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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.
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.
There is a fifth Engagement,§5 which his very having our nature, (which he still wears in heaven) and which the end or intention which God had in ordaining Christs assuming it do put upon him for ever: For one great end and project of that personal union of our nature unto the Godhead in the second Person for ever, was, that he might be a merciful High-Priest. So that as his office lays it as a duty upon him, so his becoming a Man, qualifies him for that office, and the performance of it, (and so may afford a farther demonstration of the point in hand.) This we find both to have been a requisite in our High-Priest, to qualify him the better for mercy and bowels; and also one of those great ends which God had in that assumption of our nature.
There is a fift Engagement,§5 which his very having our nature, (which he still weares in heaven) and which the end or intention which God had in ordaining Christs assuming it doe put upon him for ever: For one great end and project of that personall union of our nature unto the Godhead in the second Person for ever, was, that he might be a mercifull High-Priest. So that as his office layes it as a duty upon him, so his becomming a Man, qualifies him for that office, and the performance of it, (and so may afford a farther demonstration of the point in hand.) This we find both to have beene a requisite in our High-Priest, to qualifie him the better for mercy and bowels; and also one of those great ends which God had in that assumption of our nature.
First, a requisite, on purpose to make him the more merciful. So Heb. 5. 1. (the place even now insisted on, when yet this primary qualification I then passed over, and reserved unto this mention) it is said, Every High-Priest [taken from among men] is ordained for men, (and that, to this end) that so he might be one that can have compassion: namely, with a pity that is natural and kindly; such as ⟨p. 105⟩