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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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In the second place Consider the properties of this Sacrifice.
And First, It had infinite worth in it; Insomuch that had God ordained it so,1 it would have procured Reconciliation for all the sins of all men in the world, yea, if there had been a thousand worlds of sinners; This is that which Divines say, That it was a sufficient price and ransom for all, though not efficacious: ⟨p. 512⟩Though therefore many are damned, this doth not arise from any weakness or insufficiency in Christs Death, but from the wickedness and rebellion of men who refuse the means to improve this Ransom for their good; There is infinite worth in it and that upon a threefold respect.
And First, It had infinite worth in it; Insomuch that had God ordained it so,1 it would have procured Reconciliation for all the sins of all men in the world, yea, if there had been a thousand worlds of sinners; This is that which Divines say, That it was a sufficient price and ransome for all, though not efficacious: ⟨p. 512⟩Though therefore many are damned, this doth not arise from any weaknesse or insufficiency in Christs Death, but from the wickednesse and rebellion of men who refuse the means to improve this Ransome for their good; There is infinite worth in it and that upon a threefold respect.
- 1I. It hath infinite worth in it.