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much more shall the blood of Christ, who, through the Eternal Spirit, offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God. Heb. i. 3,-by [the sacrifice of] himself he purged our sins. 1 John i. 7, If we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and [for] the blood of Christ, cleanseth us from all sin, or unrighteousness, ver. 9. Rev. i. 5, Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto his God and Father, [hath raised us to the highest degree of dignity, service, and sanctity.] Rev. vii. 14, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes [moral habits] and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Heb. xii. 24, Christ's blood is the blood of sprinkling and it is our great privilege, that, by our christian profession, we are come unto it. 1 Pet. i. 2, Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus; or unto that obedience, which the blood of Jesus, sprinkled upon our consciences, is intended to produce.

[Note; purging, cleansing, washing, sprinkling doubtless do imply pardon : but in the known scriptural use, they also signify sanctification; or freeing the mind. from the pollution and power of sin. WASH. Psal. li. 2, 7.—lxxiii. 13. Prov. Xxx. 12. Isa. i. 16.—iv. 4. Jer. iv. 14. Ezek. xxiv. 13. 1 Cor. vi. 11. Eph. v. 26. PURGE. Isa. iv. 4. xi. 35. 1 Cor. v. 7. xv. 2, &c. CLEANSE. Psal. cxix. 9. Mat. xxiii. 26. 2 Cor. vii. 1. Jam. iv. 8. SPRINKLE. Isa. lii. 15. Ezek. xxxvi. 25. Heb. x. 22.

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173. Rom. vi. 3,-So many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ, were baptized into his death.-Ver. 6,-Our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. 1 Pet. ii. 24, Who his own self bare, or took away, our sins in his own body on the tree, that we being dead unto sin, should live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed of your spiritual maladies. Tit. ii. 14, Who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all

iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

174. More particularly, the sufferings, death, and blood of Christ sanctify as an example to us. Rom. vi. 10, For in that he died, he died unto sin once.-Ver. 11, Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead-unto sin. 1 Pet. ii. 21, Christ suf fered for us, leaving us an example, that we should follow his steps.—iv. 1, Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us [for our sins, chap. iii. 18,] in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind that was in him. For [as he died unto sin, Rom. vi. 10, or resisted unto blood, striving against sin, Heb. xii. 4, and gained a victory over it: So] he that hath suf fered in the flesh [that he may keep himself from sin] hath ceased from sin, [or is delivered from the dominion of it]. Rom. vi. 7, That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God in universal holiness. Phil. iii. 10, That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable to his death.

175. Particular instances in which Christ's blood sanctifieth as an example to us.

176. I. Usefulness. Mat. xx. 26, 27, 28, Whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister, and whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant. Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister; and to give his life a ransom for many. [In giving his life a ransom for many, he is an example teaching us to minister and serve in mutual good offices.] 1 John iii. 16, Hereby perceive we love; because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren; [for the good of the church, and the welfare of our fellow christians.]

177. II. Love. Eph. v. 2, And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and given himself an offering and sacrifice to God of a sweet smelling savour.

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178. III. Humility, condescension, regard to the honour and advantages of othPhil. ii. 2-8, Be like minded, having the same love, &c. Let nothing be done through strife, or vain glory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on

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his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus: who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery [a prize or spoil] to be equal, or like to God; [he did not regard the dignity and glory, which he had with the Father; soldiers do the spoil and plunder, which they take by force, and resolutely hold against all the world ;] but [considering it as the gift of God; and therefore to be either retained, or relinquished, as might be most subservient to his honour, and the good of his creation] he emptied himself [of his heavenly splendour and majesty], and took upon him the form of a servant,

-humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

* Ευρύμαχον, Πολυβοιο δαίφρονος αγλαον υιον, Τον νυν ΙΣΑ ΘΕΩ Ιθακησιοι εισοροωσι.

Hom. Odyss. XV. 1. 518, 519.
Eurymachum, Polybi prudentis inclytum filium,
Quem nunc instar Dei Ithacenses suspiciunt.

See also Odyss. XI. 303, 483. It is the same as Icoεos. Iliad II. in catalogo navium, 1. 72.-III. 310.-IV. 212. Odyss. I. 324.-XX. 124. Or eos wc Iliad. III. 230. Odyss. XIV. 205.-XV. 181.-XXIII.339. And answers to the Hebrew □bnɔ Zech. xii. 8, The house of David shall be as God.

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