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XXII. Christ's prophetic office was carried on by his Spirit, speaking in the prophets of old. 1 Pet. i. 10-12. Of which salvation [by Christ] the prophets have inquired, and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us, they did minister the things which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you, with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

iii. 19, 20. By which [Spirit] Christ preached unto the spirits in prison; in the days of Noah, while the ark was preparing.

2 Pet. i. 21. Prophecy came not in old time by the will of man; but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. 2 Tim. iii. 16.

XXIII. Christ's prophetic office thus foretold by the prophets. Deut. xviii. 18. The Lord said, I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.

Ps. xl. 9. I have preached righteousness; I have not refrained my lips. Ver. 10.

Isa. ix. 2. The people that walked in ness have seen a great light.

not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed.

lx. 2, 3. The Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. The Gentiles shall come to thy light.-Ver. 19. The Lord shall be thine everlasting light.

Ixi. 1. The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because he hath anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek.

Mal. iii. 1. The Lord whom ye seek shall come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant.

iv. 2. Unto you that fear my name, shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings. Rev. xxii. 16. The bright and morning star.

XXIV. Christ gave the following account of his prophetic office. Matt. xi. 27. Neither knoweth any man the Father save the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.

Luke iv. 43. I must preach, for therefore am I sent. See Christ's sermon, Matt. 5th, 6th, and 7th chapters; and many other places, as Luke vi. 20.

John i. 1. In the beginning was the Word.

iii. 34. He whom God sent speaketh the words of God.

vii. 16. My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

viii. 26. He that sent me is true; and I dark-speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.-Ver. 28. As my Father hath taught me I speak.—Ver. 38. I speak that which I have seen with my Father.

Ver. 6. Unto us a child is born; his name shall be called Counsellor.

xlii. 1. I have put my Spirit upon him; he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.Ver. 3. He shall bring forth judgment unto truth.—Ver. 6, 7. I will give thee for a light of the Gentiles; to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prisonhouse. Ch. xlix. 9, 10.

xlix. 5. The Lord formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him. Ver. 1, 2, 3. 6.

li. 4, 5. I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people. The isles shall wait upon me.-Ver. 16. I have put my words in thy mouth.

lii. 7. How beautiful are the feet of him that publisheth peace, that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth salvation! Ver. 10. Luke iv. 18.

liv. 13. All thy children shall be taught of the Lord.

lv. 4. I have given him for a witness to the people.

lix. 21. My Spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall

xii. 50. Even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.

xiv. 24. The word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.

xv. 15. All things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

xvii. 6. Father, I have manifested thy name unto them.-Ver. 8. I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me.-Ver. 26. I have declared thy name, and will declare.

Heb. ii. 2. Salvation began to be spoken by the Lord.

Rev. i. 1. The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him.

XXV. Hence Christ is called the light of the world. John i. 5. The light shineth in darkness.-Ver. 9. The true light, that lighteth every man.

iii. 19. Light is come into the world.

viii. 12. Jesus said, I am the light of the world. Ch. ix. 5.-xii. 35. 46.

XXVI. Christ a priest. Ps. cx. 4. The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou

art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. See Heb. vi. 20.—vii. 15. 17.

xl. 6, 7. Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire.-Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me.

Zech. vi. 13. He shall be a priest upon his throne.

Heb. vii. 3. Made like the Son of God, abideth a priest continually. Ver. 24.

Ver. 16. 28. After the power of an endless life, consecrated for evermore.

viii. 1. We have a high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens.

ix. 11. Christ being come, a high priest of good things to come.

Ver. 24. He entered into heaven itself, to appear in the presence of God for us. 1 John ii. 1.

XXVII. His offering himself a sacrifice. 1 Cor. v. 7. Christ our passover is sacrificed for us.

Eph. v. 2. Christ hath loved us, and hath given himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour.

Heb. viii. 3. It is of necessity that this man have somewhat to offer.

ix. 14. He offered himself without spot to God.

Ver. 26. Once in the end of the world hath he appeared, to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

x. 5. Sacrifice and offering thou wouldst not, but a body hast thou prepared me. Ver. 8.

Ver. 12. But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins, for ever sat down on the right hand of God.

Ver. 14. By one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

XXVIII. Christ was given and delivered: the design thereof. John iii. 16. God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

1 John iv. 9. God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Acts ii. 23. Rom. iv. 25.—viii. 32.

XXIX. Christ gave himself, and for what end. Gal. i. 3, 4. The Lord Jesus Christ gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from the present evil world.

Tit. ii. 14. He gave himself, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

Gal. ii. 20. The Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

Eph. v. 2. Christ hath loved us, and given himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God, &c.-Ver. 25, 26. The Son of God loved the church, and gave himself for it, that he might sanctify and cleanse it.

