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CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…
CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St. John, or, Christs prayer before his passion explicated, and both practically and polemically improved by Anthony Burgess ...
London: printed by Abraham Miller for Thomas Underhill, 1656
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Sermon 100: Of Jesus Christ as Priest, Sacrifice, and Altar; The Properties of that Sacrifice; The…
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That Christ was not only the Priest but the Sacrifice it self; He offered up himself in that bloody and ignominious death for our sakes; This is the great mystery of our Christian Religion, whether you do regard the Doctrinal part of it as a Truth to be believed, or as it's Declarative of the love of God and Christ to his Church; The Prophet Isaiah cap. 53. is of old, long before it was accomplished, greatly affected with it, and Paul upon every occasion is largely amplifying this substantial Point.
That Christ was not only the Priest but the Sacrifice it self; He offered up himself in that bloudy and ignominious death for our sakes; This is the great mystery of our Christian Religion, whether you do regard the Doctrinal part of it as a Truth to be beleeved, or as it's Declarative of the love of God and Christ to his Church; The Prophet Isaiah cap. 53. is of old, long before it was accomplished, greatly affected with it, and Paul upon every occasion is largely amplifying this substantial Point.
1To clear it Consider these Introductions,
- 1Propositions concerning Christs Priesthood.
First, That Christ was both Priest, Sacrifice, and Altar, Every thing in Christ is wonderful; There is nothing in him after the ordinary manner of nature, and therefore he may justly by the Prophet be called Wonderful, and as in other particulars,1