A treatise concerning the Lords Supper

Thirdly, Eye the blood of Christ in the Sacrament, as pacifying and recon•••ing blood; an• it is therefore pacifying blood, because it wa• satisfying blood. If God had not been satisfied for sin, he had never been pacified to th• sinner. But when sin was expiated, God was appeased; Rom 3.25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood ▪ 1 John 2.2. He is the propitiation for our sins▪ By this Blood Gods wrath is turned aside, & he becomes propitious to believing Souls, Col. 1.20. Having made peace through the blo•d of his Cross, by him to reconcile all things to himself. Sin made the branch, but the blood of Christ ⟨p. 107⟩makes peace betwixt God and the sinner: Eph. 2.13, 14. Ye who sometimes were afar off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ. Sin set us at a distance from God, but the blood of Christ bringeth us nigh unto him; for he is our peace, that is, our Peace-maker. Oh blessed is such a Peace-maker between God and man, 2 Cor. 5 19. God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself. Consider it then as such.

Thirdly, Eye the blood of Christ in the Sa•crament, as pacifying and recon•••ing blood; an• it is therefore pacifying blood, because it wa• satisfying blood. If God had not been satis•fied for sin, he had never been pacified to th• sinner. But when sin was expiated, God was appeased; Rom 3.25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood