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A13809	A sermon preached the 26. day of May. 1584. in S. Maries Church in Shrewesbury before the right honorable the Earle of Leicester, accompanied with the Earle of Essex, the Lorde North, diuers knightes, gentle-men of worshypfull callyng, the worshipfull bayliues, aldermen and burgesses of the towne of Salop. By Iohn Tomkys publick preacher of Gods word there: now first published by the authour. Seen, perused, and allowed accordyng to her Maiesties iniunctions.	Tomkys, John.	1586 (1586)	STC 24110; ESTC S118479	38,851	98

be offered by the priest vnto god for the sines of the people Mat. 27.35 Hereby was signified n Ioh. 19.34 the suffering of Christ o 33 the sheddyng of his bloud p 30. his death vppon the Crosse whereby hee might become q, 30. a propitiatorie sacrifice for the takyng away of the sinnes of the world The Patriarches the Prophetes and all the children of God from Adam to Christ as they set the eyes of their bodies in the exercise of religion vppon these sacrifices and oblations so dyd they set the eyes of their mindes vpon Christ then to come Thus did Esay interprete these ceremonies when he foreshewed that t Esa 53 3 Christ shoulde be such a man as shoulde haue a good experience of sorrowes and infirmities 4 that Christ onely should take on him our infirmitie and beare our payns 5 that Christ should be wounded for our offences and smitten for our wickednesse that the payne of our punishment might be layd vpon him and that with his stripes we might be healed That the Lorde would throw vppon Christ all our sinnes 6 7 That Christ should suffer violence and be euill intreated and should not open hys mouth That christ should be led as a sheepe to be slayne and yet should be as still as a lambe before the shearer and not open his mouth That christ should be ●aken from the prison and iudgement 8 ●hat he should be cut off from the ground ●f the liuing which punishement should ●oe vpō him for the transgressiō of gods ●eople That christ should haue his graue ●iuen him with the condempned 9 with ●he riche man at his death whereas hee ●●ould neuer doe violence nor vnright ●either should there be anie deceiptfulnes 〈◊〉 his mouth Neuerthelesse 10 that it should please the Lord to smite Christ with in●●●mitie that when he had made his soule an offering for sinne hee might see long lasting seede 11 That Christ should see the fruite and labour of his soule and be satisfied who being the righteous seruaunt of the Lorde with his knowledge shoulde iustifie the multitude for he should bear their sinnes 12 And that therefore the Lord would giue him his part among the great ones and that he should deuide the spoyle with the mightie because he hadde giuen ouer his soule to death and was reckoned among the transgressours which neuerthelesse should take away the sinnes of the multitude and make intercession for the misdoers And that I hold you not longer dearely beloued either in the figures or prophecies of the old Testament whiche concerne christes suffering whereby he became * Eph 5 2 a slayne sacrifice for sine let vs call to minde what thereof is reported in the New a Ioh 4.6 Then shall wee finde that christes whole life was a perpetuall suffering where in he was a wearied b mat 21.18 hungred and c Io 19.28 thirsted wherein hee was d 2.13 bannished e Mat 11 18. slandered and f 22 46 Luc. 3 29 persecuted wherein hee was g 4 1 tempted h Mat. 5 2 fasted and i 26 40. watched wherein hee laboured a Luc. 4.31 preached and b 22.44 prayed wherein hee c Mat. 26 38 sorowed d Mar. 14 33 greeued and e Luc. 22 44 swette water and bloud wherein he was f Mat. 29.49 betraied by Iudas g Mar. 14.50 sorsaken by his Apostles and h Mat 26.57 apprehended by the souldiours wherein he was without cause i 27 40. exclamed against wrongfully k Mat. 26.60 accused and vniustly l 27 24 condemned wherein hee was m 27.28 stripped n Mat. 27.30 buffeted and o 27.30 spitte vpon wherein he was p Luc. 23.64 blinde-folded q Luc. 23 29 mocked and disdainefully r 23 29 crowned with thorns wherin he was ſ Mat. 27.35 crucified t Mat 27.29 tormented and u Io 18 25 wounded wherein he became x Gal. 3 13 accurssed of God y Mat. 27.46 susteined his wrath and a Phil. 2.8 died a most shamfull death But what was the cause that Christ the b 1. Pet. 1 19 innocent lambe of god should thus suffer for our redemption verily to pacifie Gods wrath and to satisfie his iustice who would not suffer the sinne of man-kind vnpunished in mankind Therfore it was expedient that c 1. Pet 3 18. the iust should suffer for the d Ioh. 10.11 vniust that the shepherd should giue his life for his sheep that the Lord should redeem his people * In the sacrifice christ shineth as in a merror Gods wisdome extendyng his