Christ the universal peace-makerChrist the universall peace-maker

Grotius indeed puts the reason, why it is to be esteemed, as if we had offered up that sacrifice, only upon this, because it was offered up by him (says he) that had taken their nature: but I add out of this text, because he had took on him their persons, in One Body, and their enmities, and stood in their stead, as their Priest, as well as their sacrifice: and so it was to be reckoned their act on his Cross, as much as the peoples then, who used to bring the sacrifice to the Priest, who, there, offered it alone upon the Altar; whereas here WE (our selves) were brought to Christ by the Father to undertake to be a Priest for Us, and he voluntarily undertook Our persons. And so, as Levi is accounted to have offered tithes in Abraham his Father, when he paid them to Melchizedek; so we much ⟨p. 38⟩rather to have offered up a common sacrifice of peace amongst our selves, when Christ offered up himself.

Grotius indeed puts the reason, why it is to be esteemed, as if we had offered up that sacrifice, onely upon this, because it was offered up by him (sayes he) that had taken their nature: but I adde out of this text, because he had tooke on him their persons, in One Body, and their enmities, and stood in their stead, as their Priest, as well as their sacrifice: and so it was to be reckond their act on his Crosse, as much as the peoples then, who used to bring the sacrifice to the Priest, who, there, offered it alone upon the Altar; whereas here WE (our selves) were brought to Christ by the Father to undertake to be a Priest for Us, and he voluntarily undertooke Our persons. And so, as Levi is accounted to have offered tithes in Abraham his Father, when he paid them to Melchisedech; so we much ⟨p. 38⟩rather to have offered up a common sacrifice of peace amongst our selves, when Christ offered up himselfe.

And hence also likewise, as in those pacificatory federal sacrifices between two parties of men, whoever of them went about to violate or infringe the terms of peace, that sacrifice was intended to confirm, did (by reason it was his act) bring upon himself the curse, which ceremonially and visibly was inflicted on the beast or sacrifice slain: so here this act of sacrificing of Christ for mutual peace being thus interpretativè OURS, and our consent involved, Hence I say in like manner, whoever goeth about to break this Covenant, and seeketh to uphold the enmity among the people of God, he doth not only renounce his own act, but what in him lies, frustrates that intention of it; and so further incurs the imprecation infolded in it, and brings upon himself the blood of the Covenant, as in allusion to this curse (according to the implied intent of such a sacrificial Covenant) the Apostle speaks