(2.) What should hinder the death ⟨p. 184⟩of Christ to be a Sacrifice, a proper Sacrifice, and according to the nature, end, and use of Sacrifices to have made Atonement, and Satisfaction for sin? (1.) It is expressly called so in the Scripture; wherein he is said to offer himself, to make his soul an offering, to offer himself a Sacrifice, Eph. 5. 2. Heb. 1. 3. Heb. 9. 14, 25. 26. Chap. 7. 27. And he is himself directly said to be a Priest or a Sacrificer, Heb. 2. 18. And it is no where intimated, much less expressed that these things are not spoken properly but Metaphorically only. (2.) The Legal Sacrifices of the Old Law were instituted on purpose to represent and prepare the way for the bringing in of the Sacrifice of the L•mb of God, so to take away the sin of the World. And is it not strange, that true and real Sacrifices, should be Types and R presentations of that which was not so? On this supposition all those Sacrifices are but so many seductions from the right understanding of things between ⟨p. 185⟩God and sinners. (3.) Nothing is wanting to render it a proper propitiatory Sacrifice, for, (1.) There was the person offering, and that was Christ himself, Heb. 9. 14. He offered himself unto God. He, that is the Sacrificer, denotes the person of Christ God and Man; and Himself as the Sacrifice denotes his Humane Nature; whence God is said to purchase his Church with his own blood, Act. 20. 28. For he offered himself through the Eternal Spirit; so that (2.) There was the Matter of the Sacrifice, which was the Humane Nature of Christ soul and body; His soul was made an offering for Sin, Isa. 53. 10 And his body, the offering of the body of Jesus Christ, Hob. 10 11. His blood especially, which is often Synecdochically mentioned for the whole. (4.) His death had the nature of a Sacrifice: For (1.) Therein were the sins of men laid upon him, and not in his entrance into Heaven; for he bare our sins in his own body on the ⟨p. 186⟩tree, 1 Pet. 2. 23. God made our sins then to meet upon him, Isa. 53. 6. Which gives the formality unto any Sacrifices. Quod in ejus Caput sit, is the formal reason of all Propitiatory Sacrifices, and ever was so, as is expressly declared, Lev. 16. 21, 22. And the phrase of bearing sin, of bearing iniquity, is constantly used for the undergoing of the punishment due to sin. (2.) It had the End of a proper Sacrifice;
(2.) What should hinder the death ⟨p. 184⟩of Christ to be a Sacrifice, a proper Sacrifice, and according to the nature, end, and use of Sacrifices to have made Attonement, and Satisfaction for sin? (1.) It is expresly called so in the Scripture; wherein he is said to offer himself, to make his soul an offering, to offer himself a Sacrifice, Eph. 5. 2. Heb. 1. 3. Heb. 9. 14, 25. 26. Chap. 7. 27. And he is himself directly said to be a Priest or a Sacrificer, Heb. 2. 18. And it is no where intimated, much less expressed that these things are not spoken properly but Metaphorically only. (2.) The Legal Sacrifices of the Old Law were instituted on purpose to represent and prepare the way for the bringing in of the Sacrifice of the L•mb of God, so to take away the sin of the World. And is it not strange, that true and real Sacrifices, should be Types and R presentations of that which was not so? On this supposition all those Sacrifices are but so many seductions from the right understanding of things between ⟨p. 185⟩God and sinners. (3.) Nothing is wanting to render it a proper propitiatory Sacrifice, for, (1.) There was the person offering, and that was Christ himself, Heb. 9. 14. He offered himself unto God. He, that is the Sacrificer, denotes the person of Christ God and Man; and Himself as the Sacrifice denotes his Humane Nature; whence God is said to purchase his Church with his own blood, Act. 20. 28. For he offered himself through the Eternal Spirit; so that (2.) There was the Matter of the Sacrifice, which was the Humane Nature of Christ soul and body; His soul was made an offering for Sin, Isa. 53. 10 And his body, the offering of the body of Jesus Christ, Hob. 10 11. His blood especially, which is often Synecdochically mentioned for the whole. (4.) His death had the nature of a Sacrifice: For (1.) Therein were the sins of men laid upon him, and not in his entrance into Heaven; for he bare our sins in his own body on the ⟨p. 186⟩
