was offered every morning and evening and was to lie upon the Altar continually and upon this were all other Eucharistical Sacrifices to be offered Lev. 13. 5. -6. 12 Now as the irreversible doom from Gods eternal justice of sin without which undergone it could not be blotted out was death so it was also to be the death either of the sinner himself or of as worthy or a more noble person in his stead that should take the guilt of the others sin upon him God out of his infinite wisdom and mercy to man leaving this outlet of commutation of the person that so observing his former decrees by the death of his Son he might save his creature from destruction Therefore the sacrifice and blood of Beasts became useless and much more that of one guilty person for another for his death could onely answer for his own sin Heb. 10. 4. It was not possible for the blood of Bulls and Goats to take away sin neither did God in them take any pleasure Ps 50. But only appointed them as types and antifigures of that alsufficient acceptable sacrifice which in the fulness of times dispensed by God was to be offered up Heb. 10. 14. for us In presignification of which transferring of mans guilt and sin upon anothcr person that should suffer for him The sinner was to lay his hand upon the legal sacrifice that was to be accepted for him Levit. 5. 5. -44 15 26. the like to which tho not with the same purpose man did also upon his Savior and that both the Gentile for the Roman Soldiers had a part and the Jew joyntly making an oblation of him tho they knew not what they did And this was the Son of God who first that he might be a sacrifice was Incarnate and became mortal flesh Rom. 8. 3. Secondly without all sin 2 Cor. 5. 21. for his own person and so owed no death to God for himself In type of which the legal Sacrifices were required to be perfect and without blemish nor blind nor broken nor maimed nor scabbed Lev. 22. 22. and so the fruits to be the very best of them Numb 18. 12 29 30. Thirdly in voluntarily presenting himself a devoted thing Jo. 17. 19. and a curse Gal. 3. 13. for others For which reason he not only took human nature but it by descent from those who had sinned and from those who were restrained under a Law See Gal. 4. 4 5. Heb. 2. 10 11 14. was a reasonable sacrifice in every thing like to those for whom he suffered bearing our guilt and Gods wrath that pursued it after the same manner that our selves should have born it The torments of which guilt we may a little guess at from those we sometimes have suffered in our own consciences Imagine him then in every thing assuming the place of a sinner so lamenting all offences as if he had done them Imagine him perfectly knowing and weighing which the sinner never could the number the hainousness the odiousness the malice of them toward his Father so holy and so good and then proportioning his grief unto it Consider again that zeal and sense and tenderness he had to his Fathers glory and honour thus violated then that knowledge-passing love Eph. 3. 19. and compassion to men his Brethren who had thus misbehaved themselves that whilst all other creatures served God and obeyed the law he had set them Ps. 148. 6. He repented himself that he had made man upon the earth Gen. 5. 6 Next imagine him foreseeing also all the sins to come mine and thine and among the rest the malice of his own people the rejection of them and destruction of their City and his Fathers house which thing even in his triumph had drawn tears from him Luk. 19. 41. and this for shedding his blood the purpose of which shedding was to have saved them that thro their final obstinacy turned that to their ruin which was of such infinite merit and in this passion hear him saying again for them and all impenitent sinners How fain how oft would I have gathered c. and Daughters of Israel weep not for me but c. Imagine then the sorrows he now underwent for these mens offences that they might and for those because they could not be forgiven and then tell me if ever sorrow was like unto his sorrow And read his sad complaints Ps. 38. and Ps. 40. 12. penn'd for our Savior see Heb. 10. 5. Rom. 7. 22. From whence proceeded that deadly sadness Matt. 26. 37 38. and fear Heb. 5. 7. and amazement and faintings and bloody sweat which things never any sacrifice suffered before him nor any after him of those many holy Martyrs nay they were in their passion sustained by him but he in his if I may use his own Phrase forsaken nay smitten Esai 53. 4. by his God by his Father whom he had never displeased tho enduring perhaps more bodily torment yet even had a soul so overcharged so anguished and afflicted which was sufficiently discerned as by those strange sweats strong crying and tears and passionate prayers to have put by that bitter cup so by that loud exclamation upon the Cross when the spirit left that sacred Temple of the body forsaken and yet not forsaking but committing it self into the hands of his Father See Matt. 27. 46. Luk. 23. 46. Heb. 5. 7. This anguish of Soul Mark. 14. is translated by the vulgar pavor toedium by us amazedness and heaviness of which the Prophet Lam. 1. 12. was there ever sorrow and the Psalmist Ps. 69. 20. I looked for some to take pitty but there was none except only an Angel to strengthen him to endure his grief and a fellow to help him to carry his Cross not to remove them when he fainted under both For the weight of all the sins of all lay upon this innocent Lamb even the betraying and murther of those too that betrayed that murdered him as iâ—… he himself had committed the misdemeanors he suffered towards whom mean while he burnt with such an ardent love that upon the Cross he begg'd for them and he assumed all the sufferings nature was capable of to make abundant satisfaction for them Which he that will see at length let him read the 22. 69. 35. Psalms penn'd for him as appears by Matt. 27. 34 46 48. Jo. 2. 17. Jo. 15. 25. whilst that all Gods vindicative anger against us was poured out upon him upon him a Sacrifice reasonable and so in an human manner sensible of the Divine indignation which Agonies of the Soul were followed with all the inhumanities and cruelties of his executioners that could be offered to the body both in the pains and reproach of his death But the slaughter of this Lamb is too long a Tragedy to be here set down And God pittied Abrahams Son being a preludium to the death of his own so muâ—…h as that he would permit him to suffer no more
being all-sufficient never any more sin-offering required after it nor never any beneficial before it but only thro it nor for the nearness and dearness of it to the Sacrificer Abraham the rigidst example we have only offering to offer his son But this Priest offered himself and that voluntarily and that coming out of the bosom of his Father from the glory he had with him long before the world i. e. coming out of the Sanctum Sanctorum to do it as wanting something when he was there before notwithstanding those rivers of blood of Bulls and Goats that were shed before with which to appease his Fathers justice out of the infinite love he bare to sinners Now once saith the Apostle in the end of the world he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself Heb. 9. 26. and that sacrifice of himself by himself offered See Heb. 7. 27. Eph. 5. 2. Jo. 10. 17 18. But his high and that Melchisedechical i. e. eternal Priesthood did not so much consist in this transitory act at the Altar which any Priest might execute but in the second carrying and appearing with the blood in the Sanctum Sanctorum before the Lord c. only performed by the High Priest Therefore the Apostle placeth upon him Priesthood after Melchisedecks order which could not be till he was King as well as Priest not till after he was first risen from the dead and made perfect at which time also he was made King and Lord when ascended and made higher then the Heavens he had now no more conversation with sinners was harmless i. e. no more to be hurted undefiled i. e. that needed not to intermit for this at any time his office See Heb. 7. 26. when as before he had become weak suffered and dyed for us so now he lived for evermore and was set down on the Majesty on high in the Sanctuary which the Lord had pitched and there had received all power to help to protect us all gifts to showre down upon us We have such an High Priest saith he Such an High Priest becomes us In this was his honor and glory above all Priests before him and in this the certainty of our Salvation when he is not only the meritorious cause but the efficient nor only the price but Author of it See Heb. 5. 4 5. comp 9. Heb. 5. 5. comp Act. 13. 33. and Ps. 2. 7. comp 8. ask of me c. Heb. 5. 9 10. being made perfect called c. Heb. 6. 20. forerunner made c. See Heb. 8. 1 2 4. and 7. 26. Ps. 110. 4. comp 1 2. Heb. 8. 6. such a ministry following such a mediatorship Our Saviors death perfected his Oblation indeed but not his office nor our Salvation And it is since that that he daily procures as we repent and believe the application of the meritorious sacrifice to us which he then made for us and we are said no less to be saved by the sprinkling of his blood which is done in the sanctuary now continually then by the shedding of it which was done on the Cross. See Heb. 12 24. â—… Pet. 1. 2. Heb. 9. 19 23. -13. 12. The price of our redemption was then laid down sufficient to satisfie justice but not yet carried in and accepted by grace for tho the sacrifice was sufficient for all yet it is effectual only to some i. e. Believers for whom as it was provided at first by meer grace so by meer grace the satisfaction thereof being none of theirs is to them applied Heb. 2. 9. from whence Gods free grace notwithstanding our Saviors merits is so often put for the cause of our Salvation see Rom. 4. 4 16. before the throne of which grace he now went to appear with it But then many things there are besides the expiation of sins past also necessary for the compleating of our salvation which we are said to owe chiefly to our Saviors intercession therefore as we find our justification and remission of our sins committed before our conversion ordinarily imputed to Christs death and resurrection so our salvation all the strengthning of us in our new life that abundance of grace whereby we now serve God our consolation and protection in all afflictions from all our enemies in the service of him the remission of our sins when after baptism and conversion relapsing into any faults c. are ascribed to our Saviors living evermore in this office of intercession and to his sitting now at Gods right hand with all power See 1 Jo. 2. 