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Christ the universal peace-makerChrist the universall peace-maker
Christ the universal peace-maker: or, The reconciliation of all the people of God, notwithstanding all their differences, enmities. / By Tho: Goodwin, B.D.Christ the universall peace-maker: or, The reconciliation of all the people of God, notwithstanding all their differences, enmities. / By Tho: Goodvvin, B.D.
London: printed by J.G. for R. Dawlman, 1651
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II. SECTION. The Analogy between the Rites of such pacificatory Sacrifices, and this Sacrifice of Christs as offered up for our mutual enmities: and how This end and intention of Christs Sacrifice is held forth in the Lords Supper.
II. SECTION. The Analogy betweene the Rites of such pacificatory Sacrifices, and this Sacrifice of Christs as offred up for our mutuall enmities: and how This end and intention of Christs Sacrifice is held forth in the Lords Supper.
Now observe further, A correspondency unto those rites mentioned, that were used in those Sacrifices of peace, also held forth in this Sacrifice of His. The Beast in such cases was divided and cut in twain for both parties to pass through, and so peace to be made between them. And Christ to make both, or, twain one (as here,) was divided and cut (as it were) in twain: The Godhead for a time forsaking the manhood, 1My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? His Soul also being by Death separated from His Body; his joints loosened, to dissolve this enmity; the veil of His Flesh rent, to rend the partition wall. Thus He was cut in twain as one common Sacrifice, between both.
NOw observe further, A correspondency unto those rites mentioned, that were used in those Sacrifices of peace, also held forth in this Sacrifice of His. The Beast in such cases was divided and cut in twain for both parties to passe through, and so peace to be made between them. And Christ to make both, or, twain one (as here,) was divided and cut (as it were) in twain: The Godhead for a time forsaking the manhood, 1My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? His Soule also being by Death separated from His Body; his joynts loosned, to dissolve this enmity; the vaile of His Flesh rent, to rend the partition wall. Thus He was cut in twain as one common Sacrifice, between both.