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The works of William Bridge, sometime fellow of Emanuel College in CambridgeThe works of William Bridge, sometime fellow of Emanuel Colledge in Cambridge
The works of William Bridge, sometime fellow of Emanuel College in Cambridge; now preacher of the Word of God at Yarmouth. The first volume. Viz. I. The great Gospel-mystery of the saints comfort and holiness, opened and applied from Christs priestly office. II. Satan's power to tempt; and Christs love to, and care of his people under temptation. III. Thankfulness required in every condition.The works of William Bridge, sometime fellow of Emanuel Colledge in Cambridge; now preacher of the Word of God at Yarmouth. The first volume. Viz. I. The great Gospel-mysterie of the saints comfort and holinesse, opened and applyed from Christs priestly office. II. Satans power to tempt; and Christs love to, and care of his people under temptation. III. Thankfulnesse required in every condition.
London: printed for Peter Cole, 1649
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Thirdly, That when these sins were thus laid upon Christ, he did thereby give full satisfaction unto God the Father, unto Divine Justice.
Fourthly, That all this he did as our great High-Priest, and in a more Transcendent, and Eminent manner, then ever any High Priest did before him.
Fifthly, How all this doth conduce to our Comfort, and to our Holiness.
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,