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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54378	The redemption of mankind, by the passion of our Lord A sermon, preached on Palm-Sunday, at Kintbury, in the county of Berks. By Jos. Perkins, late vicar of Hill, in Gloucester-Shire.	Perkins, Joseph, b. 1658.	1692 (1692)	Wing P1558; ESTC R221441	13,606	33

THE REDEMPTION OF MANKIND BY THE Passion of our Lord. A SERMON PREACHED On Palm-Sunday at Kintbury in the County of Berks. By Jos Perkins late Vicar of Hill in Gloucester-Shire LONDON Printed and are to be Sold by Randal Taylor near Stationers-Hall 1692. EPHES. I. VII In whom we have Redemption through his Blood the forgiveness of Sins according to the Riches of his Grace PAUL an Apostle of Jesus Christ had no sooner planted a Church at Ephesus and sown the Seed of the good Word of God but the Devil who commonly Erects a Chappel where God hath laid the Foundation of his Church like the Envious Man in the Gospel came in the absence of Paul and instead of good Seed cast Tares amidst the Wheat and infected the Ephesians with pernicious and erroneous Opinions St. Paul in his Preaching defended the Doctrine of justifying Faith Afterwards arose Jewish Seducers which taught that Salvation was not only from Faith but came by the observation of the Mosaical Law Our Apostle forbad the abuse of Christian Liberty after this there arose Corrupters of the Gentiles which perswaded the Ephesians that Fornication Covetousness and Drunkenness were no Sins but natural Inclinations That the Ephesians might avoid the danger of these malicious Instruments of Satan Paul writes an Epistle unto them containing the confirmation of Doctrine and the information of Life wherein he proves and directly manifests that God's gifts and graces proceed not from any merit of fore-seen Work of ours but from his own Mercy and favourable Grace And so beginning with Election which is the cause of our rejoycing that our Names are written in Heaven Luk. 10. vers 20. be descends to our Redemption where we are to consider 1. The meritorious Cause in the first Particle of my Text In whom 2. The subject of our Redemption in the word We. 3. The effect it self and that specifically set down Redemption even the forgiveness of Sins 4. The manner how our Redemption was effected through his Blood 5. The Cause moving our Redeemer to this Act of Redemption according to the Riches of his Grace 1. Christ the second person in Trinity the Son of God and the Son of Man is the Saviour of miserable wretched and damned Mankind in whose Incarnation Life Obedience Passion and Death we have Redemption from the eternal Sorrows of Death and Hell This sacred Saviour consisting of a divine and human Nature being both God and Man hath by his Sufferings reconciled God to Man whom Disobedience the first and Mother of all Sins had set at variance An Angel could not effect this Office of a Mediator for an Angelical Nature was not ordained for this Service Man could not become Intercessor for Man for grant there should be such a Phaenix in the World as a Man without Sin yet an infinite Nature was offended therefore it must be an infinite and divine Nature that must satisfie Nevertheless so Divine as there must be an union of Natures that as Man trespassed so Humanity must suffer Indeed the efficient cause of our Salvation is God the Father but the meritorious cause is Christ our Mediator by whom God effects all that he doth Our former Integrity was so far from Redeeming us that it was rather Ignominy to have had it and then to lose it than having lost it to glory we had it Miserum est fuisse Christ is made to us Wisdom Justice Sanctification and Redemption Wisdom because he hath Revealed his Fathers Will Justice because he hath offered up himself a Sacrifice for Sin Sanctification because he hath given us his Spirit Redemption because he hath appointed a day to vindicate and free his Children out of the hands of Corruption into the Liberty which is Glorious It is the Lord strong and mighty that hath done these things for us For who is God besides the Lord and who is Mighty save our God 2 Sam. 22. vers 32. Caesar said of the Gauls in one Battle They had overcome if the Romans had not been their Enemies So we may truly say That Hell Death and Destruction had swallowed us up quick if Christ had not been our Captain and Enemy to Satan and his Complices Behold the Lamb of God that taketh away the Sins of the World A Lamb in Patience but a Lyon in Victory That our Faith may find a sure ground of Salvation in Christ a Threefold Office of our Mediator is considerable two Offices of his Humiliation and one of his Exaltation The First Office of his Humiliation is Prophetical whereby Christ instructs his Church and is thereby termed the Word and Orator of the Father The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me therefore hath the Lord anointed me He hath sent me to Preach good Tydings unto the Poor to bind up the broken Hearted to Preach Liberty to the Captives and to them that are bound the Opening of the Prison Isai 6. ver 1. At sundry Times and in divers Manners God spake in the old Time to our Fathers by the Prophets In these last Days he hath spoken unto us by his Son Heb. 1. ver 2. The Second Office is his Priesthood Prophesied by King David in his 110. Psal ver 4. The Lord hath sworn and will not repent Thou art a Priest for ever after the Order of Melchisedek He is that Priest who offered up his own Body for a Sacrifice for Sins The Priest was the Sacrifice because none other could satisfie God and the Sacrificer was the Priest because no mortal Priest was worthy to offer so precious a Sacrifice He remains still a Priest through whose Intercession all our Sacrifices of Prayer and Thanksgiving are consecrated unto God The last Office is his Kingly Office foretold by David Psal 89. ver 6. and prefigured by Solomon Yet here we must not dream of an Earthly but of an Heavenly and Eternal Kingdom Miserable Jews they are that still expect a Messias to restore the Kingdom of Israel He is the Hope of all the Ends of the Earth the Honour of the World the common Joy of Men that said John 28.36 My Kingdom is not of this World By this Office Christ triumpheth over his Enemies and administers his Spiritual Gifts and Graces to us which are his Members Vnto every one of us is given Grace according to the Measure of the Gift of Christ Ephes 4. ver 7. If you will see an excellent short Sum of those Benefits which we have received in Christ consider that we have our Salvation in the Name of Christ Gifts of the Spirit in his Anointing Redemption in his Passion Absolution in his Condemnation Satisfaction in his Sacrifice Mortification in his Grave Newness of Life in his Resurrection Security and enjoying all Good in his Kingdom Now God's Justice is satisfied so that he is a just Judge but not with any Satisfaction proceeding from Sinners but by the Death of his Son So that he is a merciful Father to us-ward If for us the Son