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A64622	A body of divinitie, or, The summe and substance of Christian religion catechistically propounded, and explained, by way of question and answer : methodically and familiarly handled / composed long since by James Vsher B. of Armagh, and at the earnest desires of divers godly Christians now printed and published ; whereunto is adjoyned a tract, intituled Immanvel, or, The mystery of the incarnation of the Son of God heretofore writen [sic] and published by the same authour.; Body of divinity	Ussher, James, 1581-1656.; Downame, John, d. 1652.	1645 (1645)	Wing U151; ESTC R19025	516,207	504

things concerning God wherein consisteth his Priestly office Heb. 2. 17. 5. 1. 7. 24. The second in things concerning man wherein he exerciseth his Propheticall and Kingly function Why must he be a Priest To offer sacrifice for his Church and to reconcile us unto God Psa. 110. 4. Heb. 3. 1. 4. 14. 5. 5 6. c. 7. 3. 17. 8. 2 3. 9. 11. 14. otherwise we should never have been justified nor sanctified and so not have been at peace with God Why must he be a Prophet Doctor or Apostle To teach his Church Deut. 18. 15. 18. Act. 3. 22. 7. 37. Luke 4. 18. otherwise we should never have known God nor the things that belong unto him Joh. 1. 18. Why must he be a King or Prince To rule and govern his Church Psal. 110. 1 2 3. Luk. 1. 33. otherwise we should never have been delivered from the captivity of sin and Satan nor be put in possession of eternall life What is his Priesthood It is the first part of his mediation whereby he worketh the means of salvation in the behalf of mankind and so appeaseth and reconcileth God to his elect Heb. 5. 5 c. and 7. 1. 3. 13. 17 c. and 13. 11 12. Where is the doctrine of Christs Priesthood especially handled In the Epistle to the Hebrews and namely in the 7 Chapter from the 13. ver to the end wherein is contained a declaration of his office of Priesthood being compared with the Priesthood of Aaron the Apostle shewing 1. What manner of one he ought to be that hath this office 2. How he executeth it Wherein standeth the manner of him that shall have this office Partly without him and partly within himself without him as first that he was chosen of the Tribe of Judah and not of Levi to shew that he was not successor of Aaron but rather was to abolish all those Ceremoniall services and offices Secondly that the Priests of Levi were appointed by the law of the fleshly commandement whereas Christ was appointed by the law of the power of life Thirdly that he was installed in it by his Father and appointed by an oath for ever to be a Priest after a new order of Melchisedec What benefit ariseth to us in that this was confirmed by an oath It giveth unto us comfortable assurance that all the parts of his Priesthood be performed unto us and that he paid the ransome for our sins Was not the Word of God sufficient for the performance of this promise without the binding of it with an oath Yes doubtlesse but the Lord in this promise having to deal with weak man and willing more abundantly to shew unto the heires of promise the stablenesse of his Counsell bound himself by an oath Heb. 6. 17. Whereby is the perpetuity thereof confirmed In that it did not proceed by succession as from Aaron to Eleazar from Eleazar to Phinehas and so by descent but is everlasting always abiding in him which is another difference of their Priestly office What profit comes to us by the perpetuity of his Priesthood That he continually maketh intercession for us to God and of himself alone is able to save us comming to the Father through him So much of the quality of him that is to be Priest which is without him what is the part that is within him 1. That in himself he is holy 2. To others harmlesse and innocent 3. Undefiled of others or of any thing and to speak in a word he is separated from sinners in all which he differeth from that of Aaron for they are neither holy in themselves nor innocent neither undefiled but polluting and being polluted by others What is the fruit we gather of this his holinesse innocency and undefilednesse That he being holy innocent undefiled and so consequently separated from sinners the same is attributed to the faithfull and these his properties imputed for theirs and therefore he freeth them both from originall and actuall sins Contrary to their doctrine who say that he delivereth us from originall sin onely and that we must make satisfaction for actuall What is the difference touching the execution of this office 1. That they offered