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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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Thirdly, Take notice that he offered up his body as a Sacrifice to God;1 It was in reference to him, not merely in respect of men, to witness the Truth of God, but as every Sacrifice ought to be, it was wholly in reference to God, though tending thereby to our good: It's unlawful to offer Sacrifices to any but God, because hereby is represented Gods supreme dominion and Majesty, which is signified by the annihilation or destruction of the thing offered; Now though Christ did not cease to be God, yet by his Death there was a separation of the soul and body, though not of the divine nature from either; It was then unto God that he offered up himself.
Thirdly, Take notice that he offered up his body as a Sacrifice to God;1 It was in reference to him, not meerly in respect of men, to witnesse the Truth of God, but as every Sacrifice ought to be, it was wholly in reference to God, though tending thereby to our good: It's unlawful to offer Sacrifices to any but God, because hereby is represented Gods supreme dominion and Majesty, which is signified by the annihilation or destruction of the thing offered; Now though Christ did not cease to be God, yet by his Death there was a separation of the soul and body, though not of the divine nature from either; It was then unto God that he offered up himself.
- 1III. He offered himself to God.
Fourthly,1 This Sacrifice it was by way of expiation and propitiation to atone and pacify the Justice of God, which otherwise would have been a consuming fire to all mankind, as it was to the Apostate Angels: Sacrifices do imply some kind of Expiation, and by Heathens were used to pacify the wrath of their gods, and thus if Christs body offered was truly and properly a Sacrifice, then it could be no other but by way of expiation and satisfaction; Now that it was such an expiatory Sacrifice is plain by the Apostle at large in the Epistle to the Hebrews, where he compareth Christ dying with those Sacrifices, and showeth the insufficiency of them in respect of Christs once Oblation of himself, which comparison would be weak and absurd if Christs Death was not propitiatory; No wonder then if the devil hath raised up blasphemous Heretics to overthrow this Doctrine, because in this is contained that happy Reconciliation between God and a sinner; In that Christ shed his blood to atone for us is the whole hope and comfort of the Church of God.