but by both together. minde, (b) that inwardly for awhile it firoke This officeis fo appropriate to Chri£1, that into him a ftrange kinde ofal!onifi,ment, or neither in whole or in part, can it be rranOarather obliuion ofhisdutyimpofed"vpo him: red to any other. Heb.7.14. This man beca•fi &outwardly (c) made him pray vnto his Fahe md•mhfor euer, h<th •n euerlajling Prieflt~et (ifhew~uld) t~ remooue thatcnp from hood,or• 'I'riefl-hood th.11 cannotpaf!ifrom '"' h1m, the wbrch he dtd exprelfe with no (malt m•n ta<norher. cry,many tearcs,&a bloody fweat, ( d)rrlckIiog
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