first for themselves he for the people only for himself he needed not 2. He but once they many times 3. He offered himself they something else then themselves What is the use of this To prove the absolutenesse perfection and excellency of this his Priesthood May not the Priesthood of the Papists be overthrown by all these arguments and proved to be a false Priesthood Yes verily for 1. They are not of the Title of Judah and so cannot succeed our Saviour 2. They are not confirmed by an oath from God and therefore not perpetuall 3. They are not as he was holy in themselves but unholy neither innocent nor undefiled but defiling others and being defiled of them and so not separated from sinners but altogether sinfull and set in sin 4. They offer first for themselves then for the people likewise many times 5. They offer sacrifices which are not themselves 6. They bring a great disgrace to the Priesthood of Christ by preferring themselves to him as the sacrificer to the sacrifice whom they say they offer 7. Christ hath a Priest hood that passeth not away What comfort have we by the Priesthood of Christ Hereby we are assured that he is our Mediatour and that we also are made Priests VVhat need was there of such a Mediatour Between parties so disagreeing the one of finite nature offending the other of infinite nature offended the one utterly disabled to do any the least good 2 Cor. 3. 5. or satisfie for the least sin Job 9. 3. the other requiring perfect obedience Deut. 27. 26. and satisfaction Mat. 18. 34. what agreement could there be without a Mediatour In this case what was this Mediatour to doe He was to work the means of our salvation and reconciliation to God 1. By making satisfaction for the sin of man 2. By making intercession Mat. 20. 18. Joh. 17. 19 20. Heb. 7. 24 25 26 27. therefore Jesus Christ our high Priest became obedient even unto the death offering up himself a sacrifice once for all to make a full satisfaction for all our sins and maketh continuall intercession to the Father in our name whereby the wrath of God is appeased his Justice is satisfied and we are reconciled VVherein then stands his satisfaction to Gods Justice which is the first part of his Priesthood In yeelding that perfect obedience whereupon dependeth the whole merit of our salvation Dan. 9. 24. Eph. 1. 2. 14 15 16. VVhat is the effect thereof towards us Redemption Luc. 1. 69. Heb. 9. 24 25. which is a deliverance of us from sin and the punishment thereof and a restoring of us to a better life then ever Adam had Rom. 5. 15 16 17. 1 Cor. 15. 45. For our Saviour Christ

wombe of a Virgin without the help of man by the immediate power and operation of the holy Ghost forming him of the onely substance of the woman and perfectly sanctifying that substance in the Conception Luk. 1. 34 35. 42. So was hee borne holy and without sinne whereunto all other men by nature are subject VVhy was it necessary that Christ should bee conceived without sinne First because otherwise the God-head and Man-hood could not be joyned together for God can have no communion with sinne much lesse bee united unto it which is sinfull in a personall union Secondly being our Priest he must be holy harmlesse undefiled and perfectly just without exception Heb. 7. 26. 1 Joh. 3. 5. For if he had been a sinner himselfe he could not have satisfied for the sinnes of other men neither could it be that an unholy thing could make us holy VVhat fruit then and benefit have we by his originall righteousnesse First his pure Conception is imputed unto us and the corrupruption of our nature covered from Gods eyes whiles his righteousnesse as a garment is put upon us Secondly our originall sinne is hereby dayly diminished and fretted away and the contrary holinesse increased in us VVhat is his actuall holinesse That absolute obedience whereby he fulfilled in act every branch of the Law of God walking in all the Commandements and perfectly performing both in thought word and deed whatsoever the Law of God did command and failing in no duties either in the worship and service of God or duty towards men Matth. 3. 15. Rom. 5. 18. 4. 8. VVhat benefit have we hereby 1. All our actuall sins are covered while we are cloathed by faith with his actuall holinesse 2. We are enabled by him dayly to dye unto sinne and more and more to live unto righteousnesse of life But receive we no more by Christ then those blessings which we lost in Adam Yes we receive an high degree of felicity by the second Adam more then we lost by the first Rom. 5. 