ThePrieflhoodofChriji. 1=as Prieff. Secondly, what kinde ofA_HafificAtions are re- quifite inhim,whomull be untous fuch a Prieff. Third- ly, wherein the Aaror Officesoffuch a PrieR-hood doe principally confiff. Fourthly, what is the Vertne, fruits, ends, events of fuch a Priefl-hood. Fifthly, what are the 'Duties which the executionof that office doth en- force uponus, or what ufes wee fhould makeofk. In thefe five particulars, I conceive, will the fubflance of moll things which pertainunto the PrieflhoodofChriR be abfolved. For the firfi of there wee muff premife this generall rule, there can be no neceffint of a Prieft (in that fenfe which ismoll proper andhere intended) but betweene aguiltie creature, anda rightems god, for if man were innocent in his relations towards God, beewould (land inno need of an Expiation, and if God were unrighte- ous in thepaffages of mans fin, there would not be due unto him any jutl debt offatilfsiiion. This being pre- mired I (hall through many Reps and gradations bring you to this neceflitieof ChriRs Prieff-hood which wee inquire into. Fiat, every creature is unavoidably fubje& to the Creator, for hemadeall things forhimfelfe, and all is to returne that glory to him forwhich he made them,Pro. 16.4.Rom.9.21. And this fubjeolionof the creature to the Creator, doth fuppofe a debt of fervice to thewill of the Creator. Impoffible it is, and utterly repugnant to thequality of acreature not to be fubje& to fome Law, and indebted in fome obedience or other to him that made it. Oran e leis propter operari, it is a cerraine rule in creatures,that Godgiveth every creature a Being to this end, that it might put forth that being in fome fuch operationsas bee hash fitted it for, and prefcribed it to obferve. The moll excellent ofall creatures, that excel! in firength,are tillinifiert to doehis plea/rareand toheave his voice, Pfalao3. 20,2 t. and all the ref+ have their fe- D d verall 403 VERSE 4.
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