Precious faith considered in its nature, working, and growth

First, That Jesus Christ is by Gods ordination sealed to be a Mediator. There is one Mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus, saith the Apostle, 1 Tim. 2.5. Christ, as God-man, stood up between an offended God, and offending man, and acts as a Mediator in all his offices: As a Priest he acts with God to pacify his wrath, and purchase grace and glory for men; and as a Prophet and a King he acts with men, to declare unto them the Will of God, and rule over them by his spirit and word; Thus the livine daysman lays his hand upon both, God above, and man below, to bring them together in a mutual reconciliation.

First, That Jesus Christ is by Gods ordination sealed to be a Mediator. There is one Mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus, saith the Apostle, 1 Tim. 2.5. Christ, as God-man, stood up between an offended God, and offending man, and acts as a Mediator in all his offices: As a Priest he acts with God to pacifie his wrath, and purchase grace and glory for men; and as a Prophet and a King he acts with men, to declare unto them the Will of God, and rule over them by his spirit and word; Thus the livine daysman lays his hand upon both, God above, and man below, to bring them together in a mutual reconciliation.

Secondly, That this resignation to Christ as Mediator, is in a way congruous to all his offices: Look as God above sealed him to be a Mediator by his ordination, so man below seals as it were the counter-part by his resignation: The believer yields up himself to Christ as a Priest, by a recumbency on his merits and sweet-smelling sacrifice. This in Scripture is called, saith in his blood, Rom. 3.25. he yields up himself to Christ as a Prophet, by an humble teachableness; this is called, a hearing of the Prophet, Act. 3.22. and he yields up himself to Christ as a King, by an holy subjection; and this is called, receiving Christ Jesus the Lord,