The harmony of the Gospels in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings…

This was the greatest & best Sacrifice that ever was offered up to God. Therefore there was perfect work in the growth, governance and ordering of this child. I might here digress into the consideration of the admirable wisdom of God in the preparation of this blessed person to be a spotless Lamb, a fit Sacrifice for sin, offered to God for the sin of man. The life of this person was more precious then any other of mankind; yea more precious then all the lives of all mankind. The Jewish Sacrifices were but Brutes & vegetables: But Jesus Christ offered this precious Body & Soul, a reasonable Sacrifice. We are commanded to offer our selves to God a reasonable sacrifice, Rom. 12.1. for the mortification of our sin, and dedication of our selves to the service of God: But Jesus Christ offered himself to God, to satisfy vindictive justice for the offence of sin. Heb, 9.26. he hath put away sin by the sacrifice of himself and hath made an end of sin, Dan. 9.24.

This was the greatest & best Sacrifice that ever was offered up to God. Therefore there was perfect work in the growth, governance and ordering of this child. I might here digress into the consideration of the admirable wisdome of God in the preparation of this blessed person to be a spotless Lamb, a fit Sacrifice for sin, offered to God for the sin of man. The life of this person was more precious then any other of mankind; yea more precious then all the lives of all mankind. The Iewish Sacrifices were but Bruits & vegetables: But Jesus Christ offered this precious Body & Soul, a reasonable Sacrifice. We are commanded to offer our selves to God a reasonable sacrifice, Rom. 12.1. for the mortification of our sin, and dedecation of our selves to the service of God: But Jesus Christ offered himself to God, to satisfie vindictive justice for the offence of sin. Heb, 9.26. he hath put away sin by the sacrifice of himself and hath made an end of sin, Dan. 9.24.