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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13024	The Christians sacrifice much better then all the legall sacrifices of the Iewes; and without the which, all the said legall sacrifices of the Iewes, euen when they were in force, were not acceptable to God. Or, a logicall and theologicall exposition of the two first verses of the twelfth to the Romanes, with all the doctrine in the said two verses, plainly laid forth, and fitly applied according as these times do require the same. Wherein also besides the orthodoxall exposition of the said words, diuers other places of Scripture by the way occurring, before somewhat obscure, are so naturally interpreted, as that the iudicious reader shall thinke his paines well bestowed in vouchsafing to reade this treatise following. With the authors postscript to his children, as it were his last will and testament vnto them.	Stoughton, Thomas.	1622 (1622)	STC 23314; ESTC S100120	224,816	288

taile and still we are to wrastle for our exercise not against flesh and blood but against such aduersaries as in respect of our weaknesse are called Principalities and powers rulers of the Ephes 6. 12. darknesse of this world that is of the children of darknesse in this world not of the children of the light and against spirituall wickednesses in high places yea also against him that in respect of his subtiltie and our simplicitie is called the old Serpent Reuel 12. 9. 20. 2. The reason of this phrase sacrifice is because being ingrafted into Christ Iesus we are partakers of his Priesthood and are Priests as wel as Kings vnto God For though 1. Pet. 1. 5. Reuel 1. 6. and 5. 10. in that place of Peter we be called also liuing stones yet this is not preiudiciall to the other for in diuers respects we are called by diuers names and there we be called stones rather then timber First because Princes houses are rather built with stones then with timber and we be the houses temples of God himself who is King of Kings Secondly in respect of the perpetuitie of all the elect stones being more durable then timber Thirdly because Christ himselfe into whom as before I said we are mortised is also called the chiefe corner stone In like maner as Ephes 2. 20. Christ was both the Priest and also the sacrifice once offered for all so are we both Priests and also sacrifices according to this present text Thus much of the seuerall words of this exhortation CHAP. V. Wherein an entrance is made into the matter of the whole exhortation shewing the sacrificing of our selues to be actiue and passiue and how first of all we are actiuely to sacrifice diuers particular parts of our bodies vnto God NOw we come to the matter of the whole exhortation for the offering vp or presenting our selues such a sacrifice Touching this therefore let vs vnderstand that Our sacrifice now not expiatorie but encharisticall when the Apostle requireth or exhorteth these Romanes and in them vs also to present our selues a sacrifice he meaneth not any propitiatorie expiatorie or satisfactorie sacrifice for our owne sinnes or for the sinnes of other but onely an Eucharisticall or gratulatorie sacrifice in thankfulnesse to God for the expiation of our sinnes and satisfaction of his iustice made by his Sonne on our behalfe and on behalfe of all the elect and that by the appointment of God the Father himselfe in that behalfe and in the meere and free loue both of the Father and of the Sonne towards vs without any desert of ours yea contrary to our desert Let vs also further vnderstand that this our sacrifice Our sacrifice of our selues twofold actiue and palsiue of our whole man bodie and soule is twofold First actiue Secondly passiue Actiue in doing all both in soule and in bodie that God hath commanded vs to do Passiue in suffering whatsoeuer either he shall lay vpon vs or call vs to suffer Before we enter into the sacrificing of our selues actiuely A fourefold difference betweene the sacrifices of the Law and of the Gospel let vs note one thing more viz. the difference between the sacrifices of the Law and of the Gospell to be fourefold First in respect of the Priests offering the one and the other Secondly in respect of the place Thirdly in respect of the times Fourthly in respect of the persons for whom the sacrifices of the Law were to be offered Touching the Priests of the Law they were all of one Tribe viz. of the Tribe of Leui and not all they but only the posteritie of Aaron neither all the posteritie of Aaron for there were excepted from the seruice of the priesthood all that were blind lame flat nosed or that had any thing Leuit. 21. ver 18 19 20 21. superfluous or that were broken footed or broken handed crooked backt or dwarfes or that had any blemish in their eyes or that were scuruie or scabbed or had their stones broken and finally all that had any blemish Now in the time of the Gospell Christ Iesus hauing offered himselfe once for all and he being a Priest for euer after the order of Melchizedek not of the Tribe of Leui but of the Tribe of Iuda and hauing abolished all the Priesthood of Aaron with all the appurtenances thereof all Christians both men and women without exception of any are priests to offer this sacrifice of their soules and bodies Eucharisticall vnto God Touching the place after the building of the Tabernacle all sacrifices of the Law were onely to be offered in the Tabernacle and after the building of the Temple all in the Temple the Tabernacle it selfe before the building of the Temple being called by the name of the Temple 1. Sam. 1. 9. and 3. 3. Now vnder the Gospel euery where all men and women may and must offer themselues such a sacrifice as Paul here exhorteth these Romanes to offer Touching the third difference before mentioned betwixt the sacrifices of the Law and this and Other therein Leuit. 23. contained there were set times for the sacrifices of the Law viz. morning and euening sometimes also the sacrifices were doubled twice as much being commanded to be offered at one time as at another yea there were also set seuerall sacrifices enioyned at for seueral feasts of the Lord. Now in the time of the Gospell there is no such set time appointed for this sacrifice of our selues but as we are to pray alwayes and without ceasing as well as euery Ephes 6. 18. 1. Thes 5. 17. 1. Tim. 2. 8. where this dutie of prayer being a branch as we shal heare of this sacrifice of our selues so we are alwayes and without ceasing to offer this sacrifice of our selues Touching the persons for whom the old sacrifices were to be offered there was one sacrifice for the Priest another Leuit. 4. 3. for the sinne of the whole congregation another for the magistrate another for any of the common people and that also according to the qualitie of euery ones sinne for the sinnes of knowledge a greater sacrifice being enioyned then for the sinnes of ignorance But now the spirituall sacrifices of the Gospell comprehended in this sacrifice of our selues must be offered for all alike as well as by all alike the neglect of this sacrifice or of any such branch thereof as whereof afterward we shall speake being preiudiciall to all the whole bodie whereof we are members as well as to the partie himselfe that so neglecteth it Hauing thus spoken of these differences of the old sacrifices of the Law and of this of our selues let vs now returne to our former dictinction of sacrificing our selues both actiuely and passiuely To begin therefore with the actiue sacrificing of our selues because the Apostle as before hath bin shewed by our bodies meaneth our whole man bodie and soule and yet nameth onely our bodies