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Gospel-revelation in three treatises, viz, 1 The nature of God. 2 The excellencies of…
Gospel-revelation in three treatises, viz, 1 The nature of God. 2 The excellencies of Christ. And, 3 The Excellency of mans immortal soul. By Jeremiah Burroughs, late preacher of the gospel at Stepney, and Giles-Cripple-gate, London. Published by William Greenhill. William Bridge. Philip Nigh. John Yates. Matthew Mead. William Adderly.Gospel-revelation in three treatises, viz, 1 The nature of God. 2 The excellencies of Christ. And, 3 The Excellency of mans immortal soul. By Jeremiah Burroughs, late preacher of the gospel at Stepney, and Giles-Cripple-gate, London. Published by William Greenhill. William Bridge. Philip Nye. John Yates. Matthew Mead. William Adderly.
London: printed for Nath. Brook, 1660
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Treatise 2 › Sermon 2: The Second SERMON ON The Excellency of Christ.
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7 And yet further, Christ was wonderful in his Priestly Office, for he was not only the Sacrifice, but the Altar. It would be wonderful to hear of a Priest that should offer himself, but the Priest to be the Sacrifice, and the Altar too that should sanctify the Sacrifice, it is a greater wonder: and because this expression seems to be very hard, I take this out of Heb. 9.14. How much more shall the ⟨p. 86⟩blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit, offered himself without spot to God; he offers his body and soul as it were upon his Divine Nature, that as the Altar did sanctify the Offering, so the Divine Nature of Christ did sanctify the offering of his Humane Nature, so that he indeed became both the Altar, and the Sacrifice.
7 And yet further, Christ was wonderful in his Priestly Office, for hee was not onely the Sacrifice, but the Altar. It would bee wonderful to hear of a Priest that should offer himself, but the Priest to bee the Sacrifice, and the Altar too that should sanctifie the Sacrifice, it is a greater wonder: and because this expression seems to bee very hard, I take this out of Heb. 9.14. How much more shall the ⟨p. 86⟩bloud of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit, offered himself without spot to God; he offers his body and soul as it were upon his Divine Nature, that as the Altar did sanctifie the Offering, so the Divine Nature of Christ did sanctifie the offering of his Humane Nature, so that he indeed became both the Altar, and the Sacrifice.
8 And then further, Christ is wonderful in his Priestly Office, and that is in this, That he offered but one Sacrifice, and at one time; now the Priests in former time, they offered many Sacrifices, and they offered often; but now if you would read of Christs Priestly Office, read especially the seventh, eighth, and ninth Chapters of the Epistle to the Hebrews, and there you shall have as much almost as in all the Scripture besides, of the Priestly Office of Jesus Christ; The Priests in the Law they offered often, but Christ offered but once, and having but once offered he sits down in glory, upon his offering of himself but once before the Father it was available for ever, for so the Scripture tells us in divers places of the Hebrews, and he was able to save to the uttermost, upon his once offering of himself.