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2 Cor. v. 18. God hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ.-Ver. 19. God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself. Eph. ii. 16. That he might reconcile both unto God by the cross.

Col. i. 19, 20. It pleased the Father, that in him should all fulness dwell, and (having made peace through the blood of his cross) by him to reconcile all things to himself.-Ver. 21. You hath he reconciled.

Heb. ii. 17. That he might be a merciful and faithful high priest, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.

Eph. i. 10. That he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth, even in him. 2 Cor. v. 18, 19. The ministry and word of reconciliation.

X. Peace with God by Christ. Isa. ix. 6. His name shall be called Prince of Peace. Ver. 7.

Of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

Acts xv. 11. Through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved.

Rom. v. 15. The grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by Jesus Christ, hath abounded to many.-Ver. 17. They which receive abundance of grace, and of the gift of righteousness, shall reign in life by Jesus Christ.

xvi. 20. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. 2 Cor. i. 2.-xiii. 14. Gal. vi. 18. 2 Thess. iii. 18. Rev. xxii. 21.

1 Cor. i. 4. I thank God on your behalf, for the grace of God, which is given you by Jesus Christ.

2 Cor. i. 2. Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Gal. i. 3. Eph. i. 2. Col. i. 2.

xii. 9. My grace is sufficient for thee. Eph. iv. 7. Unto every one of us is given Christ.-Ver. 8. He gave gifts unto men.

liii. 5. The chastisement of our peace was grace according to the measure of the gift of upon him.

liv. 10. Neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed.

Ezek. xxxiv. 25. I will make with them a covenant of peace. Jer. xxxi. 31.

Zech. vi. 13. The counsel of peace shall be

between them.

ix. 10. He shall speak peace unto the heathen. Ps. lxxii. 7. Eph. ii. 17.

Luke i. 79. To guide our feet into the way of peace.

ii. 14. On earth peace, good-will toward men. xix. 38. Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.

John xvi. 33. These things I have spoken, that ye might have peace. Ch. xiv. 27. My peace I leave with you.

Acts x. 36. The word which God sent to

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the children of Israel, preaching peace by Je- that are in Christ Jesus.

sus Christ.

Rom. i. 7. Peace from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Cor. i. 3. 2 Cor. i. 2. Gal. i. 3. Eph. i. 2. Phil. i. 2. Col. i. 2. 1 Thess. i. 1. 2 Thess. i. 2. 2 Tim. i. 2. Tit. i. 4. Philem. 3. 2 John 3. 1 Pet. i. 2. 2 Pet. i. 2. Jude 2.

v. 1. We have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Eph. ii. 14. Christ, he is our peace.-Ver. 15. Making peace.-Ver. 17. He preached peace. Eph. vi. 15. Rom. x. 15. The gospel of peace.

Phil. iv. 7. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Col.

iii. 15.

1 Cor. vi. 11. Ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus.

Gal. ii. 16. A man is justified by the faith of Jesus Christ.

iii. 8. God would justify the heathen through faith. Ver. 24. Ch. v. 4.

XIII. Sanctification through Christ. 1 Cor. i. 2. To them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus..-Ver. 30. Christ Jesus, of God, is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption.

vi. 11. Ye are sanctified in the name of the Lord Jesus.

Eph. v. 25. Christ loved the church, and gave himself for it; that he might sanctify

and cleanse it. Ver. 26.

Tit. iii. 5. Not by works of righteousness

XI. Grace from Christ. John i. 16, 17. [which we have done, but according to his

mercy he saved us, by the washing of regene-1 ration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost.

Heb. ii. 11. He that sanctifieth, and they who are sanctified, are all of one.

x. 10. We are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus.-Ver. 14. By one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. Ver. 29.

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

XIV. Christ is called life to his people. John i. 4. In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

v. 26. As the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself.

vi. 68. Thou hast the words of eternal life. xi. 25. I am the resurrection, and the life. xiv. 6. I am the way, the truth, and the life. Acts iii. 15. The Prince of life. 1 John i. 1, 2. Our hands have handled of the word of life. For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us.

v. 12. He that hath the Son hath life: he that hath not the Son, hath not life.-Ver. 20. This is the true God, and eternal life.

XV. Eternal life is from and by Christ. John iv. 14. Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him, shall never thirst.

vi. 27. Labour not for the meat that perisheth, but for that meat which endureth to everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you. Ver. 33.

vi. 48. I am the bread of life.-Ver. 51. I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread he shall live for ever.-Ver. 57. He that eateth me, even he shall live by me.

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1 Pet. iii. 7. Heirs of the grace of life. Tit. i. 2. In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began.

1 Pet. i. 3. God hath begotten us to a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

1 John ii. 25. This is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life. 2 Tim. i. 1.

v. 11. This is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life; and this life is in his Son. Rom. v. 17. 21.

