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Gospel reconciliation, or, Christ's trumpet of peace to the world
Gospel reconciliation, or, Christ's trumpet of peace to the world wherein is showed (besides many other gospel truth) ... that there was a breach made between God and man ... to which is added two sermons / by Jeremiah Burroughs.Gospel reconciliation, or, Christ's trumpet of peace to the world wherein is shewed (besides many other gospel truth) ... that there was a breach made between God and man ... to which is added two sermons / by Jeremiah Burroughs.
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1657
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Thirdly, Christ is a fill Mediator in this; That he knows fully the mind of the Father; and throughly understands, even to the utmost what wrong the Father hath received by our sin. If one should come to Mediate between one Man, and another, and should desire the party offended to be at peace; He will say; you speak thus unto me; but do you know what wrong such a one hath done me? if you understood the wrong he hath done me, surely you would not think it so easy a matter for me to be at peace; and the truth is, if all the Angels in Heaven, and all the men in the world should come to interpose, and to make peace between God, and any sinner for any one sin; God would presently Answer them, and say, what do you do to come to undertake this work of making peace with me and a sinner; alas you do not understand what wrong is done unto me by his sin; you know not what injury I have received by his sin, therefore you are not a fit party to be a Mediator. And in this regard no Angel in Heaven could possibly be a fit Peace-maker between God and Man, for they know not what wrong sin hath done unto God; But Jesus Christ knows to the utmost, he understands throughly, and fully all the wrong, and injury that is done unto the Father by the sin of Man; he knows what prejudice his Father sustained by all the sins of all the men of the world, which no Creature else, Angels, nor Men could ever do. Nay, they are so far from knowing the wrong that is done to God by the sins of the world, as they are not able to understand the wrong that is done unto God by one of the least sins that can be committed.
Thirdly, Christ is a fil Mediator in this; That he knows fully the mind of the Father; and throughly understands, even to the utmost what wrong the Father hath received by our sin. If one should come to Mediate between one Man, and another, and should desire the party offended to be at peace; He wil say; you speak thus unto me; but do you know what wrong such a one hath done me? if you understood the wrong he hath done me, surely you would not think it so easie a matter for me to be at peace; and the truth is, if al the Angels in Heaven, and al the men in the world should come to interpose, and to make peace between God, and any sinner for any one sin; God would presently Answer them, and say, what do you do to come to undertake this work of making peace with me and a sinner; alas you do not understand what wrong is done unto me by his sin; you know not what injury I have received by his sin, therefore you are not a fit party to be a Mediator. And in this regard no Angel in Heaven could possibly be a fit Peace-maker between God and Man, for they know not what wrong sin hath done unto God; But Jesus Christ knows to the utmost, he understands throughly, and fully al the wrong, and injury that is done unto the Father by the sin of Man; he knows what prejudice his Father susteined by al the sins of al the men of the world, which no Creature else, Angels, nor Men could ever do. Nay, they are so far from knowing the wrong that is done to God by the sins of the world, as they are not able to understand the wrong that is done unto God by one of the least sins that can be committed.