ThePrieflhoodofChrill. 420 VERSE 4. "4. ..Www ,MIMMaamoseiMarma. and requefl,vvherein men doe obtainebut not deferveor purchafe remiffion for othcrs;fuch mediators were 'gab, and the WiddowofTekoah in thebehalfe ofAbfalem, a Sam.14.and there are pled:Ater; by wayoffatqaelion, as Surrties are between the creditor and the debtor; and filch amediator wasChrill , not onely a Mediator, but alfo afreretyofa better covenant,Heb.8.6. Pleb.7. 22. he wasnot to procure remiflion ofour finnes bywayoffa- vor and requeil ; but hee was let forth to declare the Righternifnere ofGod, Rorn.345. and fuch a mediator betweenGod and us mull needs bee a Prieft too; for the debt which weowed unto Godwasblew. Without fhedding ofblond there is no remiffion, fkb.9.ta. Thirdly,being fuch a Priefl hemull have a Sacrificean 1 fwerable to the debt which wasowedto hisFather. The debt wee owed was the forfeiture and fubjeaion ofour Seuletand to thewrathofGod, and thecurieof the Law. God isable to &troybothSonicandBody kr Hell, Mattbao.28. It is not to bee underflood onely of his Abfolute power but ofthat power whichasour ledgehee hash over us per modmni Irrfiitia, asweare his Prifoners , and fo obnoxious to the Curies ofhis Law. Therefore our Priell alfo was tohave a SoulearidaBody, to payas a furety for our Soulcs andBodies. Thou fhalt makehis Soule an offeringfor MyToth ar exceedingrorowfull evenunto Death, ciliattb.26.38. And againe, ABody hall thoupreparedmee; we are fan- 61ified through the Offeringof the Body ofle[i ChriP once for all, He.hao.5.1 o. His owne felfe bare ourfinnes inhis owne73ody on the tree,. Tet.2.24. So bee wasto bee Man that he might have a p andanfwerable Sacri- fice tooffer, ri't(9<kiiiird,./..,,Thou hail jettedor prepared a Body for mcc, that my Sacrifice might bee proportio- nable to that in the place whereof it flood. And thereby as hce is fitforpafon, foalfo for Compaffion, hee was to bea our Kipp:ran, and ofour bloud,that fleemight beea merciful'
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