XVII. Benefits from Christ against sin, by way of extract from the foregoing and following sections. Isa. liii. 5. He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement of our peace was upon him, and with his stripes we are healed.-Ver. 6. The Lord laid on him the iniquity of us all.-Ver. 10. Thou wilt make his soul an offering for sin.-Ver. 12. He bare the sin of many.

Zech. xiii. 1. There shall be a fountain opened to the house of David, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.

Matt. i. 21. He shall save his people from their sins.

ix. 6. The Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins. Ver. 2.

xxvi. 28. My blood is shed for the remis

viii. 12. He that followeth me shall have sion of sins. the light of life.

x. 10. I am come that they might have life. -Ver. 28. I give unto them eternal life, neither shall any pluck them out of my hand.

xiv. 19. Because I live, ye shall live also. Rom. v. 17. They who receive abundance of grace, and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by Jesus Christ.-Ver. 21. As sin reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ.

Col. iii. 4. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye appear with him in glory.

1 Thess. v. 10. Christ died for us, that whether we wake or sleep we should live together with him.

Luke xxiv. 46, 47. Thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: That repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name. Ch. i. 77.

John i. 29. The Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world.

Acts ii. 38. Repent, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins.

v. 31. Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. x. 43. Whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.

xiii. 38. Through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins.

iii. 26. God sent him to bless you, in turning you from your iniquities,

Rom. iii. 25. To declare his righteousness for the remission of sins.

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

vi. 10. He died unto sin once.

viii. 3. He condemned sin in the flesh. 1 Cor. xv. 3. Christ died for our sins. Ver. 57. God giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Cor. v. 21. He made him to be sin for us. Gal. i. 4. He gave himself for our sins. Eph. i. 7. In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins. Col. i. 14.

washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father, be glory and dominion for ever.

iii. 9. I will make them to know that I have loved thee. See Ps. xlv. 11. Prov. viii. 31. Song ii. 4. 6.-iv. 9.-vii. 10.

XIX. Christ's care of his people. Isa. xl. 11. He shall feed his flock like a shepherd, he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and gently lead those that are with young. See ch. xlix. 10. Ezek. xxxiv. 23.

Matt. xxiii. 37. How often would I have gathered thy children as a hen gathereth her

iv. 32. As God for Christ's sake hath for- chickens under her wings. Isa. xlii. 3. Eph. given you.

Col. iii. 13. As Christ forgave you, so do ye. 1 Tim. i. 15. Jesus Christ came to save sinners.

v. 29.

His presence with his people. Matt. xviii. 20. Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of

Heb. i. 3. He purged our sins by his own them. blood. Heb. ix. 22.

ii. 14. He took part of flesh and blood, that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death.

ix. 26. He appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.-Ver. 28. Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many.

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

xxviii. 20. I am with you always unto the end of the world.

John xiv. 18. I will not leave you comfortless, I will come to you.

Ver. 21. He that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and manifest myself to him.-Ver. 23. My Father will love him, and we will come to him.

Acts xviii. 10. I am with thee, and no man

1 Pet. ii. 24. Who bare our sins in his own shall set on thee to hurt thee. Ch. xxiii. 11.

body on the tree.

iii. 18. Christ suffered for sins.

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

2 Tim. iv. 17.

1 John i. 3. Our fellowship is with the Facleansethther, and with his Son.

ii. 1, 2. If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins-for the sins of the whole world.-Ver. 12. Your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.

iii. 5. He was manifested to take away our sins.-Ver. 8. That he might destroy the works of the devil.

Rev. i. 5, 6. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father, to him be glory and dominion, for ever and ever. Amen.

XVIII. Christ's love to his people. John xiii. 1. Having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.-Ver. 34. A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another, as I loved you.

xv. 9. As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you.

Rom. viii. 37. We are more than conquerors, through him that loved us.

Eph. v. 2. Christ hath loved us, and hath given himself for us.-Ver. 25. Christ loved the church, and gave himself for it.

Rev. i. 5, 6. Unto him that loved us, and

Rev. ii. 1. He walketh in the midst of the golden candlesticks.

iii. 20. Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and sup with him, and he with me.

XX. Christ's excellencies and benefits briefly expressed. Eph. i. 3. God the Father hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in Christ.-Ver. 23. The fulness of him that filleth all in all.

iii. 8. The unsearchable riches of Christ.

Ver. 19. Filled with all the fulness of God. iv. 13. A perfect man, the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.-Ver. 7. The measure of the gift of Christ.

Col. i. 19, 20. It pleased the Father, that in him should all fulness dwell; and by him to reconcile all things to himself.

ii. 10. Ye are complete in him. iii. 11. Christ is all and in all.

XXI. Titles given to Christ, taken from the highest, most honourable and useful offices among men: As, Prophet, Priest, King, denoting his benefits to mankind against sin, and his dignity above all on earth.

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.

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

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

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

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

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. 3. 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 words which I have put in thy mouth, shall | 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 inha bitants 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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