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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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Thirdly, In that Christ had an eternal being it's plain that even before his Incarnation, he did many things tending to the Reconciliation of his people; It's true indeed he is a Mediator in respect of both his Natures, and it's clear he could not make propitiation for our sins by his blood, till he was made man, he could not be as a Priest to his Church, but then even before his Incarnation, he might be as a Prophet and a King to his people; As a Prophet revealing Gods will, and inspiring the Prophets of the Old Testament, yea, It's maintained by the learned that he was the Angel, that guided the Church of Israel, and therefore the people in the Wilderness are said to tempt Christ, as was said; So as a King (though not incarnated) he might govern spiritually.
Thirdly, In that Christ had an eternal being it's plain that even before his Incarntion, he did many things tending to the Reconciliation of his people; It's true indeed he is a Mediatour in respect of both his Natures, and it's clear he could not make propitiation for our sins by his bloud, till he was made man, he could not be as a Priest to his Church, but then even before his Incarnation, he might be as a Prophet and a King to his people; As a Prophet revealing Gods will, and inspiring the Prophets of the Old Testament, yea, It's maintained by the learned that he was the Angel, that guided the Church of Israel, and therefore the people in the Wildernesse are said to tempt Christ, as was said; So as a King (though not incarnated) he might govern spiritually.
Because this is not the intended Subject I come to what Uses may be made of it. Is Christ thus of an Eternal being,1 then Woe be to those Doctrines and heretics that endeavour to spoil him of it; That deny it to him making him but a creature only of an higher rank, What creature can take the proper Name of God to him? What creature can create the world? What creature can be called God ⟨p. 152⟩