1. Rom. 5. 10. -8 31. yea rather that he is now at the right hand c. and who now can separate for he is able to the uttermost Heb. 7. 21. Jo. 14. 10. This that we may not so look on the past benefits of our Savior as not also to acknowledge give thanks and rejoyce in his present service for us which remainder of service to be performed after his passion he seems to intimate in that somewhat obscure speech to Mary Magdalene Jo. 20. 17. Touch me not for I am not yet c. i. e. the time of embraces and your full enjoyment of me is not as you suppose it is yet come see Rev. 19. 7. for all my business is not done c. and may behave our selves as gratefully toward one from whom we have received so rich favors so also dutifully towards one on whom we depend for more Now then to view in order the several offices this High Priest after his sacrificing did and doth for us First then the Holy Priest entring into the Sanctum Sanctorum thro the vail so the flesh of the Son of God being a vail Heb. 10. 20. which contained within it and hid his Deity was then rent and this Holy Priest now thro it Heb. 9. 12. reentred into his former Majesty and glory before covered by it Again upon the renting of this vail Matt. 27. 50 51. presently that in the Temple that severed the Holy from the most holy place was rent also by which the place within being now laid open and made common was signified both a voiding of that former service of the Levitical High-Priesthood and that the way was now admitted for this new Priest having already slain his sacrifice Heb. 9. 8. into another true Sanctuary into a Sanctuary of the Lords own erecting not at all made with hands Higher then the heavens to which sanctuary he passed thro the outer Tabernacle of these which likewise was not made with hands see Heb. 8. 2. -7. 26. -9. 11 24. of which supercelestial sanctuary both that which was pitched by Moses and that built by Solomon were representations figures examples shadows Heb. 9. 23 24. -8. 5. both made one according to the pattern shewed to Moses in the Mount where Moses saw God as in a Sanctuary See Ps. 68. 17. And God is said to descend upon it Exod 34. 5. -33. 21. as afterward upon the
other in a cloud to speak with Moses the other to David 1 Chron. 28. 19. in a design Of which heavenly Sanctuary we may have a divine sight a far-off from the several visions and apparitions of Gods glory both those in the old Testament see Esai 6. 1. Ezech. 1. 4. -10. 1. c. and those in the new to St. John For 't is worth the noting that not only Gods glory on the Mount to Moses Ps. 68. 17. but in the heavens to St. John appeared still as in a Temple or Sanctuary see Rev. 6. 9. -7. 15. -8. 3. -9. 13. -11. 1 19. -13. 8. -14. 15 18. -4. 5 4. where is mention of the Court of the Altar of burnt-offerings Rev. 11. 1. and 6. 9. of the Altar of Incense upon which were offered Incense together with the Saints prayers see Luk. 1. 9 10. comp Rev. 8. 3. of the Ark of the Covenant upon the top or covering of which was the Mercy-Seat or propitiatory or throne of grace For the Ark Cherubims c. did alwaies represent a Throne or triumphant Charet which besides the Cherubims winged for flying and footed in such a manner for running had wheels also for which see besides Ezek. 1. chap. in whose visions were oftentimes removals of this Charet or Throne from place to place and Dan. 7. 9. 1 Chron. 28. 18. where the Ark is called the Charet of the Cherubims The Cherubims the 4 Beasts the same with Ezekiels and Esaiahs by whom Gods Throne was supported of all Creatures his nearest and most vigilant Rev. 4. 6. Ezek. 1. 10. attendants who gave out Gods orders to the rest of the Angels Rev. 15. 7. of the Candlestick with 7 Lamps of fire burning before the Throne the representation of the Holy Ghost as appears by Rev. 1. 4. -5. 6. Ezek. 4. 2 10. comp with 6. Act. 1. 3. And which never appeared in the former visions of the old Testament of a Lamb that was slain before the Throne and about the Throne on either side of it of 24 Presbyters in a Semicircle sitting on seats representing the Church Triumphant and the Session of the President and the Elders in the Jewish Synagogue or Consistory and afterward of the Bishop and his Presbyters in the Christian Churches these encircled with a guard of millions of Angels Rev. 7. 11. Rev. 5. 11. Habited all like Priests as also our Savior himself was in another vision Rev. 1. 13. Exod 28. 40. in linnen garments to the foot white and resplendent and girt about the paps Crowns on their heads See Exod. 28. 40. like those of the Priests for ornament and for glory Bearing his name on their foreheads Rev. 22. 4. as the High Priest did holiness unto the Lord Palms and Instruments of Musick and Vials full of Incense in their hands celebrating divine service in this Temple praising God and the Lamb and offering to him as the Clergy here do the praiers of the Saints Praising the Lamb for the redemption of themselves and of mankind Rev. 5. 9 10. comp with 1. 6. Ready to comfort John about the power of the Lamb Rev. 5. 5. and to instruct him concerning his suffering Brethren Rev. 7. 13. see Rev. 4. 4. -6. 11. -7. 9. -15. 6. Having thus made a description of the place the heavenly Sanctuary and the propiatory or throne of grace there over the Ark compassed with 4 Cherubims c. according as the Lord Jesus was pleased to represent it to St. John Here first now let us imagine to enter and present himself this great High Priest soon after his work finisht upon the Altar of the Cross such as he is described Heb. 7. 26. Holy unharmable undefiled separate from sinners needing no washing first as the Legal did arrayed with all the truth and substance of those things which were typified by the ornaments of the legal High Priest bearing our names upon his shoulders Esai 53. 6. -9. 6. Esai 63. 9. and again engraven as a Signet upon his heart according to Cantic 8. 6. Hagg. 2. 23. for a memorial of us before the Lord continually Exod. 28. 12 21. Having engraven upon his Miter Holiness pure and never stained unto the Lord that so his holiness may bear the iniquities of our holy things and we in and by it may be accepted before the Lord he being made unto us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption Numb 18. 1. Exod. 28. 38. 1 Cor. 1. 30. Rom. 5. 19. appearing again a Priest with the restord Urim and Thummim Ezra 2. 63. upon his heart light and perfection perfect wisdom and perfect righteousness opening the book of all Gods secrets and shewing them as he pleaseth to his Brethren Rev. 5. 5. -1. 1. Numb 27. 21. by the Holy Ghost Jo. 16. 13 14. as it first hears and receives from him thus passing thro the outer Sanctuary of the heavens Heb. 9. 11. whilst it is proclaim'd before him Behold the Lamb of God c. my servant whom I have chosen my Beloved in whom my soul is well pleased Let us imagine him I say in such equipage to appear in this Sanctum Sanctorum before that Mercy-Seat that throne of grace and to appear in the presence of God there not for himself but for us saith the Apostle Heb. 9. 24. -8. 1. for himself had that glory there with his Father before the world was and came down out of his bosom for this purpose for he that would ascend thus must be such a one that descended first that he might return thither with these new engagements upon him with a great many names besides his own new relations and new kindred entring in thither now for his poor Brethren Thus entred first into this Sanctuary he carries with him not only the blood but the whole sacrifice being restored unto him after he had offered it as an entire Holocaust and poured out all the blood thereof at the foot of the Altar to offer it here a second time to the acceptation of his Father See Heb. 8. 3. comp 9. 7. carries it with all the wounds and piercings made in it as honourable marks of his sufferings and remembrances thereof to his Father which 't is probable that his glorified body still retains appearing in his Father sight a Lamb as it had been slain See Rev. 5. 6. as also he appeared before for confirming the faith of his Disciples Jo. 20. 27. to which the Apostle alludes Gal. 6. 17. and likely shall appear at the last day to the everlasting reproach of his enemies See Rev. 1. 7. In memory whereof also the very Altar the Cross is imagined to be that which is called the sign of the son of man Matt. 24. 30. and which shall appear in the heavens and be carried before as his royal Ensign in his procession to the last judgment Which Sacrifice since he appoints here in the consecrated elements to be shewed forth by his Priests in our Sanctuaries before God in