mercy maintainyng his iustice O the vnsearchable wisdome of God our gracious Lorde whiche by the holines and suffering of Christ his Sonne hath both extended his mercy and maintained his iustice Extended his mercy * 1. Gods mercy extended in forgiuing his elect their sinnes and that through Christs Holines * 2. Gods iustice m●intained Mainteined his iustice in punishing the nature of man for the sinnes of men that through christs suffryng And thus much concerning the Second qualitie of the Sacrificer which is the suffering of Christe our Lorde * 4 The sacrifice was offered for vs. The fourth circumstane in our redemption to bee obserued is Who they are for whom this Sacrifice was offered Paule layeth that downe when hee vseth these wordes a Eph 5.2 For vs. In the wordes before the Apostle exhorting the Ephesians to leade a godlie life speaketh vnto them in this manner b Eph. 5 1 Bee yee folowers of God as Children and walke yee in loue but describing the manner of loue wherein we should walke by the example of Christ he altereth the person ioyning himselfe which wrote with the Ephesians to whome hee wrote and addeth c. 5.2 Euen as christ hath loued vs and giuen himselfe for vs. Hereby we learne that the beleeuing Iwes as was the writer and the beleuing Gentiles as were they to whome the Epistle was written are they for whom Christ offered himself * Christ offered for the beleeuyng 1 Iewes 2. Gentiles But here more deepely must bee considered the state and condition of both And that shall we finde when by Gods word we learne what wee are by nature * we are by nature the children of wrath a Luc. 6.44 the lances must bee such as is the tree b Iam. 3.11.6 the surges must be such as is the fountaine But Adam c Gen. 3.6 fallen from god by transgression is the tree from whence wee spring Adam d 3 7. stayned with sinne is the fountayne from whence wee slowe So are wee by our parentage alienated from God and stayned with sinne e Gen. 5.3 being descended from Adam after his fall Suche were wee for whome Christ gaue himselfe So many Sacrifices

Sonnes This was a fit mediatour an apt reconcyler a conuenient daies-man betweene god and Man Christ being God hable to saue vs. For beeing a Mat. 1.23 god euen the b psal 2.7 Ioan. 3.16 Sonne of god hee durst presente him selfe before god his Father to intreat for Man c Phil. 2.6 as one vvhich thought it no robberie to bee equall vvith god * Christ beyng Man willyng to saue vs. And beeing d Matt. 1.18 Luc. 2.7 Man euen the Son of Marie the virgin was willing to reconcile Man vnto god e Heb. 4.15 as one which was touched with the feeling of our infirmities And so in the person of the atonement-maker was fulfilled the deuine prophecy of Esay saying f Esa 7.14 Mat. 1.23 Beholde a virgin shall bee with childe shall Beare a Son and they shall call his name Emanuell which is by interpretation god with vs. And this is hee which is the Sacrificer g Psal 2 7 Heb. 5.5 god with god and h Phil 2.7 Man with Man i Ion. 6.51 one Christ k Psal 2 7 the Sonne of god l Mat. 3 17. Mar. 1 11. the second person in the blessed Trinitie Nowe this much being spoken of the person and substaunce of the Sacrificer let vs nowe more neerely way who and how great hee is by the consideration of his Function and office * The Sacrificer by his function or Office is Christ so called for that he is 1 our Prophete 2 our Christ 3. our King None was found fit as yee haue heard to bee the Sacrificer to God for Man but the onely Sone of God who in respect of his function or office is called the Meshiah Christ the Annoynted This name the word of God attributeth a 1. Kin. 19.16 to Prophets b Leu 16 32 Num 3 3 Priests and c Iud. 9.8 1 Sam. 9 16 01 1 Kinges as well because they were annointed with materiall oyle in token of spirituall graces wherewith god had indued them for the executing of their offices as also for that they were figures of Christ then to come But this name agreeth properly to our redeemer whome god annointed not with materiall oyle but d Psal 45 8 89 21 with the oile of gladnesse aboue his fellows that is with the full measure of his spiritual graces that he being our great Prophet our high Priest and our mightie King might bee a fit Sacrificer to reconcile vs vnto god * 1 Christ our Prophet Necessarie it was that the Sacrificer should bee the Prophet of gods people that e Esa 1 16 1 Luc 4.18 the Spirite of the Lorde being vppon him hee might therefore annoynt him that hee should preache the Gospell to the poore hee might send him that he shold heal the broken harted that he shold Preach deliuerance to the Captiues and recouering of sight to the blinde that he should set at libertie them that are brused 19. And that hee shoulde preach the acceptable yeare of the Lord that hee knowing the will