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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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Secondly, Consider what is necessary to a Sacrifice, and that is, That there ⟨p. 511⟩be some kind of destruction or annihilation of the thing to the honour and glory of God; And thus a Sacrifice and a Sacrament differ, a Sacrifice is by offering up of something to God, a Sacrament is when God offers and giveth something to us, Therefore when the Papists make the Lords Supper to be a Sacrament and a Sacrifice also, they speak repugnancies; In a Sacrament God giveth to us, In a Sacrifice we give to God: Now among the Jews there were many kinds of Sacrifices, and most of them did typically represent Christ; The Paschal Lamb and the Sacrificing of the Red Heifer, these are plainly applied unto Christ, but above all kinds of Sacrifices those that we called Holocatomata whole burnt-Offerings; These did in a most lively manner typify him, for there the whole was to be burnt in fire, and offered to God, which denoted the great humiliation of Christ both in Soul and body, and also the exquisite Torments and Sufferings which were upon him, so that he was wounded all over for our Transgressions.
Secondly, Consider what is necessary to a Sacrifice, and that is, That there ⟨p. 511⟩be some kinde of destruction or annihilation of the thing to the honour and glory of God; And thus a Sacrifice and a Sacrament differ, a Sacrifice is by offering up of something to God, a Sacrament is when God offers and giveth something to us, Therefore when the Papists make the Lords Supper to be a Sacrament and a Sacrifice also, they speak repugnancies; In a Sacrament God giveth to us, In a Sacrifice we give to God: Now among the Jews there were many kindes of Sacrifices, and most of them did typically represent Christ; The Paschal Lamb and the Sacrificing of the Red Heifer, these are plainly applied unto Christ, but above all kindes of Sacrifices those that we called Holocatomata whole burnt-Offerings; These did in a most lively manner typifie him, for there the whole was to be burnt in fire, and offered to God, which denoted the great humiliation of Christ both in Soul and body, and also the exquisite Torments and Sufferings which were upon him, so that he was wounded all over for our Transgressions.