424 VERSE 4. Aug. Enchirid. tap, theiComment.de alendacio ,cap meg' Epifl.no. Greg. Ara*n. Orat.2, defilio. Chryfoft. in aCom. ,. The PrieflbeodofChrill. Communion andfellovvfhip wee have with Chrift in his merits,povver,Priviledges,a.nd heavenly likeneffe. New, faith the Apofile, wee are Stinnes, andit dotb not yet ap- peare what wee'hall bee : bat wee know that whenbee /hall appeare, wee lhall bee * him;for wee!hall feehis59, as bee , l Iob.3.2. From thefe things which have been_ Ipoken of the. Ter(onall Ayalifications ofour High Prieff , it will bee eacie to finde out the ti,ir4.particitkir inquired into, touching the Ailsor Offices ofCbrikis Prierlbood;or ra- ther touching the parts ofthe fame&lion for it is all but one. Two xis there are wherein the executionof thisoffice cloth confifl. Thefirfi , an Ail of Oblationof himfelfe once for all, asan adequate facrifice , and full cornpenfation for the finnesofthe whole world, ifeb.9. 14.26. Our Dtbt untoGod wasTwofold. As we were his Creatures, fo wee owed unto him aDebt ofdt7iv; Obedience in doing the Duties ofthe whole Law,andas wee are his prifoners fo wee owed unto him aDebt of pave obedience in fuffering willingly and throughly the Curfes ofthe Law. And under this Law Chrifi was made , to redeeme us byhis fulfilling all that righteouf- neffe who were under the precepts and penaltiesofthe Law our feives. Therefore the Apofile faith , bee Wild fsnnefor ta; that is, a Sacrificeforfnne, tom=ete and in- tercept that wrath which was breaking out upon us, aCor.5..2i. Hereinwas,the great mercy ofGod feen to usthat hee would not punifh Sinners, though he would notfpareSin*. If fhould have refolved to havejud- ged Sinners, weemat haveperned in our owne per- Ions , but beingpleafed to Beale withfiimeonely iro 44- Prat", and to fpare thefirmer, beewascontented to ac- cept ofa Sacrifice which (under the Relation and Title ofa Sacrifice) flood in his fight like thebodyofflinealone by itfelfe ; in which refpe6 hee is likewife Paid to bee made a Curfeforrte, Ga1.3.1 3. Now that which toge- ther
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