The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

Secondly, As God, he is the ⁱAltar, or the Sanctifier² of his Man-hood, which he offereth, by giving it power to overcome: for that is the property of the Altar, to ^ksanctify the gift. God, saith PAUL, Acts 20. 28. hath by his own blood redeemed the Church. As if he should have said, It was indeed the Man Christ Jesus, that shed his blood: but of small effect had that been, unless he had been God, whereby his blood obtained strength and power, to sanctify those that are his. And in the Epistle to the ^lHebrews, How much more shall the blood of Christ, which by the everlasting Spirit offered himself unblameable unto God, purge your conscience from dead works, to serve the Living God? Laying the whole virtue and efficacy of Christs death upon the eternal Spirit, that is, the fullness of the God-head which dwelleth in him: So that in a sort God himself, who is not subject unto suffering, did suffer, when he suffered that was both God and Man. Whereupon the Apostle saith, that even in respect of his God-head he emptied himself, &c. Philip. 2. 7.

Secondly, As God, he is the ⁱAltar, or the Sanctifier² of his Man-hood, which hee offereth, by giuing it power to ouercome: for that is the propertie of the Altar, to ^ksanctifie the gift. God, saith PAVL, Acts 20. 28. hath by his owne bloud redeemed the Church. As if he should haue said, It was indeed the Man Christ Iesus, that shed his bloud: but of small effect had that beene, vnlesse he had beene God, whereby his bloud obtayned strength and power, to sanctifie those that are his. And in the Epistle to the