Of Communion with God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost

Now the end of Sacrifices, such as his was, bloody and for sin, Rom. 4. 3. Heb. 2. 17. was Atonement and Reconciliation. This is every where ascribed to them, that they were to make atonement, that is in a way suitable to their nature. And this is the tendency of the death of Christ, as a Sacrifice, Atonement and Reconciliation with God. Sin had broken friendship between God and us, Isa. 63. 10. whence his wrath was on us, Joh. 3. 36. and we are by nature obnoxious to it: Ephes. 2. 3. This is taken away by the death of Christ, as it was a sacrifice: Dan. 9. 24. when we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son Rom. 5. 10. And thereby do we receive the Atonement: v. 11. For God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not imputing to them their sins, and their iniquities 2 Cor. 5. 19, 20, 21. So also Eph. 2. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. and in sundry other places: And this is the second consideration of the death of Christ, which I do but name, having at large insisted on these things elsewhere.

Now the end of Sacrifices, such as his was, bloody and for sinne, Rom. 4. 3. Heb. 2. 17. was Attonement and Reconciliation. This is every where ascribed to them, that they were to make attonement, that is in a way suitable to their nature. And this is the tendency of the death of Christ, as a Sacrifice, Attonement and Reconciliation with God. Sin had broken friendship between God and us,