Theehiefo{Jamong ten thoufond,. 3B 'I God offered up his t./J-tan-hood, fuch a Prieft as SsJ..XlV. barb fatisfied the wrath of God, and reconciled God to Man. All other Priejls were but types of, this Prieft,who is fuch aPrieft as nevet dyes, hut \ livesfor ever to make in:ercifsi~n for us inHe~vm, I by vertueofthat facnficewhtch he otfred mrhe I dayes of his flefh : He was bothPrieft and s~tcri· jice, fuch aPritjf ~tt i5 touchedwithour inprmities, · fomildandgentle,full ofpitty and mercy. No Prieftto thisPrie.ff,God only fmelc a fweet fmdl from this fa£rifice. . And for hisProphetictt!l o fftoe, he iS.1Prophet A Pr~her. beyond all others, fuch a one as can infl:ruct the foule: Other men can propound doctrines, .but he can open the underfiandiog, and bath the key · ofthe hearr,thekey ofDttvidwhich can open the Luk.z4. foule, by his holy Spirit he can make the very fimplefullof .knowledge;fuch aProphet ashath Prov.I. his chaire in the very heart of man, this great Bill.~tJ ol' Otn (dules, the t.flnutf/ofthe (ovenantJ ! Prt.:t.:~.r. J'l r 'J '- .~ h .::. l>.e~ os-. that M:Y~~, tfJe meffinger Q1 t eFAther: fo he.is the . chiefi of ten thoufond; confider him as King, as Prieft,or as Prophet. "" The ufe ofthis is exceeding pregnanr;conlfor· table andlarge,that we have fuch a Saviour,fuch aneminent perfon, fonear, fo peculiar tous. our Beloved, my Beloved : If he werea Beloved the chiife often th1u[and, it were no great matrer, bUt he is mioe,he is thus excellent ; excellent conliVfl. dered with propriety in it, and a peculi:lrpropri– ety;peculiarityandpropriety togethe'n~ith tranftmdent excellency makes h4ppy, ifthtre heany mjoying Happines )V1.14t 0
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