the Lord and according to his word they were to do Lastly the benediction of the people was in a special manner conferred by him See Lev. 9. 22. Ecclus. 50. 5. c. Therefore in this Ceremony twice viz. after the ending of the Sacrifice and again after his coming out of the Sanctum Sanctorum He solemnly in Gods name blessed the people See Lev. 9. 22 23. Upon Aarons first solemn blessing them fire came out from before the Lord to abide on the Altar for ever vers 24. Now what was said before of the Levitical Sacrifice is here to be said again of the legal Priests They continuing sinners as well after as before their consecration and offering for their own faults as well as for the peoples Heb. 5. 3. a sinner for sinners were in themselves ineffectual Intercessors before God and as it was impossible for those sacrifices to take away sins so for such Priests being sinners and daily consorting with sinners and free from only some not all defilements to make any attonement but only in relation to and as types of the other Priest to come who only was without blemish holy undefiled and separate from sinners Heb. 7. 26. Add to this that the service they did in this office was very incompleat For they were not Intercessors before the Lord for all Nations but presented only the names of the twelve Tribes of Israel and for them they knew not every ones diverse confessions and requests nor were able to make particular recommendation of these Or if to recommend yet had no ability to help subnexed to their Intercession for them which we shall shew is a priviledge of the true Priesthood which is alwaies joined with Royalty and power They entred into the Divine presence but once a Year and presently came out again did not abide and wait and sit down there to be perpetual Advocates with God for the people And then the place they went into was not the true Sanctuary which the Lord pitched Heb. 8. 2. who tho he is every where in his essence yet is he only in Heaven as his dwelling place 1 King 8. 39. then hear thou in Heaven thy dwelling place The place of the appearance of his glory and Majesty of his Court and Attendants of his throne where he gives audience unto all his Creatures is there But their sanctuary served only unto the example and shadow of Heavenly things Heb. 8. 5. And the glory in it was but a shadow of his glory 2 Cor. 3. 10 11. Lastly the Requests they made in it were rather about temporal then eternal things about present and corporal not future and spiritual No new Canaans for us no new Jerusalems no new eternal places of rest prepared by them no conferring also on all the people their Brethren that sacerdâ—…tal Honor to wait for ever on God in his holy Temple which is the complement of all our felicity These benefits were reserved to crown the intercessions of another High Priest of an higher Order In the fulness of time therefore came the substance of whom these were types 1. As a Sacrifice without spot so a sacrifice without sin pure without all blemish not a bone of him broken unharmable undefiled separate from sinners not after a while decaying but continuing for ever at this day at this hour The same yesterday and to day and for ever Heb. 7. 24 26. -13. 8. 2. Tho thus perfect and perpetual yet which is strange 1. one of our selves a man as we raised up from the midst of us of our brethren Deut. 18. 15. For this was altogether necessary for such an office in which he was to be the Representative of his brethren Therefore the legal High Priest appeared before the Lord not only in his person like unto them but with all their names engraven upon his brest and this saith the Text for a memorial of them before the Lord continually Exod. 28. 12 21. and therefore the Apostle puts in the definition of an High Priest Heb. 5. 1. Taken from amongst men 2. Again one he was that was to be compassed with infirmity for a while at least that standing before the Lord he might have all compassion in him toward those for whom he officiated might be the more earnest the more constant and diligent and know how more tenderly to present to the Holy Majesty the temptations the miseries himself had experienced and they also might have more confidence to commend their suits unto him as being their brother and once as they straitned Therefore 't is a Rule Heb. 2. 11. He that sanctifieth and those who are sanctified are all of one and therefore this Priest for as much as the children were partakers of flesh and blood did also himself likewise take part of the same v. 14. not the nature of Angels but of man v. 16. and was not ashamed to call them Brethren ver 11. and to be made like unto them in all things v. 17. and that for the foresaid ends that he might be merciful be faithful unto them Heb. 2. 17 18. -5. 1 2. -4. 15. Besides Before Gods justice no intercession could be effectual without merit therefore mediation of sinners for sinners profits not nor no merit but in a condition and nature liable to temptations and sufferings at least such merit not serviceable in the behalf of men where his merits are not in the same kind as their demerits were and therefore there is the same reason of the humanity of our Savior for his being a Priest as for his being a sacrifice 3. Thus being man and man clothed with infirmity fitted for this office he was not appointed by himself but called as other Priests were to this office and anointed by God Heb. 5. 4 5. Heb. 3. 2. 2 Pet. 1. 17. Act. 10. 38. But far more glorified and honored in it then any before him God now anointing a Priest once and for all Heb. 7. 28. and not to the same order of which the former were in many things as is shewed before deficient but to the very best that of Melchisedeck i. e. a Priesthood everlasting and royal and that had power joyned with Intercession and the honor of sitting down by him to whom he officiated For this man was counted worthy of more glory then any before as being the builder and afterward upon its ruin rebuilder of this house over which God thus made him Lord. Heb. 3. 3. Thus made a Priest now let us view the exact discharge of his office in the several parts thereof and first the Priests office for expiation of sin c. being first to offer the sacrifice and then to carry the blood thereof into the Sanctuary and there make an attonement and intercession with it for the offenders He therefore first offered the sacrifice a sin-offering upon the altar of the Cross such as never Priest offered before him neither for the worth of it
commemoration of him how much more in that above is it solemnized for us by himself our High Priest That as the bow was set in the Cloud that God looking upon it might remember his Covenant and forbear to bring a second deluge upon the earth Gen. 9. 16. and the blood of the Paschal Lamb was stricken on the door posts that the Lord seeing it there might pass over them with his plague So when he beholds these wounds given our Savior for our sin displaid before him he may forbear to revenge sin any more upon his Brethren And if Pilate shewing that our suffering Savior with an Ecce Homo thought the beholding such a pitiful and cruel spectacle was enough to have melted the hardhearted Jews his malicious enemies into some mercy and compassion so as to prosecute his death no further How much more will such a pale and wanner sight as was seen afterward upon the Cross of an only Son voluntarily undergoing all this for our sin move a pitiful and merciful father no further to prosecute the vengeance thereof upon his brethren upon his own members A second Action there is sprinkling of his blood upon and before the Mercy-Seat not 7 nor 77 times but continually and note that all blood-shed when it comes before the Lord hath a loud cry See the blood of the Saints Rev. 6. 10. And Abels Gen. 4. 10. And the Apostle compares the sprinkling of our Saviors blood for its speaking and crying unto the sprinkling of Abel's tho His cried not the same way for it pleaded for mercy as the other for vengeance For we receive a true attonement are sanctified are purifyed as many of us as serve the Lord by the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus See 1 Pet. 1. 2. Heb. 12. 24. -13. 12. Not that our Savior there really sprinkled his blood for us let none grossly imagine this for flesh and blood enter not into heaven 1 Cor. 15. but that he now by it poured out by him on the Cross in the heavenly Sanctuary procures all the effects obumbrated by the former sprinkling of the blood of the legal Sacrifices Therefore t is observed that the Apostle saith he entred by it not with it Heb. 9. 12 23. Who is therefore called for this Celestial ceremony before the propitiatory or throne of grace our 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 propitiation 1 Jo. 2. 2. and our 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 propitiatory Rom. 3. 25. Thus he sprinkled his blood to make attonement for and to sanctify us but as we read that the legal High Priest purified also the Sanctuary it self and reconciled the Holy place said to be defiled by being in the midst of the peoples uncleanness See Lev. 18. 25 28. the Apostle makes this also run parallel for our Savior Heb. 9. 23. by which as is signifyed the purifying of all the Creatures and particularly of all our imperfect holy services unto us so perhaps something more may yet be gathered from Col. 1. 16 20. -2. 10. Job 15. 15. -4. 18. -25. 5. 2 Pet. 3. 7 12. Rom. 8. 22. well considered for all Principalities and Thrones i. e. Angels were made by him at first and for him and by him they now consist and of them also he is the head and by him they are said to be reconciled thro him they are now confirm'd in grace and perhaps at the last day thro him shall be advanced in glory And perhaps the upper regions of the world may be said in some sense to be contaminated as the earth by mans or the faln Angels sin to which heavenly things also the vanity bondage groaning of the Creatures mentioned Rom. 8. may extend which also are said by Peter to be reserved and that they shall be dissolved and as it were purified by fire But abscondita Domino Deo nostro manifesta nobis 3. After this appearing there with this Sacrifice and sprinkling of his blood follows his Intercession also there for us Rom. 8. 34. Heb. 7. 25. Esai 53. 12. -59. 16. another office of the Priest for the People whose making attonement was not without praier since this also is called making attonement Exod. 32. 30. and so where we translate making attonement the vulgar renders it praying for c. See Lev. 16. 7 34 17. Quando Pontifex sanctuarium ingreditur ut roget prose pro universo coetu Israel see Job 42. 8. Gen. 20. 7. which appears also by the continual practise of the Priests and Prophets praying foâ—… the people Jer. 7. 16. -27. 18. Ezra 10. 4. Joel 1. 13 14. -2. 17. 2 Chron. 30. 27. 1. And this first in presenting continually his own praiers to the Father for us in which respect he is called also 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 our Advocate with the Father as well as the Holy Ghost is called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Advocate to the Father here on earth with or in us As the spirit is also stiled by his title of Intercessor here as he there Rom. 8. 26 27. and therefore what office in prayer when any one sins or suffers this Advocate doth here on earth residing with us 1 Jo. 5. 7 8. see Rom. 8. 26. the other Advocate doth the same in heaven residing with the Father and with the same unexpressible zeal The better to conceive which imagine Aaron Numb 16. 47. when wrath was gone out from the Lord standing with his Censer in his hand between the living and the dead and staying the plague or Moses that great type of him Deut. 18. 15. like unto me his pathetical intercessions and deprecations so many times for the sinning Israelites continuing 40 daies at a time with the Lord in supplication for them and for their Priest see Exod. 32. comp with Deut. 9. 18 20. Numb 14. 13. c. and proceeding even to wishing himself accuâ—…ed in their stead as also did St. Paul but our Savior only was he that really became also a curse for others and then be sure our High Priest now makes the same nay far greater as much more concerned in our safety being Master over the house in which Moses tho a faithful yet was but a servant The exact matter and manner of whose intercessions above tho it is not manifested unto us yet what esteem of it and confidence in it may we not have therefore our Mother the Church thinks fit to finish all her prayers in it if we consider first that infinite love wherewith he now loveth us How can it be silent Eph. 3. 19. from which neither things present nor things to come neither heights nor depths c. can ever separate us Rom. 8. 38 35. comp with 34. 2. The promises which he made in that last comforting Sermon immediately before his death and departure from hence the summ of which is to assure his Disciples and consequently all believers see Jo. 17. 20. of the great care he would take for them in heaven where also he particularly
