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A Body of Practical Divinity
A body of practical divinity consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster : with a supplement of some sermons on several texts of Scripture / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692
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Branch 5. If Christ makes Intercession, then we have nothing to do with other Intercessors. The Church of Rome distinguisheth between Mediators of Redemption and Intercession, and say, The Angels do not redeem us, but intercede for us, and pray to them. But Christ only can intercede for us Ex Officio. God hath consecrated him an High-Priest, Heb. 5.6. Thou art a priest for ever. Christ intercedes ⟨p. 107⟩Vi pretii, in the Virtue of his Blood, he pleads his Merits to his Father; the Angels have no Merits to bring to God, therefore can be no Intercessors for us: Whoever is our Advocate, must be our Propitiation to pacify God, 1 Joh. 2.1. We have an advocate with the Father. Verse 2. And he is our propitiation. The Angels cannot be our Propitiation, ergo, not our Advocates.
Branch 5. If Christ makes Intercession, then we have nothing to do with other Intercessors. The Church of Rome distinguisheth between Mediators of Redemption and Intercession, and say, The Angels do not redeem us, but intercede for us, and pray to them. But Christ only can intercede for us Ex Officio. God hath consecrated him an High-Priest, Heb. 5.6. Thou art a priest for ever. Christ intercedes ⟨p. 107⟩Vi pretii, in the Vertue of his Bloud, he pleads his Merits to his Father; the Angels have no Merits to bring to God, therefore can be no Intercessors for us: Whoever is our Advocate, must be our Propitiation to pacifie God, 1 Joh. 2.1. We have an advocate with the Father. Verse 2. And he is our propitiation. The Angels cannot be our Propitiation, ergo, not our Advocates.