Christs eternal existence, and the dignity of his person asserted and proved in opposition…

2. Jesus Christ as he is the Apostle of our profession; so also he is the High Priest, Heb. 3.1. and so must be both God and Man: Man, that he might be made sin for us: God, that we might be made the Righteousness of God in him, 2 Cor. 5.21. Man to undertake our Redemption; God to perform it: Man, that he might suffer, God that he might satisfy by suffering, and ⟨p. 144⟩make our atonement full. We are purchased by the Blood of God. Man, that he might have a sacrifice to offer, God, that the offering might be of an infinite price and value, Heb. 9.14. Man, that he might have a Life to lay down for us; God, that the power of laying it down and taking it up again, might be in his own hands, John 10.17, 18. I lay down my Life, that I may take it again, no man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of my self, I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This was sit, that his suffering should be a pure voluntary act, required indeed by God, but not enforced by Man: he had a liberty at his own pleasure, as to any thing men could do, and thereby commendeth his love to sinners. What shall I say? he was man that he might dye, he was God that by death he might destroy him that had the power of death. He was Man, that by his death he might ratify the New Covenant; God, that he might convey to the heirs of Promise these precious Legacies of pardon and Life. Man that he might be a merciful High Priest touched with the feeling of our infirmities; God, that we coming boldly to the Throne of Grace, might find mercy and grace to help in every time of need, Heb. 9.15, 16.

2. Jesus Christ as he is the Apostle of our profession; so also he is the High Priest, Heb. 3.1. and so must be both God and Man: Man, that he might be made sin for us: God, that we might be made the Righteousness of God in him,