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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
THE HEART OF Christ in Heaven, TO Sinners on Earth. › Part 2 › Section 2: §. II.
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So that these words are a confirmation of what he had before said, and do set out Christ the substance, in his grace and mercifulness, under Aaron and his sons the shadows: and all this for the comfort of believers.
So that these words are a confirmation of what hee had before said, and doe set out Christ the substance, in his grace and mercifullnesse, under Aaron and his sonnes the shadowes: and all this for the comfort of beleevers.
Now 1. for the ends for which those High-priests were appointed, they speak all nothing but grace and mercy unto sinners; it is said, he was one ordained [for men,] to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins. There is both the finis cujus, the end for whom, and the finis cui, the end for which he was ordained.
1. For whom, He was ordained for men, that is, for mens cause, and for their good: Had it not been for the salvation of men, God had never made Christ a Priest. So that he is wholly to employ all his interest and power for them, for whose cause he was ordained a Priest, and that in all things that are between God and them. He is to transact [Greek or Hebrew], all things that are to be done by us towards God, or for us with God; he is to take up all our quarrels with God, and to mediate a reconciliation between us and him; He is to procure us all favour from God, and to do all that which God would have done for our salvation. And that he might do ⟨p. 86⟩this willingly, kindly, and naturally for us, as every High-Priest was taken from among men; so was Christ, that he might be a Priest of our own kind, and so be more kind unto us, then the nature of an Angel could have been. And how much this conduceth to his being a merciful High-Priest, I shall show anon.