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A12814	Three sermons tvvo of them appointed for the Spittle, preached in St. Pauls Church, by John Squier, vicar of St. Leonards Shoredich in Middlesex: and John Lynch, parson of Herietsham in Kent.	Squire, John, ca. 1588-1653.; Lynch, John, 1590 or 91-1680. aut	1637 (1637)	STC 23120; ESTC S117834	61,921	114

on the other side he that dieth in our stead cannot but die also for our good we may be sure we have even ' the whole army of noble Martyrs bearing witnesse with us unto this truth who all in their severall orders having died for our good yet amongst them all was there any one of them that ever died wee can say in our stead No acceperunt justi non dederunt coronas how precious so ever all their deaths were in the sight of their Creator yet for all that saith Leo in his 12. sermon upon the passion nullius insontis occisio propitiatio fuit mundi the very best of them all could never say how that he died in the behalf of the beleeving world Singulares in singulis mortes fuerunt each man of them in particular died in particular to himselfe alone How rich so ever they all were in the gifts graces of the Spirit yet hand alterius quisquam debitum suo funere solvit yet for all that could not any one of them undertake the ransome of his enthralled brother It was onely Christ saith one amongst the sonnes of men in whom all of us wee may say did suffer in whom all of us we may say were crucified in whom all of us wee may say did die Christ onely Christ in whom all of us wee may say were slaine and of whom therefore we may say very well how that he was sacrificed here for us for us in our steed as well as for us for our good for us in our behalfe as well as for us for our behoofe Yea but why Christ thus for us you will say why not we rather for our selves Cum sis ipse nocens moritur cur victima pro te since wee men were they that had offended why should Christ an innocent thus die for us Why why not If God had so determined why not Cum aliunde reatus cur non aliunde justitia since by another it was that we were ingaged why by another also may we not be enlarged An justitia justi super eum erit saith Saint Bernard impietas impii non erit super eum shall the righteousnesse of the righteous be upon him alone and shall the wickednesse of the wicked be not onely upon him but upon us too It was by Adam you know that wee were made sinners and why by Christ therefore may wee not be made righteous It was by Adam you know that we were all addicted and why by Christ therefore may wee not be all enfranchised You will say that Adam perhaps was our father and what was not Christ I beseech you our brother or is it equall doe you thinke that that sonne who beareth the burden of his fathers sin should yet be debarred from what ever benefit might accrue unto him from his brothers righteousnes Assure your selves there is as great an efficacy in Christ his bloud as in Adams seed in Christ his bloud to cleanse us as in Adams seed to staine us in Christ his bloud for our purgation as in Adams seed for our pollution Indeed were there betwixt Christ and us no manner relation at all somewhat improbable then might it seem unto humane reason that by meanes here of Christ his sacrifice the wrath of God should bee made to passe from us But now besides the neernesse of Christ his conjunction unto us naturâ regno vadimonio hee being not only our brother but even our king too not only our king but also our pledge besides this I say what saith the Scripture I beseech you Mary we are all in Christ saith S. Paul one body so that there is as straight an union betwixt us and Christ you see as betwixt the members and the head But now it being so common a thing in the body naturall to punish one member for another for instance to brand the forehead for the tongues lavishnesse and for the theft which the hand hath committed to scourge the back why should it seem unreasonable unto us that in the body mysticall Christ our head should die for us here especially too Christ being not only willing we are sure thus for our sakes to undergoe death not onely able by his owne strength powerfully to raise up himselfe againe from death but by death also to overcome death to purchase a life for us which shall never end in death and to the endlesse praise of Gods boundlesse glory to save us from dying who must have died for ever else Well you have seen at length I suppose what Christ hath done What! yea and for whom too What he hath done doe I say what he suffered rather for sacrificatus est you see hee was sacrificed and needs must he suffer I trow even to destruction whosoever he is that shall be sacrificed Why and to make it plaine unto us that Christ did so some translations read it therefore He was slaine Christus Pascha nostrum immolatus est Christ our Passeover say they is slaine Hee was slaine I say and that not for himself I shewed you innocent Lamb that he was not for himselfe no nor yet for Angels no nor yet only for Jewes neither but for Jewes and Gentiles together for Us for Saint Paul for Corinthians for Circumcised for Uncircumcised for Hebrewes for Greekes Christ is sacrificed saith my Text for us For us yea even for all of us sub conditione as wee say in causa for albeit in Christ none but the Elect were redeemed yet was the whole world redeemed saith my Lord of Sarum by Christ but for Us of the faithfull Gods children simpliciter I told you cum effectu for us by way of edification nostro commodo for our good for us by way of expiation nostro loco in our stead for us per viam confirmationis for our profit and behoofe for us per viam surrogationis in our person and behalfe Let us passe now from what was done on Christ his part unto what remaineth to bee done on ours from the Beneficium unto the Officium from the dogmaticall part of my Text unto the practicall from the doctrine of faith the Credendum Christ his bounty to us upon Good-Friday unto the rule of life the Agendum our duty to him now at Easter yea let mee tell you againe not at Easter only but during the whole course here of this our life One thing I am sure of however Dr. Kellison would beare the world in hand that wee teach the contrary never the doctrine was it for ought I know never the dreame as yet of any Church Protestant that because Christ on his part hath done so much for us we from henceforth therefore need doe nought on ours No even 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 wee have all been taught I hope how that Christ was as well a Prophet as a Priest 2 Tim. 3.15 as well 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as well a Prophet to teach us our future duties Heb. 5.1 as a Priest to