1 Tim. ii. 6. Who gave himself a ransom for all.

John x. 15. I lay down my life for the sheep. Ver. 17. See Matt. xx. 28. John x. 11. 15. 1 John iii. 16.

XXX. Christ suffered: the end thereof. Heb. xiii. 12. Jesus, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.

1 Pet. iii. 18. Christ hath once suffered for sins, that he might bring us to God. Ch. ii. 21. Suffered for us. See Isa. liii. 4, 5, 6.

XXXI. Christ suffered: the efficacy thereof. Rom. v. 6. When we were without strength, Christ died for the ungodly.-Ver. 8. While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.-Ver. 10. We were reconciled to God by the death of his Son.

vi. 10. He died unto sin. John x. 11. He gave his life for the sheep.

viii. 34. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died.

1 Cor. xv. 3. I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures.

2 Cor. v. 14, 15. If one died for all, then were all dead. He died for all, that they which live, should live unto him who died for them.

Heb. ii. 9. That he, by the grace of God, should taste death for every man. 1 Thess. v. 10. He died for us.

Ver. 14. That through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil. Rom. xiv. 15. Heb. ix. 15, 16.

XXXII. Christ's blood: the efficacy thereof. Zech. ix. 11. As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.

xiii. 1. In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness. See Joel iii. 18.

Matt. xxvi. 28. My blood, which is shed for the remission of sins.

Acts xx. 28. Feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his blood.

Rom. v. 9. Being justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. Rom. iii. 25.

Eph. i. 7. In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins. Col. i. 14.

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ii. 13. Ye are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

Col. i. 20. Having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things to himself.

Heb. i. 3. He by himself purged our sins. ix. 12. By his own blood, he entered into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.-Ver. 14. How much more shall the blood of Christ purge your conscience from dead works, to serve the living God.Ver. 22. Without shedding of blood is no re

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x. 19, 20. Having boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he hath consecrated through the veil, that is to say, his flesh.

Ver. 29. The blood of the covenant wherewith he was sanctified. Ch. xiii. 20. The blood of the everlasting covenant.

xii. 24. Ye are come to the blood of sprinkling, which speaketh better things than that of Abel.

xiii. 12. Jesus, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.

1 Pet. i. 2. Elect, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ.-Ver. 19. Precious blood of Christ.

1 John i. 7. The blood of Christ cleanseth us from all sin. Ver. 9.

v. 6. This is he that came by water and blood.

Rev. i. 5. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, &c. v. 9. Thou hast redeemed us by thy blood. vii. 14. These have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

xii. 11. They overcame by the blood of the Lamb. Hence the title of Lamb given to Christ in Isa. liii. 7. John i. 29. 36. Rev. v. 6. 8. 12, 13.—vi. 1. 16.—vii. 9, 10. 17.— xiii. 8.-xiv. 4. 10.-xv. 3.-xvii. 14.-xix. 7. 9.-xxi. 9. 14. 22, 23. 27.-xxii. 1. 3.

XXXIII. Christ a propitiation. Rom. iii. 25. Jesus Christ, whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, for the remission of sins.

1 John ii. 2. He is the propitiation for our sins-for the sins of the whole world. 1 John iv. 10. God sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

XXXIV. Atonement. Rom. v. 11. We joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by

whom we have received the atonement.

XXXV. Christ styled a king having dominion. Gen. xlix. 10. The sceptre shall

not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, till Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. Numb. xxiv. 17. There shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel. Ps. ii. 6. Yet have I set my King upon my holy hill of Zion.

xlv. 6. The sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.

Ixxxix. 27. I will make him my first-born, higher than the kings of the earth.

Song i. 4. The King has brought me into his chambers.

Isa. xxxii. 1, 2. Behold a King shall reign in righteousness: A man shall be as a hidingplace from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place; as a shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

Dan. vii. 14. There was given him dominion and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations and languages should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion which shall not pass away, his kingdom shall not be destroyed. Ver. 27.

Zech. ix. 9. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: Behold, thy King cometh unto thee; he is just and having salvation. Isa. Ixii. 11. Matt. xxi. 5.

xiv. 9. The Lord shall be King over all the earth. Ps. lxxii. 8.

Matt. ii. 2. Where is he that is born King of the Jews?

John i. 49. Thou art the Son of God, thou art the King of Israel.

xii. 13. Blessed is the King that cometh in the name of the Lord.

xviii. 36. My kingdom is not of this world. Ver. 37.

Matt. xxv. 34. Then shall the King say to them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you.

1 Cor. xv. 24. Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father. Ver. 27, 28.

Heb. ii. 9. Jesus crowned with glory, and honour, and all things put under him. Ver. 8.

Rev. xi. 15. The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ.

XXXVI. Prince. Dan. ix. 25. From the going forth of the commandment, to Messiah the Prince. Isa. ix. 6. The Prince of peace. Acts iii. 15. The Prince of life. Acts v. 31. A Prince and Saviour, to give repentance and forgiveness of sins.

