fect and distinct natures, the Godhead and the manhood, were infeparably joined together in one perfon, without converfion compofition or confufion n. Which person is very God, and very man, yet one Chrift, the only Mediator between God and

III. The Lord Jefus, in his humane nature thus united to the divine, was fanctified and anointed with the holy fpirit above measure p; having in him all the treafures of wildom and knowledge q; in whom it pleafed the Father that all fuinefs fhould dwell r: To the end, that being holy, harmlefs, undefiled, and full of grace and truth f, he might be thorowly furnished to execute the office of a Mediator and furety t. Which office he took not unto himself, but was

thereunto called by his Father v, who put all power and judgment into his hand, and gave him commandment to execute the fame w.

IV. This office the Lord Jefus did mot willingly undertake x; which that he might difcharge, he was made under the law y, and did perfectly fulfill it z; endured moft grievous torments immediately in his Soula, and most painful fuffer

ferings in his body b; was crucified, and died c; was buried, and remained under the power of death: Yet faw no corrup tion d. On the third day he arofe from the dead e, with the fame body in which he fuffered f; with which alfo he afcen-ded into heaven, and there fitteth at the right hand of his Father g, making interceffion h; and fhall return to judge men and angels, at the end of the world i.

tarry ye here, and watch with me. Luke22. 44. And being in anagony he prayed more earnestly; and his fweatwas asit were greatdrops of bloodfalling down totheground. Mat. 27. 46. And about the ninth hour Jefus cried with a loudvoice faying, Eli,Eli, lama-fabachthani? that is to lay, My God,my God, why halt thou forfaken me?

b Matthew 26. & 27. Chapters cPhil.. 8.(See the laftfcripture in x immediately foregoing.)

d Acts 2.23. Him.beingdelivered by the determinate counfel & foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and flain. v. 24. Whom God hath raised up,having loofed the pains of death, becaule it was not poffible that he fhould be holden of it. v.27. Because thou wilt not leave my foul in hell, neither wilt thou fuffer thine holy One to fee corruption: And Acts 13. 37, But he whom God raifed again,faw no corruption. Rom.6. 9. Knowing that Chrift being railed from the dead, dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. e1 Cor.15.3.For I delivered unto you first of all, that which I alfo received, how that Chrift died for our fins,according tothe fcriptures: . 4. And that he was buried, and that he rofe again the third day, according to the fcripturęs: v. 5. And that he was feen of Cephas, then of the twelve.

f John 20. 25. The other difciples therefore laid unto him, We have feen the Lord.Buthe faid un

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to them, Except I fhall fee in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger, into the printof the nails,and thurit my hand into his fide, I will not believe. v. 27. Then faith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thruft it unto my fide; and be not faithlefs, but believing.

g Mark 16. So then, after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up unto heaven, and fat on the right hand of God.

h Romans 8. 34. Who is he that condemneth? it is Chrift that died, yea rather that is rifen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who alfo maketh interceffion for us. Hebrews 9. 24. For Chrift is not entred into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself,now to appear intheprefence of God for us.Heb.7. 25. Wherefore he is able alfo to fave them to the uttermolt, that come unto God by him, feeing he ever liveth to make interceflion for them,

i Romans 14. 9. For to this end Chrift both died,and rofe, and revived,that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.v. 10. But why dost thou judge thy brother? or whydoftthou fet at nought thy brother? for we fhall all ftand be fore the judgment-feat of Chrift. Acts 1. 11. Which also faid, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this fame jefuswhich is taken up from you into heaven, fhall fo come, in like

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V. The Lord Jefus, by his perfect obedience and facrifice of himself,which he through the eternal fpirit once offered up unto God, hath fully fatisfied the juftice of his Father k; and purchased not only reconciliation, but an everlasting inheritance in the kingdom of heaven, for all those whom the Father hath given unto him 1.

manner as ye have feen him go into heaven. Acts. 10. 42. And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to teftify that it is he, which was ordained of God to be the judge of quick and dead. Mat, 13. 40. As therefore the tares are gathered and burnt in the fire; to hall it be inthe end of this world. v. 41. The fon of man fhall fend forth hisangels, and they fhall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity: v. 42. And fhall caitthem into a furnace of fire: there fhall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Jude6. And the angels which kept not their firft eftate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved ineverlaftingchainsunder darknefs untothe judgmentof the great day. 2 Peter 2. 4. For if God (pared not the angels that finned, but calt them down to hell, and delivered them into chainsof darkness, to be referved unto judgment.