1. for being by faith incorporated into him and by communication of his Spirit unseparably knit unto him we become the children and heires of God and fellow-heires with Christ Jesus Gal. 4. 6 7. 1 Cor. 12. 12 13. Rom. 8. 9 10. who carrieth us as our head unto the highest degree of happinesse in the Kingdome of heaven where we shall lead not a naturall life as Adam did in Paradise with meat drink and sleep but a spirituall life in all unspeakeable manner and glory There remaineth yet the second part of Christs Priesthood namely his Intercession what is that It is that work whereby he alone doth continually appeare before his Father in heaven to make request for his elect in his own worthinesse making the faithfull and all their prayers acceptable unto him by applying the merits of his own perfect satisfaction unto them and taking away all the pollution that cleaveth to their good works by the merits of his passion Rom. 8. 34. Heb. 9. 24. 12. 24. 1 Joh. 2. 1 2. 1 Pet. 2. 5. Exod. 28. 36 37 38. In how many things doth his intercession consist In five 1. In making continuall request in our name unto God the Father by the vertue of his own merits Secondly in freeing us from the accusations of our adversaries Thirdly in teaching us by his Spirit to pray and send up supplications for our selves and others Fourthly in presenting our prayers unto God and making them acceptable in his sight Fifthly in covering our sins from the sight of God by applying unto us the vertue of his mediation What fruit then have we by his intercession 1. It doth reconcile us to the Father for those sins which we doe dayly commit 2. Being reconciled in him we may pray to God with boldnesse and call him Father 3. Through the intercession of our Saviour Christ our good works are of accompt before God How are we made Priests unto God by our communion with Christ Being sanctified by him and our persons received into favour Ephes. 1. 6. we have freedome and boldnesse to draw neare and offer our selves soules and bodies and all that we have as a reasonable sacrifice to God the Father and so we are admitted as a spirituall Priesthood 1 Pet. 2. 5. to offer up the sacrifices of our obedience prayers and thanksgiving which howsoever imperfect in themselves Esa. 64. 6. and deserving rather punishment then reward Psalm 143. 2. Tit. 3. 5. are yet as our persons made acceptable unto God and have promise of reward Matth. 10. 41 42. by the onely merit and intercession of the same our high Priest So much of our Saviours Priestly-office which is exercised in things concerning God how doth he exercise his office in things concerning man By communicating unto man that grace and redemption which he hath purchased from his Father Rom. 5. 15. 17. 19 Joh. 5. 21. 17. 2. 6. Luk. 4. 18 19. What parts of his office doth he exercise therein His Propheticall and Kingly office Acts 3. 22 23. Psal. 2. 6 7 8. What is this Propheticall office The office of instructing his Church by revealing unto it the way and meanes of salvation and declaring the whole will of his Father unto us in which respect he was he is and ever shall be our Prophet Doctor or Apostle Esa. 61. 3 4. Psal. 2. 6. 7. Luk. 4. 18. Mat. 17. 5. 23. 8 9 10. Heb. 3. 1 2. For what reasons must Christ be a Prophet First to reveale and deliver unto his people so much of the will of God as is needfull for their salvation Secondly to open and expound the same being delivered Thirdly to make them understand and beleeve the same Fourthly to purge his Church from errors Fifthly to place Ministers in his Church to teach his people In what respect doe you say that he is the onely teacher of his Church 1. In that he only knowing the Fathers as his Sonne hath the prerogative to reveale him of himselfe and others by him to us for no man knoweth the Father but the Sonne and he to whom the Sonne will reveale him Mat. 11. 27. 2. In that he is onely able to cause our hearts to beleeve and understand the matter he doth teach and reveale What were then the Prophets and Apostles They were his Disciples and servants and spake by his Spirit 1 Pet. 1. 10 11. 3. 19. Nehemiah 9. 30. Eph. 2. 17. What difference is there between the teaching of Christ and of the Prophets and Ministers sent from him 1. Christ taught with another authority then did ever any other Minister before or after him Mat. 5. 22. 28. 32. 34. 44. 7. 28 29. Mark 1. 22. 2. By vertue of his Propheticall office he did not only bring an outward sound unto the eare but wrought as he did before his comming and as he doth now by the ministery of his word an alteration of the mind so farre as