First, When our Lord Jesus Christ died upon the Cross, He did offer up himself a sacrifice unto God the Father. He did not (as the Socinians say) die only as an example for to teach us how to die; but he offered up himself a sacrifice unto God the Father then. Yea, as if all sacrifices were met in him; all those titles that are given unto other Sacrifices, they are given unto him. There were Three sorts of Sacrifices: some were living; others were not living, and those were either solid, as bread and the like; or else, they were liquid, as wine and oil. There was a always, Destructio rei oblatiae, A destroying of the thing offered. If it were a living thing that was sacrificed, then it was said to be slain: In answer to that, Jesus Christ is said to be a Lamb slain from the beginning of the world. If it were a dead thing that was offered up, as bread, or corn, a solid thing, then the sacrifice, ⟨p. 8⟩or offering was said to be bruised. In answer to that, our Lord and Saviour Christ is said to be bruised for our iniquities. If it were a liquid thing that was offered up to God, as wine, or oil, then it was said to be poured out. In answer to this, it is said of our Lord and Saviour, That his soul was poured out unto death. Thus all Sacrifices meeting in him. Behold the Lamb of God (says John the Baptist when he saw Christ.) He does not say, Behold the Bull of God, or the Goat of God; and yet Bulls, and Goats were sacrificed. Why does he rather say, behold the Lamb of God, than the Bullock, or the Goat? For when the High Priest went into the Holy of Holiest, and sprinkled the Mercy-Seat, he did not sprinkle the Mercy-Seat with the blood of the Lamb, but with the blood of a Goat; and yet notwithstanding, it is not said, Behold the Goat of God, but, Behold the Lamb of God: Why so? Not only because that Christ was of a lamb-like, and meek disposition (as some would have it:) Nor only because, that the great Type of Christ, was the Pascal-Lamb, (though these be reasons.) But there was a daily sacrifice in the Temple; whether men brought any offering or no, there was a standing sacrifice in the Temple, morning, and evening, and that sacrifice was a Lamb. Now therefore, to show, that Jesus Christ is the daily sacrifice, therefore he cries out, and says, Behold the Lamb of God, and not the Goat of God; for the Goat was not sacrificed every day as the Lamb was.
First, When our Lord Jesus Christ died upon the Cross, He did offer up himself a sacrifice unto God the Father. He did not (as the Socinians say) die only as an example for to teach us how to die; but he offered up himself a sacrifice unto God the Father then. Yea, as if all sacrifices were met in him; all those titles that are given unto other Sacrifices, they are given unto him. There were Three sorts of Sacrifices: some were living; others were not living, and those were either solid, as bread and the like; or else, they were liquid, as wine and oyle. There was a alwaies, Destructio rei oblatiae, A destroying of the thing offered. If it were a living thing that was sacrificed, then it was said to be slain: In answer to that, Jesus Christ is said to be a Lamb slain from the beginning of the world. If it were a dead thing that was offered up, as bread, or corn, a solid thing, then the sacrifice, ⟨p. 8⟩or offering was said to be bruised. In answer to that, our Lord and Saviour Christ is said to be bruised for our iniquities. If it were a liquid thing that was offered up to God, as wine, or oyle, then it was said to be powred out. In answer to this, it is said of our Lord and Saviour, That his soul was powred out unto death. Thus all Sacrifices meeting in him. Behold the Lamb of God (saies John the Baptist when he saw Christ.) He does not say, Behold the Bull of God, or the Goat of God; and yet Buls, and Goats were sacrificed. Why does he rather say, behold the Lamb of God, than the Bullock, or the Goat? For when the High Priest went into the Holy of Holiest, and sprinkled the Mercy-Seat, he did not sprinkle the Mercy-Seat with the blood of the Lamb, but with the blood of a Goat; and yet notwithstanding, it is not said, Behold the Goat of God, but, Behold the Lamb of God: Why so? Not only because that Christ was of a lamb-like, and meek disposition (as some would have it:) Nor only because, that the great Type of Christ, was the Pascal-Lamb, (though these be reasons.) But there was a dayly sacrifice in the Temple; whether men brought any offering or no, there was a standing sacrifice in the Temple, morning, and evening, and that sacrifice was a Lamb. Now therefore, to shew, that Jesus Christ is the dayly sacrifice, therefore he cries out, and saies, Behold the Lamb of God, and not the Goat of God; for the Goat was not sacrificed every day as the Lamb was.
