Doctrine is the foundation of his fitness to be an undertaker on their behalf, and of the equity of their being made partakers of the benefits of his mediation, 4. That notwithstanding the union of nature, which is between the Son of God incarnate the sanctifier, and the children that are to be sanctified, there is in respect of their persons an inconceivable distance between them, so that it is a marvellous condescension in him to call them brethren, 5. That which was principally upon the heart of Christ in his sufferings, was to declare and manifest the love, grace and good will of God unto men, that they might come to an acquaintance with him, and acceptance before him, 6. That the Lord Christ as the Captain of our salvation, was ex- 7. The Lord Christ in all his perplexities and troubles, betook VERSES 14, 15. Page 440 441 446 450 ib. 451 1. That all sinners are subject unto death, as it is penal, 3. Fear of death as penal, renders the minds of men obnoxious un- 4. That the Lord Christ out of his inexpressible love, willingly submitted himself unto every condition of the children to be saved by him, and to every thing in every condition of them, sin only excepted, 5. It was only in flesh and blood, the substance and essence of human nature, and not in our personal infirmities, that the Lord Christ was made like unto us, 463 ib. 464 466 467 6. That the Son of God should take part in human nature with the children, is the greatest and most admirable effect of divine love, wisdom and grace, 468 7. That the first and principal end of the Lord Christ's assuming human nature, was not to reign in it, but to suffer and die in it, 469 8. All the power of Satan in the world over any of the sons of 471 472 474 475 VERSE 16. 1. The Lord Jesus Christ is truly God and man in one person, 433 VOL. III. b Doctrine 2. The redemption of mankind by the taking of our nature, was a work of mere sovereign grace, VERSES 17, 18. 1. The promised Messiah was to be the great high priest of the Page 3. Such was the unspeakable love of Christ unto the brethren, that he would refuse nothing, no condition that was needful to fit him for the discharge of the work which he had undertaken for them, 1. The principal work of the Lord Christ as our high priest, and from which all other actings of his in that office do flow, was to make reconciliation or atonement for sin, 484 494 496 ib. 505 2. The Lord Christ suffered under all his temptations, sinned in none, 508 3. Temptations cast souls into danger, 510 4. The great duty of tempted souls, is to cry out unto the Lord Christ for help and relief, ib. CHAPTER III. VERSES 1, 2. 1. All the doctrines of the gospel, especially those concerning the person and offices of Christ, are to be improved unto practice in faith and obedience, 515 2. Dispensers of the gospel ought to use holy prudence in winning upon the minds and affections of those whom they are to instruct, 519 3. Believers are all related unto one another, in the nearest and strictest bond of an equal relation, 520 4. All true and real professors of the gospel are sanctified by the Holy Ghost, and made truly and really holy, 521 5. No man comes to an useful saving knowledge of Jesus Christ 522 ib. 7. The spiritual mysteries of the gospel, especially those which concern the person and offices of Christ, require deep, diligent, and attentive consideration, 524 8. The business of God with sinners, could be no way transacted but by the negociation and embassy of the Son, 528 9. Especial privileges will not advantage men, without especial grace, Page 535 10. The Lord Christ is all in all in and unto his church, the king, priest and apostle, or prophet of it, all in one, ib. 11. A diligent attentive consideration of the person, offices, and 543 13. The ordering of all things in the church, depends on the sovereign appointment of the Father, 14. The faithfulness of the Lord Christ in the discharge of the trust committed unto him, is the great ground of faith and assurance unto believers, in the worship of the gospel, 15. All things concerning the worship of God, in the whole church or house now under the gospel, are no less perfectly and completely ordered and ordained by the Lord Jesus Christ, than they were by Moses under the law, VERSES 3-6. 1. Every one who is employed in the service of God in his house, and is faithful in the discharge of his work and trust therein, is worthy of honour: so was Moses, 553 ib. ib. ib. 562 2. That the Lord Christ is worthy of all glory and honour, upon the account of his thus building his church, the house of God, 573 3. The honour and glory of all that ever were, or ever shall be employed, in the work and service of the house of God, jointly and severally considered, is inferior, subordinate, and subservient to the glory and honour of Jesus Christ, the chief builder of the house, that are 581 4. The building of the church is so great and glorious a work, as that it could not be effected by any, but by him who is God, 591 5. The greatest and most honourable of the sons of men, employed in the work of God in his house, are but servants, and parts of the house itself, 593 6. The great end of all Mosaic institutions, was to present, or prefigure and give testimony unto, the grace of the gospel by Jesus Christ, 595 7. It is an eminent privilege to be of the house of Christ, or a part 596 9. In times of trial and persecution, freedom, boldness, and constancy in profession, are a good evidence unto ourselves that we are living stones in the house of God, and are duties acceptable unto him, 597 ib, Doctrine 11. So many and great are the interveniences and temptations that Page 599 599 PREFACE. TRE general concernments of this Epistle, have all of them First, The first of these concerns the persons whose instruc- 1st, Some of them believing in Christ through the gospel, were 2d, Some with their profession of faith in Christ as the pro- 1. Such as from a pure reverence of their original institu- B |