promiseth to pray the Father for them who was greater then he and therefore they might rejoyce they had such a friend with him see Jo. 14. 16 28. -16. 7 26. tho he assured them of his Fathers great affection to them for his sake even in case himself should not pray for them 3. His long many whole nights and assiduous practises of prayer here on earth doubtless for them and us tho importuned with so much other business S. Peters suddain repentance and tears Matt. 26. 75. came from his intercession Luk. 22. 32. 4. If we consider the matter of that one only long praier of his that is set down Jo. 17. after his work was finisht here and he was to leave his Disciples here on earth to the custody of his Father Ver. 12 13. And some part of his Church now and till the end of the world having the same necessities Many sheep that were not of that fold of whom he saith also that he must bring them in Jo. 10. 16. How can he not continue for them the same petitions till he be made compleat also in the whole Church his body Neither praied he then for his Apostles alone but for them also that should believe on him thro their word vers 20. for our sanctification vers 17. for our perfecter union with him and the Father in this world vers 11. 21. for our glorification with him in heaven vers 24. Perfectly knowing every ones infirmities A particular Advocate as any one of his Servants Heb. 5. 9. sinneth procuring remission 1 Jo. 2. 1. and infinitely pitying every ones condition An Advocate as any one of his is tempted and afflicted procuring succour and watching that their suffering may not be beyond their ability Heb. 2. 18. and perfectly foreseeing all their dangers An Advocate begging deliverance from future evils as he did here on earth for Peter when Satan would have sifted him but I have praied for thee that thy faith fail not Luk. 22. 23. and going away for his Disciples left behind Father I desire not to have them quite taken out of the world but keep thou them in it from the evil vers 15. from their powerful and invisible enemy and from all those wolves among among whom I leave them Think we then the Shepheard of Israel now sleepeth But we must not let this pass un noted That his Intercession who is alwaies heard for he asketh according to the will of God Rom. 8. 27. never asketh such things as God hath decreed by no praiers to be exorable in As to be capable of his mercies and favors there are some dispositions prerequisite in the person See Ezek. 14. 3 5 14. For such therefore as want these our Savior perfectly knowing his Fathers will can ask nothing absolutely that is against it Tho with a velleity if you will now as when he praied in the Garden for himself or for his enemies when on the Cross Luk. 23. 34. he desires or wisheth mercy even for all even for those who shall never receive any Velleity I say qua hoc vellet si aliud non obsisteret but his intercession with an absolute will which is alwaies conform to his Fathers and so alwaies fulfilled by his Father is not general and for all so we might think it frustrated but for those that are or will be rightly disposed and are or are to be of his Church even as the High Priest carried in before the Lord only the names of the twelve Tribes I pray for them saith he I pray not for the world Jo. 17. 9. not for those who have the devil for their Father 1 Jo. 3. 8. not for the man of sin and those persecutors of his Church Against whom we may imagine he now deprecates his Fathâ—…r in behalf of the Church in that form Rev. 6. 10. How long Lord c. Ps. 44. 9 17. and Zech. 1. 12. How long c. which Angel was the Son of God and receives from him that answer in the Psalmist Ps. 110. 1. Sit thou on my right hand till I make c. whom he will at last uttâ—…rly destroy at his coming for there is a sin we may not therefore neither doth he pray for 1 Jo. 5. 16. And this much more indears his intercessions unto his since they are not common for all and let us take heed least there be in any of us an heart of unbelief Heb. 3. 12. either not to enter at all or to run out of this fold either not to be ingrafted into or to be cut off from his body and so be made uncapable and loose our share of such dear intercessions and omnipotent praiers by virtue of which 't is not possible for the elect to miscarry Matt. 24. 24. 2. And as this our High Priest intercedes and offers up his own praiers for us so he offers up all ours too For God under the Gospel is served with spiritual sacrifice as under the law he was with carnal both with sin-offerings our Confessions and peace-offering our giving of thanks of praise and glory unto him and Free-will-offerings our restraint of some lawful liberty when this any way conducing more to his service and whole burnt-offerings our resignation and dedicating of all we have and are to the promoting of his glory So our praiers are called Incense and the morning and evening Sacrifice Rev. 5. 8. Ps. 141. 2. Our praise the calves of our lips See Heb. 13. 15. comp with Hos. 14. 2. Ps. 50. 14 15. preferred before all the Herds on the Mountains all our words and actions even to our eating and drinking required to have a special dedication to God Col. 3. 17. 1 Cor. 10. 31. And as all our actions that are by the soul so all our passions and sufferings that are by the body are sacrifices too and much more properly such then the former so both those mortifications and crucifyings of the flesh by our selves whether for the wiping away or for the prevention of sin and killing of our brutish lusts now instead of slaying of beasts or our patient and contented undergoing those sent from God for sin are no mean sacrifices see Ps. 51. 16 17. Thou delights not c. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit a broken and a contrite heart c. And those sufferings in the flesh from others for righteousness sake or for the glory of God or for the benefit of our Brethren when we instead of the blood of Beasts offer up our own to God and undergo Martyrdom for his sake this is the highest sacrifice of all and so St. Paul calls his 2 Tim. 4. 6. Phil. 2. 17. 2 Cor. 12. 15. And these sufferings also our Savior presents to God as he doth those of his own body for we also are his body and as he offers up himself so us to the Father Tota congregatio societasque sanctorum universale sacrificium offertur deo per sacerdotem magnum Aug.
remission of former sins committed against this law by faith Psal. 32. 1 2. Rom. 4. 7 8. So he was enabled for the future to walk in those same laws see Luk. 1. 6. Rom. 8. 4. The law standing still in force as subordinate unto grace 1 Cor. 9. 21. for our works following faith and repentance tho not for those preceding them to which law we are alwaies to perform both sincere and universal obedience These two ministrations therefore of the law and of the spirit are opposed for their effect one taken single by itself without the other serving only for conviction and condemnation c. and for the persons by whom they came one by Moses the other by Christ but not for the time or for the time also but not as if in time I mean since Adams fall the one preceded the other for their absolute being but only in respect of the clearer manifestation first of the one then of the other at several times In the former times the law being more largely propounded the promises seen a far off and darkly as it were thro a cloud or veil 2 Cor. 3. 13. The Messias expected to appear in the flesh the gift of the spirit narrower for compass less in intention But the latter times from it now visibly sent down from Heaven enjoying clearer manifestations of truth larger effusions of grace 1 Cor 9. 10. To conclude As we find before the law from the beginning a double generation one sons of God and the other of men one righteous and the other wicked and in Abrahams time one born of the bond-woman another of the free-woman now those born of the free-woman are only such as are made free by Christ see Gal. 4. 31. -5. 1. one born after the flesh the other after the spirit or by promise Now the spirit is the promise of the Gospel as well as the Messias and comes only by the Messias one ex operibus the other ex vocante Rom. 9. 11. which two generations from the beginning were also shewed in the opposition between the elder and the younger as in Cain whose race was gigantick in comparision of the other Gen. 6. 4. and Abel or Seth Ismael Isaac Esau Jacob Ham and Shem c. Which may be observed also in Reuben and Judah Zarah and Pharez Manasses and Ephraim David and his brethren Aaron and Moses And not only in persons but nations ancienter and greater nations against that chosen for Gods people Israel and the Egyptian Israel and the Canaanites Israel and the Philistine Israel and Babylon Jew and Antiochus Jew and Gentile then Gentile the people of God and the Jew Apostate lastly the Church and Antichrist The Elder persecuting the younger or the former born the latter but yet the latter still overcoming the former for that which is first is natural 1 Cor. 15. 