V.k Rom 5. 19. For as by one mans difobedience many were made finners: fo by the obedience of one, thall many be maderighteous. Heb. 9, 14. How much more fhall the blood of Chrift, who through the eternal fpirit offered himself without fpot to God,purge your confcience from dead works to ferve the living God? v. 16. For where a teftament is,theremust alfo of neceffity be the death of the teftator Heb. 10. 14. For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are fanctified. Eph. 3. 2. And walk in love, as Chrift alfo hath loved us, and hath given himfelf for us, an offering and

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a facrifice to God for a fweet-fmelling favour. Rom. 3.25. Whom God hath fet forth to be a propitiation.through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for theremiffion of fins thatarepaft, through the forbearance of God; v. 26. To declare, I fay, at this time his righteoufnefs: that he might be jult, and the juftifier of him which believeth in Jelus.

I Daniel 9. 24. Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people, and upon thy holy city, to finish the tranfgreffion, and to make an end of fins; and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteoufnefs, and to leal up the vifion and prophecy, and to anoint the moftholy. . 26. And after threefcoreand twoweeks fhall Meffiah be cut off, but not for himself; and the people of the prince that fhall come; fhall deftroy the city and the fancturay, and the end thereof fhall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war defolationsare determined. Col.. 19. For it pleafed the Father, that in him fhould all fulness dwell; 7. 20. And (having made peace through the blood of his crois by him to reconcile all things unto himfelf; by him, I fay, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. Eph. 1. 11. In whom also we have obtained an inheri tance, being predeftinated acording to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the coun fel of his own will. . 14, Which is the earnest of our inheritance, until the redemption of the pnri chafed poffeffion, unto the praise

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VI. Altho' the work of redemption was not actually wrought by Chrift till after his incarnation, yet the vertue, efficacy and benefits thereof were communicated unto the elect in all ages,fucceffively from the beginning of the world, inand by thofe promifes, Types and facrifices, wherein he was revealed and fignified to be the feed of the woman which fhould bruife the ferpent's head, and the Lamb flain from the beginning of the world, being yesterday, and to day the fame and for ever m.

VII. Chrift, in the work of mediation, acteth according to both natures; by each nature doing that which is proper to itselfn: Yet,by reafon of the unity of the perfon, that which is proper to one nature, is fometimes in Scripture attributed to the perfon denominated by the other nature o,

VIII. To all thofe for whom CHRIST hath purchafed redemption, he doth certainly and effectually apply and communicate the fame p; making interceffion for

of his glory. John 17. 2.As thou haftgiven him power over allflesh, that he fhould give eternal life to as many as thou haft given him. Heb.9.12.Neither by theblood of goats and calves, but by his own Blood he entred in once into the holy place, having obtained eter nal redemption for us. v. 15. And for this caufe he is the Mediator of the NewTeftament,that by means of death, for the redemption of the tranfgreffions that were under the firft teftament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

VI.mGalat.4. 4. But when the fulness of the time was come, God fentforth his fonmade of awoman, made under the law, v. 5. To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of fons. Gen.3. 15. And I will put enmity between thee and the woman,and between thy feed and her feed: it fhall bruife thy head, and thou shalt bruife his heel.Rev.13. 8. And all that dwell upon the earth fhall worship him, whofe name are not written in the

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book of life of the Lamb flain from the foundation of the world. Heb. 13. 8. Jefus Chrift the fame yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

VII. n Heb. 9. 14. (See letter k fcripture the fecond) 1 Pet.3. 18. For Chrift alfo hath once fuffered for fins, the juft for the unjust, (that he might bring us to God) being put to death in the flesh, but quickned by the fpirit.

o Acts 20. 28. Take heed therefore unto your felves, and to all the flock, over the which the holy Ghoft hath made you overfeers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchafed with his own blood. John 3. 13. And no man hath afcended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, éven the Son of man, which is in heaven. 1 John 3. 16. Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us and we ought to lay down our life for the brethren.

VIII. p John 6. 37. All that the Father giveth me, fhall come to "me; and him that cometh to me,