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

2. His Priestly Office: The Humane Nature was necessary for That, for the reasons alleged by the Apostle, H•b. 2.14.17. And also the Divine Nature, that there might be a Priest a• well as a Sacrifice: There had been no Sacrifice i• he had not been Man: and no P••••t, if he had not been God to offer up himself through the Eternal Spirit, Heb. 9.14. The sacrifice must suffer, the Pri••t Act; and besides, he could not •nter in•o the Heavenly Sanctuary to present himself b•for• God for us, Heb. 9.24. Th•n •he Heavenly Sanctuary and Tabernacle, need […] to be made, before ⟨p. 207⟩he entered: For as the Earthly Priest made the Earthly Tabernacle before he ministered in it, so the True Priest was to make the Heavenly Tabernacle, as the Author to the Hebrews saith in many places. But to leave that; the Priest was to expiate sins, by the offering of a sacrifice instead of the sinner: So Christ was to satisfy the Justice of God for sinners by his Mediatory sacrifice: Now this he could not do unless he had been God as well as Man. The Dignity of his Person, did put a value upon his sufferings; without this, how shall we pacify Conscience, representing to us the evil of sin, and the dreadfulness of Gods Wrath, And the exact Justice of the Judge of all the World? Rom. 3.25, 26. especially when these apprehensions are awakened in us by the curse of the Law, and the stinging sense of Gods Threatenings, which are so absolute, universal, and every way true and evident; unless we know a sufficient satisfaction hath been made for us. If you think the promises of the Gospel are enough; alas, when the threatenings of the Law are so just, and built upon such evident Reason, the soul is exposed to doubtfulness: And if the threatenings of the Law seem altogether in vain, the promises of the Gospel will seem less firm and valid. The Truth