The rule of faith, or, An exposition of the Apostles Creed so handled as…

4. The parts of his Priest-hood, are Sacrifice and Intercession, by Sacrifice he prays for the sins of the Elect, to this end, to reconcile them to God, and to deliver them from the power of the devil: and this Sacrifice of our Saviour excels all the Ceremonial Sacrifices: for they were but Types, this was the substance. They prepared the bodies of beasts, or other things, he prepared his own body, yea, his very soul was made a sacrifice for sin, as he offered up himself as a Sacrifice: for many sins they needed many sacrifices, but he by one sacrifice of himself makes Atonement ⟨p. 228⟩for all the sins of the Elect: and that Sacrifice but once offered, whereas theirs were offered successively: and their sacrifices could not cleanse the conscience from sin properly, nor pacify God as many Scriptures testify, whereas Christs Sacrifice of his own body and blood, doth fully pacify God, and doth effectually purge the conscience from dead works. Their sacrifices did not make the worshippers more holy, Heb. 9. 13. 14. With the blood of these sacrifices, the very high Priest in the greatest solemnity could only enter within the veil of the Temple, but Christ by his blood opens heaven, and that not only once a year, but keeps it always open, nor did Christ enter within the Veil only for himself, but hath left the way for us, even a living and lasting way for us to get to heaven by virtue of his blood, Heb. 10. 19. The second work of our high-Priest, is Intercession, or to offer prayers, and so he made a threefold Intercession for us. The one a little before his Attachment: recorded, John 17. The other in the very time of the Sacrifice, while it was hanged up: of which is mention made, Luke 23. 34. The third, in the heavenly Sanctuary, as he sits at Gods right hand to make request for us, Heb. 9. 24.

4. The parts of his Priest-hood, are Sacrifice and Intercession, by Sacrifice he prayes for the sinnes of the Elect, to this end, to reconcile them to God, and to deliuer them from the power of the diuell: and this Sacrifice of our Sauiour excells all the Ceremoniall Sacrifices: for they were but Types, this was the substance. They prepared the bodies of beasts, or other things, he prepared his owne body, yea, his very soule was made a sacrifice for sinne, as hee offered vp himselfe as a Sacrifice: for many sinnes they needed many sacrifices, but he by one sacrifice of himselfe makes Attonement