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A learned commentary or exposition
A learned commentary or exposition: upon the first chapter of the second Epistle of S. Paul to the Corinthians Being the substance of many sermons formerly preached at Gray's-Inn, London, by that reverend and judicious divine, Richard Sibbs, D.D. Sometimes Master of Catherine-Hall in Cambridge, and preacher to that honourable society. Published for the public good and benefit of the Church of Christ. By Tho. Manton, B.D. and preacher of the Gospel at Stoke-Newington, near London.A learned commentary or exposition: upon the first chapter of the second Epistle of S. Paul to the Corinthians Being the substance of many sermons formerly preached at Grayes-Inne, London, by that reverend and judicious divine, Richard Sibbs, D.D. Sometimes Master of Catherine-Hall in Cambridge, and preacher to that honourable society. Published for the publick good and benefit of the Church of Christ. By Tho. Manton, B.D. and preacher of the Gospel at Stoake-Newington, near London.
London: printed by J.L. for N.B., 1655
A COMMENTARY upon the first CHAPTER of the second Epistle of S. PAU… › Commentary on verse 20
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Therefore saith our Saviour Christ, the last words of his almost upon the cross, All is finished, all the types real, and personal.
Therefore saith our Saviour Christ, the last words of his almost upon the crosse, All is finished, all the types real, and personal.
And all promises, and prophecies have their yea in Christ. The first promise 1what was it but Christ? The seed of the woman shall break the Serpents head, it was nothing but Christ, it was yea when he was born: and when he died, he crushed the Serpents head: By death he overcame him that had the power of death, that is, the devil. So the promise that was renewed to Abraham, In thy seed shall all nations of the earth be blessed, that is, in Christ. And so to David that he should come out of his family. And that particular promise of I say, that a Virgin should conceive. And the Baptist points him out, Behold, the Lamb of God. All the particular things that befell Christ in time, they were prophesied of before, and Christ was the yea of all, that is, all had their determinate truth in Christ when he came. This is one reason why S. Paul saith, All the promises in Christ are yea; whatsoever was promised concerning Christ, or foretold, it was yea in him, concerning his birth, and the place of it: concerning his death, and the manner of it: concerning his resurrection, and ascension; concerning his offices, all was foretold: as we see in Scripture, in the New Testament it is the foot of diverse verses, that It might be fulfilled; so this that was foretold in the Old, it was fulfilled in the New. So Christ is the first promise, and whatsoever was said of him is Yea, and Amen. Whatsoever was spoken of Christ, it was Yea in the Old Testament, and Amen in the New: it was made to them in the Old Testament, and performed in the New.
And all promises, and prophecies have their yea in Christ. The first promise 1what was it but Christ? The seed of the woman shall break the Serpents head, it was nothing but Christ, it was yea when he was born: and when he died, he crushed the Serpents head: By death he overcame him that had the power of death, that is, the divel. So the promise that was renewed to Abraham, In thy seed shall all nations of the earth be blessed, that is, in Christ. And so to David that he should come out of his family. And that particular promise of I say, that a Virgin should conceive. And the Baptist points him out, Behold, the Lamb of God. All the particular things that befel Christ in time, they were prophesied of before, and Christ was the yea of all, that is, all had their determinate truth in Christ when he came. This is one reason why S. Paul saith, All the promises in Christ are yea; whatsoever was promised concerning Christ, or foretold, it was yea in him, concerning his birth, and the place of it: concerning his death, and the manner of it: concerning his resurrection, and ascension; concerning his offices, all was foretold: as we see in Scripture, in the New Testament it is the foot of diverse verses, that It might be fulfilled; so this that was foretold in the Old, it was fulfilled in the New. So Christ is the first promise, and whatsoever was said of him is Yea, and Amen. Whatsoever was spoken of Christ, it was Yea in the Old Testament, and Amen in the New: it was made to them in the Old Testament, and performed in the New.