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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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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 so in this it is true, That he should be Priest, Sacrifice, and Altar; Priest, he was in both his Natures as God and man: Sacrifice, he was in his humane nature, because that only could suffer; And Altar, he was in respect of his Divine Nature, because by that he was sanctified; Oh then the admirable wisdom of God that hath thus appointed all fullness to be in him▪ When Abraham was to offer Isaac, and the Child was bound ready to be sacrificed, he asketh his Father, but where is the Sacrifice? God (saith Abraham) will provide one;2 Thus when all mankind like Isaac was ready to be Sacrificed to the Eternal displeasure of God, even then God found a Sacrifice for us.
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 Wonderfull, and as in other particulars,1 so in this it is true, That he should be Priest, Sacrifice, and Altar; Priest, he was in both his Natures as God and man: Sacrifice, he was in his humane nature, because that only could suffer; And Altar, he was in respect of his Divine Nature, because by that he was sanctified; Oh then the admirable wisedom of God that hath thus appointed all fulnesse to be in him When Abraham was to offer Isaac, and the Childe was bound ready to be sacrificed, he asketh his Father, but where is the Sacrifice? God (saith Abraham) will provide one;