5°4 Sacrifice twofold, proper and improper. Of proper tier ifices. t po ends and two kinder. The impro- per fpiritu- all facrifice here meant. Reefer's uChy Chri- Hian obedi- ence is cal lcd facrifice An Expofztaon upon Chap.ia. T r M. Come now to the matter or tbi; g exhorted unto, and t111 as what is meant by [facrifice ì S r L. The word [ facrifire ] is not here put properly for fome outward fenfible thing (as beafts) offered unto God by a Leviticall Priti properly ta- ken, to teftifie mans fubjeaion to God, and Gods dominon over man ; whereof Come were gratulatory to give God thankes after force fpeciall benefit re- ceived. Others were propitiatory to make atonement with God after cer- tain a nnes committed; for Paul ex- prefly ipeaketh of living and reafona- bie facrifice : and he writeth tinto all Chriflians to offer them, not to Priefls and Mini(lers only. Therefore Eel - larmine cloth dote, who in libro deamiffa l o. Chap. so. would build the facrifice of the Maffe upon thefe words, as if fa- crifice were here ufed in a proper fente ; which if it were fo, yet would it not make for the facrifice of the Maffe , wherein no external! oblation is laid to be given to God : for Chi body was once offered of him[elfe, and is now in heaven, there to remaine till the end : but it is tiled here properly for the mor- tification ofour finfull lulls, flicking in our corrupt reafon and will, even 'after regeneration. T t M. For what reafon dab the Apoffle chufe to call this crucifying and klling of' our !uflo a facrifice? Si L. Fitt} to meet with an of- fence of the Jewes, who mifliked the Chriftian profeflion, becaufe it had no facrifice, as now the Papifis except a gainft our religion, for that we have no Altars, no Priefis, no Oblations; whom we do anfwer, as here Paul doth the Jewes, that the C hriftian faith hath (facrifices) but fpirituall ones, as good duties of all forts, Pf alm.14r. z. Second- ly, praifcs, Heb. s 3. 13. Thirdly, Aimes, Heb.13. 16. Fourthly, a contrite heart, PP. 5 t. 17. Fifdy, worker of our cal li-lg, Rom. t 5. 16. Sixtly, martyrdome, Phil. 2. 17. Seventhly, mortification, as in this text: but external! facrifices we want indeed, becaufe their date was out at the facrifice of Chi upon the croffe,,John 18. o. Secondly,to let forth the dignity of Chriftians, be- ing now by Chrift advanced, to be themfelves both the facrifices and the priefls, (even as himfelfe was) a royal' prieftshood, r Pet. z. 9. Priells and Kings to God, Raul. i. 6. which thould warne us ofour duty, in being careful' to live well. Thirdly,toput us in miede that the mortification of our corrupt nature, and the delires thereof, is as > ratefuilto God, as facrifices under the Law, yea more grateful! : fithence they without repentance and faith, were al- wayesdifplealing unto God : fee flay r. Pjai, 51. outward facrifices being feve- red from internals worfhip, offended God : which ought to encourage Chri_ (lions very much to be converfant in chis inward fervice of faith.Fourthly,it inftrubteth us,that the exercife of Chri- (tianity, is unpleafing to our nature,and very painful', infomuch as it requireth a death and flaughter,even ofour deareff affeaions, that we may live to God: for there can be no living to God, without the facrificing and killing of fin ; as the bodies of beafts were fiat killed and then offered ; and as Chrifis body on the croffe was cruelly murthered So ([fwe will be true Chriftians ) mutt the body of finne be ufed, even mangled, cut apeeces, pierced, tortured, yea the heart -blood of finne let out by the exercife of repentance and mortifi- cation. T t M. 7o what ufe may this knowledge ferve as? S i L. It reproves fuch as thinke it an eaue thing to be a Chriflian, ¡Watt. y, 14. t Pet. q.. a S. or that they can be currant Chriflians, when they never thrive to kill and defiroy their lulls filch doe but deceive their owne hearts, James r. 22, 26, 27. let men take never fo much paines in prayer, reading, hea- ring, &c. yet if they fuffer pride, cove - coufneffe,malice, fornication, hypocri- fie, and other affeaions unmortifed, they be no Chriftians indeed, through they be in name. Secondly, it exhorted: all which will have any comfort or fruit oftheir profeflion, to fee a worke the Vfe.
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