46. So under the law also we find a twofold generation one of faith holding of Abraham another of works of the law holding of Moses Gal. 3. 9 10. and two Covenants on foot the one the Mount Sinai and the other the Jerusalem-Covenant Gal. 4. 25. and two explanations upon them to guide men to which covenant they should adhere the one Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things written in the law to do them and He that doth shall live in them Rom. 10. 5. Gal. 3. 12. quoting Deut. 17. 26. Levit. 18. 5. The other The just shall live by faith or Blessed is the man whose iniquities are forgiven See Rom. 3. 3 7 8. Gal. 3. 10 12 11. Rom. 4. 3. -9. 33. quoting Psal. 32. 1 2. Habbak 2. 4. Esai 28. 16. Gen. 15. 6. Nay see both these coming from the mouth of Moses who himself was a Son of faith The one Levit. 18. 5. the other Deut. 13. 11 12. explained by the Apostle Rom. 10. 5 6 7. c. The latter of which The word is nigh thee in thy heart c. that is saith he the word of faith and that same faith which the Gospel preacheth vers 8. And therefore as we are now referred for salvation to the preaching of Christ and his Apostles so Abraham then before these referred Dives his brethren for their salvation and escaping of hell to the preaching of Moses and the Prophets Luk. 16. 29 31. And both St. Paul and St. James treating about the point of justification take their examples out of the old Testament instancing how it was in Abraham amongst the Hebrews and Rahab amongst the Gentiles See Rom. 4. 1. c. Jam. 2. 21 25. And as the other held of Adam and the law so these latter in all ages held of Christ and the Gospel and as we now had alwaies the same Saviour their King to conduct them the same spirit to inspire and inform them the same Sacraments for substance to confirm them Baptism in the Red sea and in the Cloud thro which see Exod. 14. 19 -13. 21. Matt. 3. 11. they passed to Canaan and the Eucharist the body of our Lord in the Manna coming down from Heaven and his blood in the water streaming out of the rock 1 Cor. 10. 1. c. So Circumcision was administred and their sacrifices used by them as Baptism and the Eucharist by us of which instituted by the Lord Jesus theirs delivered to the fathers were types for remission of sin and conferring grace for appeasing Gods wrath and thanksgiving for mercies with reference to the same blood of the new Testament and the onely true sacrifice So St. Austin de nuptiis concupiscentia l. 2. c. 11. saith Circumcisionem ad purgationem originalis peccati valuisse magnis parvis quemadmodum nunc Baptismus And that threat Gen. 17. 14. That soul shall be cut off from his people is ordinarily understood that he is cut off as well for being extra pactum as being praecepti violati reus And tho Circumcision in Abraham who was before the receipt thereof justified by faith was only a seal of that former justification as also the Sacrament of Baptism was to Cornelius saith St. Austin contra Donatistas l. 4. c. 24. See Act. 10. 47. comp 44. and is to many other Yet this hinders not saith Estius 4. Sent. 1. d. 31. sec. but that in parvulissicut nunc Baptismus ita olim Circumcisio non nudum esset signaculum justitiae interioris sed efficax atque operatorium And St. Austin ibid. Cur ergo ei praeceptum est ut omnem deinceps infantem octavo die circumcideret nisi quia ipsum per seipsum sacramentum multum valebat And for this purpose also were their sacrifices used See Lev. 4. 20 26. and the Priest shall make an attonement for him as concerning his sin and it shall be forgiven him Vulgar Rogabitque pro eo Sacerdos pro peccato ejus dimittetur ei See Lev. cap. â—… cap. 17. and Numb 15. cap. and Heb. 5. 1. That he might offer sacrifices
it Gal. 19 24. and accordingly God not regarding the promised protection of him As is plainliest expressed Heb. 8. 9. And thus the two parties standing at the greatest enmity Man being alienated saith the Apostle and an enemy in his mind by wicked works Col. 1. 21. and God again thus provoked giving him up Rom. 1. 28. as a child of wrath to be a slave to sin to death to Sathan Heb. 2. 14 25. Yet so infinite in his mercy was God so loved he the world Jo. 3. 16. whilst it was yet without strength Rom. 5. 6. yet enemy vers 10. yet sinner vers 8. being not willing that his creature should thus perish 2 Pet. 3. 9. That he was pleased once more to reconcile it to himself and to enter into a new and the last covenant with man and so growing still upon the world were his mercies that this covenant should be so far better then the former that in comparison thereof the other is stiled faulty and not good c. Heb. 8. Now no covenant can be made between Him and mankind without a Mediator a person to go betwixt 1 Tim. 2. 5. Jo. 14. 6. to declare Gods gracious pleasure unto us and to procure and receive from us and offer our submission unto God 2 Cor. 5. 20. See the manner of this Exod. 24. As therefore Moses was of the old Gal. 3. 19. so Jesus Christ was sent the Mediator of the new The substance of which Covenant you may read Heb. 8. 10. relating to Jer. 31. 32. and see the same Ezek. 36. 25. and every where in the Gospels and in the Acts. Repent and be baptized for the remission of Sins and bring forth fruits worthy of repentance where there is remission covenanted on Gods part and future obedience on ours And it was first on Gods part that he would give a free remission of all sins past Their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more Heb. 8. 12. 2 Cor. 5. 19. and for the future by giving them plentifully of his Spirit Jo. 1. 17. Act. 2. 17. Jo. 14. 26. would write his laws not in tables of Stone or of the conscience only as formerly but in their hearts so that every one should now know the Lord vers 10 11. and be also enabled by the Spirit to serve him and that not out of fear but love His Laws too now I mean after the Covenant of grace compleated upon our Saviors Incarnation For else the same Covenant was under the time of the Law and before them from the beginning only such as are Spiritual not Carnal so called Heb. 7. 16. -9. 10. natural and grounded on reason and primitive honesty not arbitrary and typical Laws purged from legal Ceremony Col. 2. 14 17. Lastly that he would be their gracious God Heb. 8. 10. and they should be a peculiar trâ—…asure to him above all other people as the same thing is expressed Exod. 19. 5. And this Covenant now he would enlarge from Abrahams seed to all mankind Christ by his Mediatorship making peace as between God and man so between the Jew and the Gentile pulling down the wall which before parted their Courts in the Temple the outer being for the Gentiles See Eph. 2. 14 15. Eph. 1. 10 and would establish it likewise on better promises He is the Mediator of a better Covenant which was established on better promises Heb. 8. 6. The heavenly country and reward of eternal life being not so clearly at least proposed before our Saviors coming as the typical felicities of the earthly Canaan But that he required also on mans counter part That hating and forsaking our former courses we should hereafter being so much enabled by grace so much to be rewarded by eternal glory freed from the unsupportable burden of Ceremonials yeild obedience to his Laws as explained by his Son in a more strict manner then had been performed by former ages Lastly that as he would be our gracious God so we should be his obedient people Heb. 8. 10. Else that there were prepared pa es praemio pâ—…nae And as his exceeding favors were now revealed to obedience even life eternal so his exceeding wrath against all impiety even fire unquenchable Matt. 3. 7 10 12. This I say is required on mans part For in this new Covenant which is done in their baptism by Sponsors and afterward ratified in Confirmation by themselves Men engage something as well as God according to the manner of that former Exod. 24. 3. where the people engaged with one voice All the words c. will we do Now Jesus it was that brought this Gospel this blessed tidings from his Father that was the Sponsor the undertaker the Surety from God of a better Testament Heb. 7. 22. He the person whom the Lord appointed to preach this good tidings unto the meek to bind up the broken hearted to proclaim liberty to open prisons to comfort all that mourn to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord but also the day of vengeance to the wicked Esai 6. 1. He by whom God commended his love toward us whilst we were yet sinners Rom. 5. by whom we have now received the attonement with God vers 11. Rom. 5. 1. by whom it pleased the Father to reconcile all things unto Himself Col. 1. 20. 2 Cor. 5. 18. Eph. 1. 10. -3. 12. And as he came offering Reconciliation from Him so beseeching us to be reconciled also to him 2 Cor. 5. 20. And upon his necessary departure from hence he left others to do the same office and to beseech men the same thing from generation to generation in his stead Vers. 10. And by baptism washing away their sins past to take every ones promise of obedience and fidelity and so admit them into this Covenant Baptism being the Sacrament which now answers to Circumcision which was the Sacrament to the beleevers under the Law not of the first Covenant of works as the Jews misconceived it but of the second of Righteousness by Faith which came by Christ Rom. 4. 11. Gal. 3. 17. In which every single person by Sponsors at the Font if baptized in Infancy afterward in Confirmation by himself gives his particular assent to the Covenant and by this is made partaker of the new promises in it therefore saith the Apostle Act. 1. 33. Repent and be baptized c. for the promise is to you and to your children and therefore a good conscience in obeying Gods commands answering our Covenant made in Baptism to do so called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the vulgar Interrogatio because then interrogatories are proposed about it and engaged for by the baptizand is said to save us 1 Pet. 3. 21. Christ then being the Mediator of a Covenant and no solemn Covenant being made without shedding of blood Zech. 9. 11. see Ps. 50. 5. Those that have made a Covenant with me by Sacrifice See Exod. 24. Gen. 15. Heb. 9. 15 18.