of his Father in our recōciliation a Heb 10 9 should do the same * 2 Christ our Priest Necessary it was that the Sacrificer should bee the Priest of gods people that since b Psal 40.7 Heb 10 6 god had no pleasure in burnt offrings 10 sin offrings he might offer his body in sacrifice to god the fathe● so do his vvill 9 by the which we are sātified 10 4. And for that it was impossible that the blood of bulles and goates should take away sinnes c 1 Pet. 1 18 he might redeem vs with his precious blood 19 being a lambe vndefiled and vvithout spotte And finally d Heb 10 12 that after he had offered one sacrifice for sinnes he might sit for euer at the right hand of God 13 and from thence-foorth tarrie till his enimies should be made hys foot-stoole * 3 Christ our King Necessarie it was that the sacrificer should be the king of gods people e Io 16 33 to ouer-come the world f Luc 22 42 to subdue the flesh a Mat 4 1 c. Mar 1 12 c Luc 4 1 c to conquer Satan b Io 8 46 to vanquish sinne c Rom 5 2 to pacifie gods wrath d Ose 13 14 1 Co. 15 54 to plucke out the sting of deeth 55 to spoyle hell of her victorie e Psa 68 19 Eph 4 8 to leade captiuitie captiue to giue giftes vnto men f Psa 110 1 mat 22 44 and to triumph ouer all hys enimies g Io 10 4. yea to direct vs his people with his vvord h 10 22 to guide vs by his spirite i Psal 2 9 to defend vs by his povver k Luc 1 32 vnto vvhome god gaue the throne of his Father Dauid 33 that hee might raigne ouer the house of Iacob for euer that of his kingdome shoulde be none ende And thus ye haue heard my beloued the ordinance of God that whom the sacrificer should reconcile vnto God them should he instruct as their Prophet sanctifie as their Priest and guide as their King Iudge ye then whether the Papistes be not of the number of those false teachers whome Peter prophecied should come l 2 Pet. 2.1 vvhiche should denie the Lord that bought them which vndoubtedly they doe when by bringing in the traditions of men they denie the fulnesse of Christes prophecie by setting vp their sacrifice of the Masse they deny the fulnesse of Christes Priest-hood by mayntayning that the Bishop of Rome is Christes vicar generall vpon earth they deny the fulnesse of Christes kingdome But let them take heede and repent in time otherwise according to Peters commination a 2. Pet 2 1. they vvill hring vppon themselues svvift damnation And this much concerning the sacrificer * 2 Christ sacrificed voluntarily wilyngly of his owne ac Nowe commeth to bee considered the second circumstance of our redemption hovv and vvith vvhat mind this sacrificer sacrificed And that is hee sacrificed voluntarily vvillingly and of his ovvn accorde That this perswasion might bee setled in oure heartes Paule sayth not as truely hee might Christ redeemed vs or reconciled vs to God but when he hadde said b Eph 5 2 Christ loued vs to shew the wonderfull excellencie and incomprehensible measure of his loue towardes vs hee addeth c Eph 5.2 And gaue himselfe for vs. So was the prophecie of Dauid concerning Christes voluntary death fulfilled reported by the author of the Epistle to the Hebrues in this maner a Ps 4 7.8.9 Heb 10 15 Wherefore when Christ commeth into the world he sayth Sacrifice and offering thou wouldst not but a body hast thou ordayned me In burnt offringes 6 and sinne offrings thou hast had no pleasure 7 Then I sayd Loe I come in the beginning of

the sacrifice of himselfe but beleue vs when wee teach that a Luc. 22 19 1. Cor. 11.24 25 thereby the memory of his death is continued vntill his comming according to the institution of Christ himselfe Now since Christ hath loued vs more than hee hath loued his body his bloud his soule his life all the which he gaue for b 1 Co. 6.20 the price of our redemption 7 23. let vs loue one an other c Eph. 5.2 as hee hath loued vs and so become the followers of God as deare children And this much concernyng the Substance of the Sacrifice which is Christ himselfe * 2 The qualities of the sacrifice were an holy oblation an obedient suff●yng d Heb. 10.1 The ceremoniall lavve had the shadovv of good thinges to come and not the verie image of the thinges Therefore Paule knowing that e Rom. 10.4 Christ is the ende of the lawe f Mat. 5.17 whiche hathe fulfilled the law of commandementes through his obedience g Eph. 2.14 and performed what soeuer was figured in the law of ceremonies for our redemption calleth him in this text h Ephe. 5.2 an offering and a Sacrifice The kindes of Sacrificers in the lawe of Moses were manie and sundry not deuised by Men i Leu. 1.1 Num. 7.89 but ordayned by god to signifie partly the filthinesse of sinne in vs a Esa 59 2 vvhereby vvee be deuided from god and partly the expiation of sinne through Christ b Heb 9 14 vvhereby vve be reconciled vnto