XXXVII. Governor. Ps. xxii. 28. He is the governor among the nations.

Isa. ix. 6. The government shall be upon of his roots.-Ver. 4. With righteousness his shoulder. shall he judge. Rom. xv. 12.

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XXXVIII. Christ is styled David. Jer. XXX. 9. They shall serve the Lord their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them. Ezek. xxxiv. 23.-xxxvii. 24.

Hos. iii. 5. The children of Israel shall seek the Lord their God, and David their king. Amos ix. 11. I will raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof, and will raise up his ruins, and will build it as in the days of old.

XXXIX. The offspring of David. Isa. xi. 1. There shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out

xxii. 22. The key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder.

Jer. xxiii. 5, 6. I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely.

xxxiii. 15. He shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. Ver. 17.

Zech. iii. 8. I will bring forth my servant, the Branch.-Ver. 9. I will remove the iniquity of the land in one day.

vi. 12, 13. The man whose name is The Branch; he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the Lord: he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne.

Rev. v. 5. The Lion of the tribe of Judah hath prevailed.

the bright and morning star. xxii. 16. The root and offspring of David,

XL. The Son of David. Luke i. 32, 33. The Lord shall give unto him the throne of his father David. He shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom

there shall be no end.

Rev. iii. 7. These things saith he that hath the key of David, that openeth and no man shutteth, and shutteth and no man openeth. Ch. i. 18. That hath the keys of hell and death.

CHAPTER XI.

BAPTISM AND THE LORD'S SUPPER.

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II. Baptism after Christ's resurrection. Matt. xxviii. 18-20. All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you; and, lo, I am with you always even unto the end of the world.

Mark xvi. 16. He that believeth, and is baptized, shall be saved.

John iii. 5. Jesus said, Except a man be born of water and of the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

Acts ii. 38. Peter said, Repent, and be bap

1 Cor. x. 2. Our fathers were all baptized tized every one of you, in the name of Jesus in the cloud, and in the sea.

Christ, for the remission of sins.-Ver. 41

They that gladly received his word were bap- conscience toward God,) by the resurrection tized. of Jesus Christ.

viii. 12. When those who had been deceived by Simon Magus believed Philip, preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.-Ver. 13. Simon believed also, and was baptized.

viii. 36-38. The eunuch said to Philip, Here is water, what doth hinder me to be baptized? Philip said, If thou believest with all thy heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. And they both went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.

x. 47, 48. Peter said, Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized which have received the Holy Ghost? And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord.

xvi. 15. Lydia, whose heart the Lord touched, and her household, were baptized.-Ver. 33. Also the jailer, and all his house.

xix. 5. Some that had been baptized with John's baptism, were again baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

xxii. 16. Ananias said unto Saul, Why tarriest thou? Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord. Ch. ix. 18. And he arose and was baptized.

Rom. vi. 3, 4. As many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ, were baptized into his death. Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death, that like as Christ was raised up from the dead, by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

1 Cor. i. 14. Paul baptized Crispus and Gaius.-Ver. 16. He baptized also the house of Stephanas.

xii. 13. By one Spirit we are all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, bond or free.

Gal. iii. 27, 28. As many of you as have been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ. Ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

Col. ii. 12. Ye are buried with Christ in baptism; wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

Tit. iii. 5. He saved us by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost. Heb. vi. 1, 2. Baptism is one of the principles of the doctrine of Christ along with the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judg

ment.

1 Pet. iii. 20, 21. In the ark eight persons were saved. The like figure whereunto, baptism, doth now save us (not the putting away the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good

THE LORD'S SUPPER.

See The passover instituted to the Jews. Exod. ch. xii. To be eaten by all of them, even by some that were unclean. Numb. ix. 6 to 11. And was eaten by some such. 2 Chron. xxx. 18, 19.

1 Cor. v. 7, 8. Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: therefore let us keep the feast.

III. The institution of the Lord's supper. Matt. xxvi. 26. As Jesus and his disciples were eating the passover, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. Luke xxii. 19. My body given for you: this do in remembrance of me.

Ver. 27, 28. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it. For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for the remission of

sins.

Ver. 29. But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom. See the parallel places,

Mark xiv. 22 to 25. Luke xxii. 14 to 21.

See St. Paul's account of the Lord's supper. 1 Cor. xi. 23-26. I have received of the Lord, that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread; and when he had given thanks, he brake it; and said, Take, eat; this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood; this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.

IV. The Lord's supper to be received frequently. Acts ii. 42. The primitive Christians continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine, and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

xx. 7. On the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them. Ver. 11.

V. And with suitable preparation. 1 Cor. v. 7, 8. Purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened; for even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us. Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and

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