c. This blood laying a solemn engagement and obligation on both the parties for performance of promises Therefore Gen. 15. 10 in Gods covenanting with Abraham were the Beasts divided into two halfs God passing between them and Exod. 24. In Gods covenanting with Israel the blood divided and half sprinkled on the Altar on Gods part and half on the people beside that in a Covenant of this kind especially between a just Lord and rebellious Subjects where one part had so highly offended this blood sprinkled upon them signified a remission which is never done without blood Heb. 9. 22. Hence no hearty agreement and reconciliation between two formerly differing parties being possible without remission of all former offences and again no remission of former offences from the just God being without sacrifice or satisfaction neither was therefore any Covenant without sacrifice And the eating of such a sacrifice given to â—…od being as it were an admittance unto Gods Table and Viands and to have Communion with him see Exod. 24. 5 11. 1 Cor. 10. 16. c. 21. signified a reentrance into his favor Thus sacrifice shedding and sprinkling of blood I say being required at the solemnity of a Covenant which Ancient ceremonies were all only forcadumbrations and types of this we now speak of and not it fashioned according to what the former were but they according to what it should be It pleased God to give and to confirm likewise and ratifie this last Covenant unto us in the blood of his Son Rom. 5. 10. with whose blood we were sprinkled this being the infinitely highest expression of his renewed love to mankind for what greater signification had Abraham of his love to God his Friend then to offer his only Son and the same we see God now requited to the children of Abraham tho these his enemies here giving really what he would not of Abraham really accept making this blood a perpetual witness and assurance of his remitting all those transgressions now which still remained under the former covenant Heb. 9. 15. and an everlasting obligation of him to performance of his promises But yet further this being not only a Covenant but a Testament both because it was Gods last will that he hath enjoyned unto man to observe Heb. 8. 8 10. none other being to come after it and being in this last will also a legacying and conveyance to us from the Son of that heavenly inheritance which from his Father by birthright from all eternity was his and no such Testament standing in force but from the death first of the Testator whom living perhaps it might be changed but after death never can Heb. 9. 17. Hence to make all sure to us every way our Savior the Testator suffered death And for these reasons is the Gospel called so often the new Testament in his blood Luk. 22. 20. and his blood stiled the blood of the Covenant Heb. 10. 29. Zech. 9. 11. That we are said now to be come from Mount Sinai and to Jesus the Mediator of the new Covenant and to the blood of sprinkling that speaketh better things then Abels for that spoke revenge but this remission and his blood said to witness the remission of our sins c. 1 Jo. 5. 8. Heb. 12. 13. Hence we are called Elect thro the sprinkling upon us of the blood of Jesus Christ. 1 Pet. 1. 2. Hence is he said to have made peace thro the blood of his Cross Col. 1. 20. And to have reconciled us in the body of his flesh thro death Col. 1. 21 22. that he suffered c. that he might sanctifie the people with his own blood See Exod. 19. 10. -29. 21. Therefore those also who afterward break this Covenant are said to have troden under foot the Son of God and to have counted the blood of the Covenant wherewith they were sanctified an unholy thing c. Heb. 10. 29. And lastly hence as they did eat of their peace-offerings before the Lord Exod. 24. 5 11. in token of their readmittance into his Friendship so were we likewise in this Covenant to be made partakers of the Lords Table in eaâ—…ing of this Sacrifice of our Savior offered for the establishing of the new Covenant and therefore this his flesh he hath given us to eat and his blood to drink Jo. 6. 53. c. And God again raised this Mediator who by his own blood sealed this our peace Col. 1. 20 21 22. from the dead that he might shew that he accepted of this his mediation and that all things by him transacted in it were according to his Fathers good pleasure And that God might give also into his own hands the management of all those gracious promises made by him in this new Covenant that he might be the Captain of our Salvation have power himself of the remission of sin and of pouring forth the spirit upon all flesh see Act. 3. 26. -5. 31. and of giving eternal life c. which were promised in it Thus it became that God of peace to bring again from the dead our Lord Jesus that great Shepheard of the Sheep thro this blood of the everlasting Covenant Heb. 13. 20. That he might ever live to see to the performance of conditions CHAP. IV. Jesus Christ the Sacrifice Expiatory Eucharistical c. for remission of sin Procurement of Blessings c. GOD would never give any blessing nor forgive any fault absolutely gratis but that he would in some offering returned be acknowledged Lord of all for the one Mal. 1. 6 8 10. and with some offering slain be appealed for the other That he might to the world more solemnly appear by the first offerings a liberal Father to his Creature and the fountain of all good and by the second a just Judge to the sinner and the hater Ps. 5. 5. and punisher of all evil And hence the first worship of him that we find in the very infancy of the world is Sacrifice Gen. 4. 3 4. Sacrifice Eucharistical and Expiatory offerings of acknowledgment and thanksgiving for his benefits And those of the Firstlings Gen. 4. 4. And of expiation and attonement for our sin and that by the death of the Sacrifice for death being the irreversible punishment of sin without it might be no remission Heb. 9. 22. Besides which two we find also another sort of Sacrifice alwaies tendred unto him a Sacrifice of a more general devotion and dedication of the Officer to his service an Holocaust or burnt-offering wholly consumed on the Altar and of the most sweet smelling savour unto the Lord. Levit. 1. 9. Exod. 29. 41. Being given freely not out of necessity for an offence as the sin-offering and given all not any part shared by the Doner as in the peace or thank-offering Of which burnt-offerings one a Lamb Jo. 1. 29. in which respect our Savior was called the Lamb of God rather then any other offering because this was the daily sacrifice
of God as the first Adam was before him Luk. 3. 38. 2 Cor. 4. 4. Gen. 1. 27. And heyr of all things and having the dominion over them as Adam in innocence had Ps. 8. 5. comp with Heb. 2. 6. Psal. 2. 8. which are all resanctified and as I may so say redeemed from their former pollution in him as they were unhallowed by the other see Heb. 1. 2. 1 Coâ—… 10. 25 26. Rom. 8. 19. c. -14. 14. Now he readmitted into Paradise Luk. 23. 43. and to the Tree of life Rev. 2. 7. -3. 21. -22. 14. from which the first was expelled For tho he was and had all these from all eternity yet emptying himself as it were of all former rights in becoming man he thus made a new purchase and acquisition of them that so these his honors might be transferred to his seed as were the first Adams misfortunes Which seed hâ—… now began to propagate and to multiply and replenish the Earth with it He multiplying it not as thâ—… first Adam by carnal pleasure but as a vegetable seed increaseth by dying 't is our Saviors own allusion Jo. 12. 24 23. -3. 14 15. Esai 53. 10 11. And as the spirit in seed upon its burying in the Earth and dying begins first to operate and dilate it's self So did his spirit to the production of a numberless progeny See Jo. 7. 39. For which seed also as well as for himself upon his exaltation he received the promised spirit to be given them for the present Luk. 24. 49. Act. 2. 33. by which the rebelling flesh should be brought again under its dominion And the Crown of Immortality to be received shortly being the two things we lost in the fall of Adam So that look how much the first Adam contributed to our destruction much more hath the second for our Salvation To number up all whose derived blessings upon mankind more particularly we are first to take notice that sin having entred into the world by the first man and after it death this second Parent was forced in the first place to undo the works of the former and to clear the malevolent influence that came from him before he could impart to us his own and remove the punishment the first brought on us before regain the reward he lost us Therefore as the first Adam sinned and we barâ—… part of his iniquity so we sinning the second Adam bore all our iniquities and as we by partaking the first Adams flesh became heirs of his sin so he by partaking ours became if I may so say heir of our sins And that even of the sins of the whole world as not some few but all mankind were sinners and perished in Adam That the restitution might be as large as the fall This man upon the precious Cross offered a price of mans redemption not only sufficient for all the Sons of Adam and yet limited by him to some few i. e. the saved but also actually tendered to God his Father indifferently without exception for them all See 2 Cor. 5. 14 15. where the Apostle argues that all the sons of the first Adam were dead in sin because the second Adam died for them all See Heb. 2. 9. 2 Pet. 2. 1. Rom. 14. 15. 1 Cor. 8. 11. 1 Jo. 2. 2. Rom. 5. 18. 1 Tim. 2. 6. So those that perish Heb. 10. 29. by apostacy could not be said to have troden under foot the Son of God and the blood of the Covenant if no way pertaining to them and so in the Holy Communion if not his body offered also for and to the wicked how could they be guilty of his body and blood 1 Cor. 11. 27. That therefore this blood becomes not effectual and profiting to all in respect of which that phrase for many is used Matt. 26. 28. it is because of the conditions to be performed on every mans part that it may be beneficial unto him See Joh. 3. 16 17. Or also to take the strictest opinion of predestination because the Father hath so pleased to enable only some of the seed of Adam to the performance of such conditions But the Son in all things obedient and subject to his Father chose or picked out none no not his twelve Disciples but took into his diligent protection those whom ever the Father pleased to give him and even amongst the twelve in submission to his Fathers will chose one of them well foreknowing it Jo. 6. 70. to shed his blood See Jo. 17. 6 9 24. Jo. 6. 65. Act. 13. 48. -15. 13. Jo. 10. 26. Matt. 11. 25. Rom. 11. 7. and with a Divine patience tolerated him robbing him of his necessary provisions before he betrayed his sacred person See Jo. 12. 6. Nothing therefore is there on the account of the universality of his pretious sacrifice why every single Son of Adam may not be saved by the plentiful effusion of that all-meritorious stream of his blood which gushed out from so many Fountains made in his body from his head back breast hands feet nay in that Garden-agony thro every pore And those who make themselves uncapable of the benefit thereof make in as much as concerns them the blood of tâ—…e Son of God who loved them and gave himself for them Gal. 2. 20. to be shed so grievous a crime in vain and this by the Apostle is making themselves guilty of his murther Heb. 6. 6. 1 Cor. 11. 27. Thus he by Gods promise becoming the second head of the body of mankind 1 Cor. 11. 3. whereof we by faith are members by suffering and dying for us and in our stead tasting death for every man saith the Apostle Heb. 2. 9. he thus satisfied Gods justice and appeased his wrath toward us as one member in the natural body oft suffers the punishment for the fault of some other Sicut Homo saith Aquinas per aliquod opus quod manu exerceret redimeret se a peccato quod commisisset cum pedibus For by this Communication of head and members Adam brought in condemnation and death and therefore shall not mercy be enlarged as far as justice by the same relation that also they may be removed For as if one member suffers 1 Cor. 12. 26. all the members suffer with it so all the members are counted to suffer what any one doth For all the members of one body being many are one body and so is Christ 1 Cor. 12. 12. and we This is certain the first Adam hath brought no guilt or misery on his members which the second hath not or shall not in due season take away Nay saith the Apostle he hath taken away far more then the first brought to wit all our own personal guilt too For one only sin of the first was enough to undo not only himself but all his posterity and to bring in death but many millions of sins besides that could not hinder the second to procure us notwithstanding them
