CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

The Finis cujus is that they might be sanctified, of which more hereafter; From Christ thus Sanctifying himself to be a Sacrifice for us Observe,

¹That Christ set himself apart to be a Sacrifice for us, or he sanctified himself to become a Sacrifice for us; This is the Sum of all Divinity, All the Types in the Old Testament did look to this; The Apostle desired to know nothing but this; This is the Foundation of the Efficacy both of Christs Prayers and of ours, Had Christ only prayed for us, and not thus sanctified himself to be a Sacrifice for us, it would not have been effectual for our Salvation.

¹That Christ set himself apart to be a Sacrifice for us, or he sanctified himself to become a Sacrifice for us; This is the Summe of all Divinity, All the Types in the Old Testament did look to this; The Apostle desired to know nothing but this; This is the Foundation of the Efficacy both of Christs Prayers and of ours, Had Christ onely praied for us, and not thus sanctified himself to be a Sacrifice for us, it would not have been effectuall for our Salvation.

1. 1Doct. That Christ set himself apart to be a Sacrifice for us.

¹Let us Open this Point, though I shall not insist long on it, because I have otherwhere showed, That Christ suffered by way of an atoning Sacrifice; I shall now speak the more briefly of it:

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