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shadow of things ta come ; but the. body is of Christ.
° Mat. xxviii. 1 9. Go ye there- fore and teach all nations, baptiz- ing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost : Ver. 20. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you : and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end' of the world, Amen. 1 Cor. xi. 23. For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you. That the Lord Jesus, thei same night in which he was be- trayed, took bread : Ver. 24. And, when he had given thanks, he brake, it, and said. Take, eat ; this is my body, which is broken for you : - this
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which, thoii/rli fewer in number, and administered with more simplicity, and less outward glory, yet in them it is held forth in more fulness, evidence, and spiritual efficacy p, to ail nations, both Jews and Gentiles '^ ; and is called the New Testament % There are not therefore two cove- nants of grace differing in substance, but one and the same under various dispensations *.
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this do In remembrance of me. Ver. 25. After the same manner al- so he took the cup, when he bad supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood : this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
P Heb. xii. 22. But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, Ver. 23. To the general assembly and church of the first-born, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, Ver. 2*1. And to Jesus the Mediator of the new cove- nant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speakcth better things than that of Abel, Ver. 25. See that ye re- fuse not him that speaketh : for if they escaped not who refused hini that spake on earth, much more sliall not we escape, if we turn av^ay from him that speaketh from heaven ; Ver. 26. Whose voice theii shook the earth : but now he hath pro- mised, saying. Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. Ver. 27. And this word. Yet once more, signifieth the re^ moving of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. Jer. xxxi. 33. But this shall be the covenant that I will nuke wi'Ji the hou&e of
Israel ; After those days, salth the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts ; and will be their God, and they shall be my people, Ver. 34, And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man hh brother, saying, Know the Lord i for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord : for I will forgive their iniquity, and \ will re- member tiieir sin no more.
'^ Mat. xxviii. 1 9. {S^e litter <> immed'uitil^ foregoing ] Eph. ii. 1 5. Having aboiishtd in his flesh the enmity, even the law of command- ments, contained in ordinances, for to make in himself of twain on© new man, so making peace. V. IG. And that he might reconcile botb unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby : Ver. 17. And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. V. 18, For through him we both have an access by one Spirit unto the Father. Ver. 19. Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints^ and of the household of God.
' Luke xxii. 20. Likewise also the- cup after supper, saying. This cr-p is the new testament in my bloody which is shed for you.
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CHAP. VIII. Of Christ the Mediator.
TT pleased God, in his eternal purpose, to choose and or* -*■ dain the Lord Jesus, his only begotten Son, to be tlie Mediator between God and man ^ ; the Prophet ^, Priest %
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Gentiles through Jesus Christ ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. Ver. 10. Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many ; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. Acts xv. 11. But we be- lieve that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, we shall be saved even as they. Rom. iii. 21. But now the righteousness of God with- out the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the pro- phets : Ver. 22. Even the righte- ousness of God, which is by faith of Jesus Christ, unto all and upon all them that believe ; for there is no difference : Ver. 23. For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. Ver. 30. Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uucircum- cision through faith. Psahn xxxii. 1. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin ia covere.d. With Rom. iv. 3. For what saith the scripture ? Abraham believed God, and it was coimted imto him for righteousness. Ver. 6, Evert as David also describeth the blessedness of the man nnto whom God impu- teth righteousness without works» Ver. IG. Tiierefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace ; to the- end the promise might be sure ta ail the seed ; not to that only which h oi the law, but to that also which js of the faith of Abraivam, who Is the father of us all; Ver. 17. (As k J3 written, I have made the(j a
father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who q,uickeDeth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. Ver. 2S. Now, it was not v/ritten for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him ; Ver. 24. But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our I^ord from: the dead. Heb, xiii. 8. Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever.