The Meritorious Price of Our Redemption, William ... - Adkinshorton.net

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96 Thed^eritoriom Triceo/our Part fl.
were thereon, tj^dt. 25. 14. This did teach and typifie unto
u\, thjt Chrilt nas noc only anointed and fandificd by the holy
Gnoll to be the mediator, but that he himjflf did alio fandific
his own humane nature, which he did offer up to God upon tht
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Altar ot his ovvuG^d- head; as a facrificeofaiwcet fmcliing favor
to God tot thr pre curfng of his I achcrs Atonement tor our full
Redemption. E^h. 5. 2. hhn 17. ip.
k was the hoiynels ofhis divine nature tliax garc the quickning
power to the obi a.ion of his Luinane nature. Iohn6.6^. When
Chrirt (aid tn his Difciples he that lateth mj jle(h, And drinksth mj
it'o9dj dvftlUii} in me, and linhim •, verje 5
6. then many of his
. Djfcip'ci underftood his words in a literal and corporal fenfe (^s the
PapilU dOy th'i ts my body') and thsreupon they were offended
;«nd faid unto him, this ts ahardfajing, wht can hear it v. 60.
that is to fayjwho can indure to hear ot fuch a grofs and carnal eating
ot thy body Thereupon lefus explained his own mittd and
meaning thus:
iti4tht(j>iritthdtiiuick*teth,theflejhprefitethni.
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the \i'ords that I Q>eakjtnf jtu are f^irit and life, hhn 6. J
65. In this anfwer our Saviour dcclareth two things, i. That!
the grofs and carnal fubtlance ofhis ficfh and blood, confidercd
by it felf alone, had no merit* rious efficacy to procure our union
with his perforv, or to procure our communion with him in his
facrificc of Atonement : neither his fiefh, nor the anions ofhis
flefh alone confidered, can pro tit us ; and therefore his Legal
obedience cannot profit us •, whether by way of merit, nor yet by
way of imputation for our righteoufnefs^bccaufc it is but a part
of hi