required of us A Configuration to all his vertuous and holy life here many singular patterns of which are set down before a Configuration to his sufferings and death Phil. 3. 10. as it is first in our Baptism and for sins after Baptism ought to be in the painful fruits of repentance abstaining from worldly pleasures using the body hardly c. which are therefore called mortifications A Configuration to his resurrection and life after it In having our conversation in Heaven Phil. 3. 20. living to God only no more to affections of this life ever worshipping praising loving admiring glorifying offering up and dedicating our selves to God For so Saints live that are dead See Rev. 4. 8. c. -5. 9 12. c. -7. 9. c. Quicquid gestum est in sepultura resurrectione c. ita gestum est ut configuretur vita humana quae hic geritur For our participation of Christs merits is only by being his members they can be communicated to none else and our being members necessarily implies conformity in actions suffering c. to the Head For that one should suffer and not the other is quite contrary to the nature of members 1 Cor. 12. 26. and argues schism in the body Should any member therefore so presume on the obedience or sufferings of the head as that himself now needs nor suffer nor obey such a one without bearing its part and proportion therein Col. 1. 24. either never was or is ceased to be a true member Christ did nothing for our salvation which we are not for it in some sense to do also our selves Gal. 6. 14. -9. 19 20. CHAP. VII Jesus Christ the Melchizedechical Holy Priest passed into the Heavens and making Intercession c. for ever for us with God GOD being of infinite Holiness and purity to shew his hatred against sin would not admit the approach of sinners into his Sanctuary and presence nor accept immediately of their praiers and service offered to him which if any after Discipline was settled should have presumed to do they were no less then to dy for it See Lev. 3. 10. 1 Sam. 6. 7. Numb 4. 15. -16. chap. Job 9. 31. -42. 8. But yet being of infinite mercy too not to shut out sinners thus from all commerce with his goodness he selected from the beginning some singular persons taken from the rest of men no man taking this honor to himself but he that was called of God Heb. 5. 1 4. and being first anointed consecrated and sanctified after an extraordinary manner and cleansed with great Ceremony after the more express delivering of his pleasure in the promulgation of the law see Exod. 29. chap. Lev. 8. 12. who should be ordained for men in things pertaining to God Heb. 5. 1. -2. 17. who should have the administration of holy things and nearer access to Gods presence should bring unto the Lord the peoples gifts and offerings Heb. 5. 1. make attonement and reconciliation for their sins and errors c. Heb. 2. 17. Heb. 5. 2. Amongst which ministers of the Sanctuary some were kept at a greater distance as the Levite who had the charge of the Tabernacle and the vessels thereof and was to minister to the Priest but might not come nigh the vessels of the Sanctuary or the Altar that they dy not Numb 18. 3. Some approached nearer as the Priest confined to Aaron and his seed who had the charge of the Sanctuary and of the Altar who were to preserve themselves continually undefiled Lev. 21. 1. c. and amongst them all such to be excluded from attendance as had any corporal blemish tho but a squint eye or a flat nose or a dwarf Lev. 21. 18. c. The same perfection being required for the sacrificer that was for the Sacrifice Lev. 22. 20. to whom only it belonged to offer the daily morning and even Sacrifice and all other the peoples offerings upon it and to make attonements for them to sound with Trumpets which none else might use over the burnt and peace-offerings that they might be for a memorial to the people before the Lord. Numb 10. 10. In sin-offerings to carry some of the blood into the outer Sanctuary and to sprinkle part thereof before the Lord before the Veil and to put also of it on the horns of the Altar of Incense before the Lord Morning and Evening at the time of the sacrifice to burn incense before the Veil upon the Altar of the Sanctuary to dress the Lamps morning and evening and every Sabbath to renew the shew-bread before the Lord to discern between clean and unclean holy and unholy At the coming out of the Sanctuary lifting up their hands towards the people and putting Gods name upon them solemnly in a set form Numb 6. 6 24. c. 2 Chron. 30. 27. Ecclus. 50. 5 19. c. 1 Chron. 23. 13. to give the sacerdotal benediction And as solemnly to bless so also to curse Deut. 27. 14. This for the Priest But the High Priest approached yet nearer to the Lord much distinguished from the rest in his typical garments who once yearly on the grand day of Expiation was to enter within the Veil into the Sanctum Sanctorum before the glory of the Lord appearing between the Cherubims he first making a cloud of Incense and there to present and sprinkle with his finger 7 times upon the mercy-seat it self and seven times on the floor before it Lev. 16. 14. the blood of the sacrifice made for the Priest and the people before the Lord and to make attonement with it for the Priests and for all the people and not only for them but also for all the holy things the Tabernacle the Holy Sanctuary the Altar it self to purge and resanctify and as if God was also displeased with these for sin to reconcile them Lev. 16. 20. with blood to hallow them saith the Lord from the uncleannesses and transgressions of the children of Israel in the midst of whom they remained Such a contagion is our sin to the whole creation See Levit. 16. 16 19. and when he went in he was to bear the names of the children of Israel engraven and upon his two shoulders and again engraven like the engraving of a Signet upon the brestplate of judgment upon his heart for a memorial of them before the Lord continually Exod. 28. 12 21 29. He was also to have engraven upon the front of his Miter in Gold Holiness unto the Lord. And it shall be upon Aarons forehead that he may bear the iniquity of the Holy things of the children of Israel See Numb 18. 1. Lev. 16. 16. And it shall be alway upon his forehead that they may be accepted before the Lord. Exod. 28. 38. And besides these Urim and Thummim were likewise to be upon his heart and in any thing doubtful the people were to repair unto him and he by Urim was to ask counsel for them before
general i. e. in respect of all persons and of all Covenants made with and promises made to them but only to those times in respect of the covenant of works which then by the errour of many of the Jews the children of works was generally more looked after then the Covenant of faith which had then but few followers see Rom. 9. 31 32. when also the one Covenant was more largely and legibly drawn in great Characters the other put forth more obscure and in a lesser Print and a veil drawn over it 2 Cor. 3. 14. till the fulness of time was come Therefore also the former times had the denomination of the times of the law the latter of the Gospel And again in respect of the literal promise under the law of felicity in the earthly Canaan Therefore where the Apostle saith established on better promises understand there those typical ones of earthly Canaan made to Israel at the promulgation of the law Or opposed to those times in general but this only first in respect of the diverse administrations of the former times with many troublesome ceremonials and types to be afterward abolished and of the degrees of the greater manifestations in the latter times of the way of salvation being void of shadows types and figures all these now being brought to perfection and accomplishment in the incarnation of the Son effusions of the Spirit enlargement of the Church promulgation of an Heavenly country instead of an Earthly Canaan and from these greater manifestations many more of the children of works becoming now the children of faith And from its stronger beams as well those illuminated who before sate in darkness Luk. 1. 79. and midnight as this light increased to those who had before some dawnings thereof And secondly in respect of the accomplishment of those promises to the faithful of the former ages which are made thro Christ spoken of Heb. 11. 13 14 16. In which they could not be compleated and perfected before the times of the Gospel neither in respect of the body they waiting for the restorement of that till those of the Gospel are glorified with them nor according to the reverend opinion of Antiquity in respect of the soul they not having the kingdom of heaven laid fully opened unto them till our Saviour was first entred in thither See Eph. 1. 10. Col. 1. 20. Heb. 11. 39 40. -12. 23. For indeed the performance and perfection of the mystery of mans redemtion was a thing only received in the last daies And tho the virtue of Christs incarnation is communicated alwaies to all men yet not the latter times on the former but the former depend on the latter for the substance and ground of their hope and salvation Jesus Christ come in the flesh These having the body of which body coming toward them the other had the shadow Col. 2. 17. And in these respects the times of the Gospel are said to have so much advantage of those of the law we seeing in a clear glass Gods glory they thro a thick veil we 2 Cor. 3. 13. standing in a clear whereas the best of them in a dim light and the most of them in utter darkness See Matt. 13. 17. -11. 11. 1 Cor. 2. 10. c. 2 Cor. 3. 7. c. Here note that the oppositions of the times that are used in the other heads preceding in which I follow only the phrase of the Holy Scriptures are by these limitations so to be interpreted as that they no way contradict the doctrine of this last chapter FINIS §. 1. Jâ—…sus Christ the truth in the fulness of time Sent. § 2. § 3. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 3. §. 4. § 5. Anointed §. 