god All these kyndes Paule reduceth vnto two c Eph. 5.2 An oblation and an hoast both the whiche hee termeth Christ to be And not without cause For such was Christ the sacrifice in true performance as wer these in shadowed figure So by the nature of them we may learne the qualities of the sacrifice which is Christ For first Paul calleth Christ d Eph. 5.2 Prosphoran an oblation an holy offering Secondly he calleth him Thusian an host a slayne sacrifice By the first we learn Christes e Luc 1 35 holinesse by the second wee learne Christes f Psal 22 1 Mar. 27 46 Mar. 15.34 suffering It was meete that this sacrifice shoulde be holy that it might sanctifie the vnholy It was meete that this sacrifice shuld suffer that it might beare gods wrath due for sinne The offering in the olde lawe is therfore reputed holy because it was such as god which is holy appointed to bee offered The slayn sacrifice in the same law is iustly termed to suffer because it was a sensible beast or a sensible birde appoynted by God to be slayne Muche might be sayde of the figures whcich are these but for want of time I will onely speake of the trueth whiche is Christ * Two qualities of the Sacrifice to be considered And in him two things here are to be considered First his Holinesse Secondly his suffering * 1. Christs holines It was most necessarie that this sacrifice shuld be holy for otherwise a Mat. 5.13 Mar. 9.50 Luc. 14 34 it had not bene fit to haue bene offered to the most holy God It had not benefit to put away our vnholinesse It had not bene fit to haue sanctified vs. If the salt in it selfe had not saltnesse a Mat. 5.13 Mar. 9.50 Luc. 14 34 it could not season the things that it seasoneth If the fire in it selfe had not heat it coulde not heate those things which ar before it If the sun in it self had not light it could not lighten the superioure and inferiour bodyes No more coulde this sacrifice Christ make vs holie in the sight of god were it not that it is holy of it selfe For if reason require that the thing which is to imparte a qualitie with another bee first fully indued with the same it selfe then must it necessarily be required that Christ whiche was to make vs holy be first in himselfe moste holy Nowe let vs consider the gracious prouidence of God to vs-ward That Christ might become an holy sacrifice to make vs holy vnto our God a Mar. 1.18 20. Lu. 1.35 he was conceiued without sinne by the holy Ghost b Mat. 1.25 Luc. 2.7 he was borne without sinne of the virgin Mary c Mat. 5.17 1. Pet. 2 22. he liued without sin in true obedience d Mat. 27.24 Luc. 23 47 he dyed without sinne an innocent death For these causes Christe is called e Luc 1 35. the holye thinge f 1. Pet. 2 9. by whom we are become a chosen generation a royall priest-hood and holy nation a people set at liber-tie But to what end verily that g 1. Pet. 2 9. we shoulde shew forth the vertues of him that hath called vs out of darkenesse into merueilous light And what coulde we not be saued were it not that our sacrifice Christ were in this absolute manner most holy No verily For God will not that man-kind be saued except by Man his law giuen to mankinde bee fulfilled That is God will so bee found mercifull towards mankinde in remitting of sinne that he wil stil remayne iust in requiring of mankinde obedience to his lawes Therfore when all mankinde was gone astray so that a Ro. 3.10 there was none righteous no not one 11. None that vnderstood None that sought after god the sonne of god himselfe became innocent man that in the nature of man hee might obey the lawes of God that b Rom. 5 19 as by one mans disobedience manie were made sinners so by one mans obedience manie might be made righteous as also before I proued * Two lessons to bee learned And here we may learne two lessons * 1 the greatnesse of our sinnes The one The greatnesse of sinne which could not be put away but by the death of the Sonne of God * 2 The assurance of our saluatiō Leu. 11 44 The other the assurance of our saluation whiche standeth with the iustice of God Let vs therefore so hope for life euerlasting that c 1. Pet. 1.16 wee he holy as our redeemer is holy And this much of the first qualitie of the sacrifice which is absolute holinesse 2. Christs fferyng The second qualitie of this sacrifice which is Christ our Sauiour is his suffering This his condition Paule putteth vs in remembrance of when in the texte hee calleth him Thusian an hoast a Sacrifice The thinges whereof this sacrifice stoode was either a Psa 50.13 a bull or b Leu. 1.2 an Oxe or c 3 1 an heffer or d Num. 19.2 a calfe or e Leu. 4 3. a Ram or f Gen. 22.13 an ewe or g Leu. 3.7 a lambe or h 9.3 a goate or i 1.2 a turtle doue or k 12.8 a young pigion which was appointed by the law first to be l 12.8 slayne thē m 3 2. to