A77355:78
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.
Again, Take the High-Priest in the times of the old-Testament, and though he did make an atonement for the sins of the people;yet sometimes also he did make the people to sin. It is said of Aaron, the great High-Priest, concerning the golden-Calf, that he did make the people naked: But the Lord Jesus Christ, our great High-Priest, he makes an atonement for sin, and never does make them sin: He is so far from making the people naked, that he covers them with his righteousness that their nakedness may not appear. Here's a glorious High-Priest!
Again, Take the High-Priest in the times of the old-Testament, and though he did make an atonement for the sins of the people;yet sometimes also he did make the people to sin. It is said of Aaron, the great High-Priest, concerning the golden-Calf, that he did make the people naked: But the Lord Jesus Christ, our great High-Priest, he makes an attonement for sin, and never does make them sin: He is so far from making the people naked, that he covers them with his righteousness that their nakedness may not appear. Here's a glorious High-Priest!
Yea, This High-Priest of ours, He does not only make an atonement for sin committed, and pays the debt; but he does also become our Surety unto God the Father: He does not only pay the debt that is past, but he becomes a Surety for time to come. None of all those High-Priests, that ever did so; not Aaron, not any High-Priest that ever gave his bond unto God the Father, that any sinner should never sin no more. But our Lord Jesus Christ, our High-Priest, he becomes our Surety: and what Surety? not an ordinary surety; for amongst us, the Surety joins, and does become bound with the Debtor, but still it runs in the name of the Debtor, and the Debtor he gives the bond for to pay the debt. But now here, our Surety, he gives the bond, and we that are the Debtors, we do not give the bond for to pay the debt: there is no godly man, or believer, that ever gave a bond unto God the Father, that he will pay the debt: but our Surety comes, and the bond goes in the name of the Surety, and the Debtors name is out. Oh! what a glorious, and blessed High-Priest is here! here is a High-Priest, beyond all the High-Priests that ever did go before! And that's the Fourth thing