Ver. 10.—1. That the whole work of saving the sons of God, from first to last, their guidance and conduct through sins and sufferings
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unto glory, is committed unto the Lord Jesus. 2 That the Lord Jesus Christ being priest, sacrifice, and altar himself, the offering whereby he was consecrated unto the perfection and complement of his office was of necessity to be part of that work which, as our priest and mediator, he was to undergo and perform. 3. The Lord Christ, being consecrated and perfected through sufferings, hath con- secrated the way of sufferings, for all that follow him to pass through unto glory. 4. Such is the desert of sin, and such is the immuta- bility of the justice of God, that there was no way possible to bring sinners unto glory but by the sufferings and death of the Son of God, who undertook to be the captain of their salvation.
Ver. 11-13.—1. That all the children which are to be brought unto glory, antecedently unto their relation unto the Lord Christ, are polluted, defiled, separate from God. 2. That the Lord Christ is the great sanctifier of the church. He, as the captain of salvation, sanctifies every son whom he brings to glory. 3. The agreement of Christ and the elect in one common nature 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 sanc- tified, 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 exposed in the days of his flesh unto great difficulties, anxieties of mind, dangers, and troubles. 7. The Lord Christ, in all his perplexities and troubles, betook himself unto the protection of God, trusting inhim. 8. He both suffered and trusted as our head and precedent.
Ver. 14, 15.—1. That all sinners are subject unto death as it is penal. 2. Fear of death as it is penal is inseparable from sin, before the sinner is delivered by the death of Christ. 38. Fear of death as penal renders the minds of men obnoxious unto bondage. 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. 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. 7. That the first and principal end of the
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Lord Christ’s assuming human nature, was not to reign in it, but to suffer and die init. 8. All the power of Satan in the world over any of the sons of men is founded in sin, and the guilt of death attending it. 9, All sinners out of Christ are under the power of Satan. 10. The death of Christ, through the wise and righteous disposal of God, is victorious, all-conquering, and prevalent. 11. One principal end of the death of Christ was to destroy the power of Satan.
Ver. 16—1. The Lord Jesus Christ is truly God and man in one person. 2. The redemption of mankind, by the taking of our nature, was a work of mere sovereign grace.
Ver. 17, 18—1. The promised Messiah was to be the great high priest of the people of God. 2. The assumption of our nature, and his conformity unto us therein, was principally necessary unto the Lord Jesus on the account of his being a high priest forus. 38. 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 dis- charge of the work which he had undertaken for them. 4 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 reconcilia- tion or atonement for sin. 5. The Lord Christ suffered under all his temptations, sinned in none. 6. Temptations cast souls into danger. 7. The great duty of tempted souls is to cry out unto the Lord Christ for help and relief.
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CHRIST'S SUPERIORITY TO MOSES, THE AGENT IN FOUNDING THE : OLD DISPENSATION.
Cuap. IIT. Ver. 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. 2. Dispensers of the gospel ought to use holy prudence in winning upon the minds and affections of those whom they are to instruct. 3. Believers are all related unto one another in the nearest and strictest bond of an equal relation. 4, All true and real professors of the gospel are sanctified by the Holy Ghost, and made truly and really holy. 5. No man comes to a useful, saving knowledge of Jesus Christ in the gospel, but by virtue of an effectual heavenly calling. 6. The effectual heavenly vocation of believers is their great privilege, wherein they have cause to rejoice, and which always ought to mind them of their duty unto