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Christ Set Forth
Christ set forth in his [brace] death, resurrection, ascension, sitting at Gods right hand, intercession, [brace] as the [brace] cause of justification. Object of justifying faith. Upon Rom. 8. ver. 34. Together with a treatise discovering the affectionate tenderness of Christs heart now in heaven, unto sinners on earth. / By Tho: Goodwin, B.D.Christ set forth in his [brace] death, resurrection, ascension, sitting at Gods right hand, intercession, [brace] as the [brace] cause of justification. Object of justifying faith. Upon Rom. 8. ver. 34. Together with a treatise discovering the affectionate tendernesse of Christs heart now in heaven, unto sinners on earth. / By Tho: Goodwin, B.D.
London: printed by W.E. and J.G. for Robert Dawlman, 1642
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.
And that God had indeed this as one main consideration,1 upon which he made him a Priest thus to intercede, those words do testify, Heb. 5. 5, and 6. He that said unto him, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee; As he saith also in another place, Thou art a Priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedek: These latter words are not only a Paraphrase (as some think) merely to show that [He] that said, Christ was his Son, said also, He was a Priest; but it is to show the foundation of his call to that office. The great consideration that fitted him for it, was, that he was Gods Son; especially that fitted him for that part of his Priest-hood, which was to remain for ever, (of which that 110. Psal. and the Epistle to the Heb. do especially speak.) Neither is the meaning of the fore-cited place only to show that in that he was Gods Son, it was his birth-right to be a Priest: so as if God would have any Priest at all, it must be he: And so upon that consideration, he that said to him, Thou art my Son, said, Thou art a Priest; and that being his right, he therefore called him to it, because he was his Son, (for according to the Law of Nature, the eldest in the family was to be Priest; and so Christ, even as God-man, being the first-borne of every creature, and the natural first begotten Son of God, had right to be the prime leader of that great Chorus in that eternal worship in heaven:) That (I say) is not all the meaning of those words, nor all that God considered in it, when he thus ordained him to be a Priest; but ⟨p. 158⟩he had a further and more peculiar respect unto this especial part of his Priesthood, his Intercession, (as that clause for ever imports) as for which, he being his natural Son, so nearly allied to him, would transcendently fit him, and give such an omnipotent prevalence and effectualness to his requests, that he would be the most absolute perfect Priest for ever, (in this respect) that could be: That as God himself is perfect, and his power irresistible, so his Priesthood through this relation might be perfect also, and his requests undeniable. Thus did God order it to strengthen our faith. And that indeed God did consider this relation of his to him to this very end is evident by that of the 2. Psal. (out of which that saying [Thou art my Son] is cited) ver. 7, and 8. Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee;