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 him that hath been by us offended in order to a renewing peace and letting out that grace to us that we have ſinned away, and yet have need of. Oft times the offended faith to the interceſſor, Well, thou comeſt to me about this man, what itereſt he has in thee is one thing, what offence he has committed againſt me is another. I ſpeak now after the manner of men. Now, what can an interceſſor do, if he is not able to anſwer this queſtion? But, if he be able to anſwer this queſtion that is, according to law and juſtice n queſtion but he may prevail with the offended, for him for whom he makes interceſſion.

Why, this is our caſe; to be ſure thus far we have offended a juſt and holy God, and eſus Chriſt is become our Interceſſor. He knows full well. that for our parts, if it would ſave us from hell, we cannot produce, towards a peace with God, any thing that can by law and juſtice be eſteemed worthy; therefore he makes interceſſion. It follows therefore, that he hat wherewith of his own, to anſwer every reaſonable demand. Hence it is ſaid that he has gifts as well as ſacrifice for ſin: "Every high prieſt is ordained to offer gifts and ſacrifices: wherefore it is of neceſſity, that this man have ſomewhat a ſo to offer" And here obſerve, that the apoſtle ſpeaks here of Chriſt as in heaven, there miniſtering in the ſecond part of his offer, "For if he were on earth, he ſhould not be a prieſt." Theſe gifts, therefore, and this ſacrifice, he now offereth in heaven by way of interceſſion, urging and pleading as an interceſſor the valuableneſs of his gifts, for the pacifying of that wrath that our