6. A new Law-giver for the law moral 1. Expounding it 2. Requiring stricter obedience 3. Denouncing heavier judgments §. 7. Ministring the spirit § 8. Abrogating the letter § 9. For the law ceremonial Cancelling it § 10. 2 An Apostle of the Gospel §. 11. Preaching it §. 12. Remitting sins giving the Holy Ghost admitting into the kingdom of Heaven §. 13. Before his departure ordaining others §. 14. Transferring his authority to them §. 15. § 16. §. 17. Assisting them from Heaven §. 18. §. 19. Those ordaining others to the end of the world §. 20. He assisting their Successors for ever §. 21. The Apostles also delegating to them the authority received from Him §. 22. The truth of our Saviours doctrines c. attested by 1. Scripture 2 Spirâ—…t 3. Miracles 4. Death §. 23. And a resurrection The way § 1. Christ an Example 1 In doing the work In all obedience to Gods commandements Moral §. 2. Ceremonial § 3. 2 In all sufferings for righteousness sake §. 4. 2 In receiving the reward §. 1. Christ Mediator of the new Covenant §. 2. Enlarged Established 〈◊〉 â—…tter promises §. 4. § 5. The blood of this â—…ovenant §. 6. The Death ratifying this Testament § 7. Performance of tâ—…e promiâ—…es put into his hands revived §. 1. Christ the Sacrifice §. 2. §. 3. §. 4. §. â—… 〈◊〉 1 Sin-offering for remission of guilt §. 6. 2 For puriâ—…ing uncleannesses §. 7. 3 Holocavst §. 8. 4 Eucharistical Peace or thank-offering §. 9. §. 9. §. 10. By eating of which we have Communion 1. with God 2 With his Son and all that is his §. 11. 3 With the Saints and all that is theirs §. 12. And are preserved in both soul and body unto life eternal §. 13. 4 The â—…over § 1. 5. Mans debt to and bondage under 1 Sin §. 2. 2 The law §. 3. 3 Death § 4. 4 Satan 1 As the executioner of Gods justice 2 As Prince of this world §. 5. §. 6. Christ our Redeemer 1 By paying a ransom freeing us from debt §. 7. 2 By making a Conquest freeâ—… us from slavery §. 8. Our Redemption not yet fully perfected §. 9. And why §. 10. How much already performed 1 In respect of sin §. 11. 2 Of the law §. 12. Of Death §. 13. Of Satan § 〈◊〉 §. 1. Christ the second Adam Dependent 〈◊〉 God the Father Before his Incarnation §. 2. Much more after it §. 3. Assuming the infirmities of human nature § 4. Receiving the perfections of it from God his Father §. 5. §. 6. §. 7. A Covenant made with the second Adam as with the first involuving his seed §. 8. He fulfils it By walkâ—… 〈◊〉 a quite contrary way to the first §. 9. §. 10. Receives the reâ—…ard For himself For â—…is sâ—…d 1 The Spirit 2 Life §. 11. His particular benefits 1 As our â—…ead communicates absolution from sin by his death for it § 12. Baptism incorporating us into his death The Sacrament of pardon §. 13. 2 As our â—…ead communicates righteousness or life spiritual by his Resurrection 1 〈◊〉 us to perform 〈◊〉 2 Compleating our imperfect righteousness 3 As our head communicates glory or life eternal in our resurrection §. 14. 1 Effected by the same spirit
by which his 2 Effected by him §. 15. The Eucharist iucorporating us into his life The Sacrament of Union §. 16. All tâ—…ese Benefits depend on our being made his 〈◊〉 §. 17. Which we are by the derivation to us of his nature â—… His Spirit §. 18. Given to us upon Faith and Repentance §. 19 Our new birth at our Baptism Not 〈◊〉 perfected §. 20. By this spirit the image of Christ first formed in the soul. It s mighty working in the soul oâ—… the like graces to those in Christ. His 〈◊〉 in the soul not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 this life Umbra in lege Imago in Evangelio veritas in coelo S. Ambros. §. 21. 2 Shall be also in the body hereafter Wâ—…en we shaâ—…l more propâ—…y be the 〈◊〉 of God It s mighty working in the body of the like glory to that in Christ. §. 21. Before the resurrection as we so our Head not compleat §. 22. The diverse relations of Christ to us as second Adam Father Children Husband Wife Root Branches Foundation building Elder younger brethren Configuration as wrought by â—…im so to be advanced likewise by us §. 1. The Holy God not admitting to his service the approach of sinners But of some chosen and consecrated persons in their behalf Some ministring at a greater distance tâ—…e Levite Some nearer The 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 line only §. 2. And nearer yet the High Priest His Office §. g. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of Priesi 〈◊〉 imperfect decaying and except typically 〈◊〉 §. 4 This Order Expired Jesus Christ the true High Priest 〈◊〉 li 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 nature 2 In the 〈◊〉 thereof Called to this office and anointed by God Of the order of Melchisedeck i. e. Regal and Eternal §. 5. This Holy Priest offering the sacrifice a sin-offering §. 6. After this entring into the Sâ—…nctum Sanctorum Without which his office had been imperfect and ineffectual §. 7. He entring thro the heavens to the true sanctuary The vail of the other being now rent and it made common 1 The description of this Sanctuary §. 8. 2 Of his person entring §. 9 〈◊〉 in the sacrifice And sprinkling the blood before the Lord. §. 10. Making Intercession 1 In presenting his own prayers to the Father for us §. 11. 2 In presenting also our praiers and oblations to the Father The sacrifices and oblations of Christians §. 12. §. 13. 3 In procuring our admission to deliver them our selves unto the 〈◊〉 §. 14. The benefits of his intercession Procuring us the Holy Spirit from the Father And all blessings spiritual and temporal Himseâ—…f imâ—… conâ—… them 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 §. 15. As High Priest intercessor answering to Aaron So by his royal Priesthood Captain of Gods people answering to Moses 2 To Joshua And the forerunner into the place of rest 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 §. 16. The substitutes of this Priest in his own necessary absence here on earth 1 To present his sacrifice 2 To make intercession for the people §. 17. This honor of Priesthood from Him to be communicated to all his Brethren In some sort alâ—… they officiating in it here on earth But shall more compleatly after tâ—…e day of judgment Being 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 as He. And serving God for â—…ver 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Temple 2 Priests also in some sense in the soul after Death §. 18 A glympse of the after-death condition of the souls of the Blessed §. 19 This High Priests at the last day return out of the Sanctuary and reappearance to the people §. 1. Before our Saviors incarnation God the 〈◊〉 by him created sustained governed the whole world And more specialâ—…y the Church §. 2. Our Saviors descent from his eternal throne for mans sake §. 3 A kingdom promisâ—…d to man at â—…first §. 4. Our Savior became man and by obedience and sufferings gained it And so by him all Adams postevity that follow him §. 5. The power and extent of Christs kingdom â—… Over Angels Good Eâ—… 2 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 3 Souls â—…odies 4 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 5 Sins to remit to retain them 6Over living over dead The last Judge 1 Of men brought back to life 2 And also Angels The good and the bad â—…ter of 〈◊〉 and â—…ments 7 〈◊〉 all the Creaâ—…ures A new world to be made by Him As men have seen some pieces of it by him repaired §. 6. The manner of exercising this his Regal powâ—…r §. 7. Which is by certain degrees advancing §. 8. 1 In respect of subduing his Enemies 1 Antichrist 2 Satan 3 Death 2 In respect of enlarging his dominion 1 To the Jew in part 2 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 3 To the Jew Apostatized §. 9. At last perâ—… 〈◊〉 in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 § 10. The three Ascents of his throne §. 11. The whole work 〈◊〉 all his members câ—…mpleated â—…mies conquered resigning up his ingdom to the Father §. 12. §. 1. The Old world had not only the types but the benefits of the promises Had the presence and conduct of the sâ—…n of God â—…nd the presence and assistance of the Holy Spirit §. 2. The Government of the old world by the Son §. 3 All judgments and vengeance §. 4. Executed by the second person of the Trinity 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 §. 5. Of an 〈◊〉 having 〈◊〉 Attributes §. 6. Some old Testament apparitions must be granted to be of the second person From these granted others in reason cannot be denyed As those to Abraham To Noah To Jacob c. That to Moses on Mount Sinai on the 〈◊〉 In the Wilderness In the Temple c. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 Him 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 §. 7. The descent of the Hoâ—…y Ghost under the old Testament Some sprinklings then of all its gifts It s 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in some 〈◊〉 men And specially on the sons of the Prophets § 8. The 2 Covenants from the tâ—…e Two generations alwaies One of works the other of faith §. 9. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Seth the first Father of the Holy Race Enos Enoch 〈◊〉 §. 9. Of tâ—…e covenant of Grace made or rather renewed with him 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 type of Baâ—… Of the Eucharist §. 11. Shem The Lord called the God of Shem. §. 11. Abraham Of the Covenant of Grace renewed with and the Gospel preached to him And of the Sacraments belonging to it David The same Covenanâ—… renewed to him The Prophets Of Gods frequent renewing of the covenant of grace to his people by them §. 12 And by extraordinary Teachers constantly reforming the Church at certain times when much declining 〈◊〉 his true worship and least deserving it As by Enoch Noah Abraham § 13. Moses Samuel and David Zerubbabel and Joshuah His own Son §. 14 God for â—…ver preservinâ—… the 〈◊〉 not 〈◊〉 to its 〈◊〉 in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 own 〈◊〉 purpose and pleâ—…sure §. 15. The eminent promulgatioâ—… of the Covenant of Grace 430 â—…ears seniour to that of the law The Gospel preached to the same people when the law was The law to the children of faith coâ—…sistent with subservient to and no way annâ—…lled by the Covenant of Grace or the Gospel §. 16. Tho to the children of works a killing letter Yet 〈◊〉 to drive them made sensible of their inability forward into tâ—…e Covenant of Grace §. 17. The two ministrations of the law by Moses and the spirit by Christ how and how not opposed The Ancients had a waies the same way of salvation as the latter times §. 18. §. 19. The same justification and sanctification The same obedience tâ—…en required and performed §. 20. The Parallel precepts under tâ—…e law to those under the Gospel §. 21. The same sufferings and mortifications c. required and undergone Consider the old Testament mortifications Temporal afflictions of the godly Of single persons godâ—…y Of nations godly 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Under the new Testament temporal prosperity in some sense to the godly § 22. 3 The same rewards eternal then promised Punishments eternal threatned The common belief of all nations concerning these Of the Ancient 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a resurrection of the body The scriptures of the old Testament Concerning a resurrection Concerning eternal bliss after it of the faithful Eternal punishment of the wicked Paena damni Paena sâ—…nsus §. 2â—… Conclusioâ—…