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Two Treatises · John Brinsley

Two Treatises, Table of contents 1 – Errata 1

An Alphabetical Table of the chief Points handled in this TREATISE.

A

CHriſt an Advocate for his people, and how. p. 168

Chriſt an Agent, or Lidger Ambaſſadour in heaven, 160

How Chriſt performeth the office of an Agent in heaven for us on earth 162

Angels, whether they have any benefit by Chriſts Mediation 198

Chriſt the Head of good Angels 202

To the good Angels Chriſt is a Mediator of Confirmation 201

Primitive Angel-worſhip 268

Chriſt the Annointed, how 38

The Greek particle foreign explained 75

The word foreign expounded 77

Comfort againſt fear of totall and finall Apoſtaſie 233

Chriſts appearing on earth in the end of the world 88

Chriſt appeareth once upon earth, and once in heaven 90

Chriſt an Arbitrator betwixt God and Man 48

To receive the Attonement, what 246

Chriſt an Atturney for his people, and how 170

The word foreign explained 125

B

HOw Chriſt is ſaid to bear our ſins 66

The difference betwixt Chriſts bearing our ſins, and our ſickneſſes 67

Sins expiated by Blood 102

Covenant old and new, both made with Blood 148, 149

C

CHriſt called to the office of a Mediatour, and that by God his Father 34, 36

How Chriſt was called to this Office 37

When Chriſt was called to this Office 42

Chriſt a Surety by way of caution 139

Conditions of the new Covenant, Faith and Obedience 141

Chriſt an undertaker for the performance of theſe Conditions ibid.

No cruelty in the Sufferings of Chriſt 129

Crueltie what, and when 130

D

DAvid annoynted, a type of Chriſt 38, 39

The death of Chriſt more then a preparatory to his oblation 93

Comfort againſt Death 239

The Law, Deuter. 24.16. againſt commutations of Puniſhment, explained and cleared 114

Chriſt the Diſpoſer of his people 193

Chriſt a Diſpenſer to his people ib.

E

SAtan a Mediator of Enmity 28

Mediators of Enmity too many 29

Naturall enmity betwixt God and Man 221

Senſe of enmitie preparatory to reconciliation. 222

Enmity againſt God to be laid aſide 247

Expiation how underſtood by the Socinian 98

Chriſts expiation properly of the guilt of ſin ibid.

Expiatory Sacrifices under the Law a type of Chriſts expiation 99

Sacrifices under the Law, how they are ſaid to expiate 101

Ezek. 18.20. explained and vindicated 106

F

FAith and Repentance ſubordinate unto Chriſt and his ſatisfaction 110

Forgiveneſſe of ſins, how conſiſtent with Chriſts ſatisfaction 125, 126

The Parable of the Kings forgiving his ſervants Mat. 18.23. explained. 127

G

A double Garment wherwith Chriſt cloatheth his Elect 191

The Elect gathered by Chriſt into his Kingdom of Grace and Glory, and how. 181

Chriſts giving himſelf for us explained and vindicated. 74

Chriſt truly God, evinced by Scriptures. 10

The God-head of Chriſt evinced by Argument. 12

Chriſt not Mediator only as God 204

God taken Eſſentially and Perſonally 209

Chriſt as God-man differeth from God and man 210

Chriſt as God differeth from his Father, a threefold difference. 211

The God-head of Chriſt concurred with his man-hood in all the acts of his Mediatorſhip. 213

The God-head concurring with the man-hood in ſuffering, 4 ways. 216

Chriſt a governour generally over the whole world, ſpecially over mankind. 175

Chriſts government over the Reprobate world. 176

Chriſts government over the Elect world. 180

Chriſts outward government in his Church. 184

Chriſts inward government in the Hearts of Beleevers. 185

The Grace of God conſiſtent with Chriſts Satisfaction 120

Grace gloriouſly manifeſted in Chriſt his ſatisfaction in five particulars 121 &c.

The Grace of God exalted by the Doctrine of Chriſts ſatisfaction, more then by the Socinian Doctrin 123

The Grace of God in vaine to four ſorts af Perſons. 242

The Grace of God in Chriſt to be received. 246

Guilt under the Law twofold, viz.

Ceremonial (External)

Morall (Eternall.) 101

H

HEarts of men not known by Saints or Angels. 269

Hebr. 9.26. opened, and gloſſed upon 88

The Holy Ghoſt, how ſaid to intercede 261

I

CHriſt took our infirmities, how 69

Comfort againſt daily infirmities 231

Innocent perſons may ſuffer for the nocent, and how 115

Chriſt an Interpreter betwixt God and Man 50

Chriſt an Interceſſor upon earth, in heaven 154, 156

Interceſſion made by Chriſt for his people, but againſt his enemies 157, 158

Chriſts Interceſſion a neceſſary Tranſaction, putting life into his death 159

Saints upon earth, how Interceſſors 259

Neither Saints nor Angels properly Mediators of Interceſſion 266

Iſai. 53. a cleer Prophecie concerning Chriſts Satisfaction, opened 63

Iſa. 53.4. compared with Mat. 8.16. and cleered 66

Comfort againſt the laſt Judgment 240

Chriſts Satisfaction, how conſiſtent with the Juſtice of God. 113

Juſtice twofold

Strict

Moderated ibid.

Juſtification an act of grace, notwithſtanding Chriſts Satisfaction. 124

L

JAcobs Ladder, the myſtery of it 46

Chriſt a Lidger-Ambaſſadour in heaven, and great need he ſhould be ſo 161

Whether one man may lay down his Life for another. 117

Chriſt an abſolute Lord over his own Life 118

Chriſt gave his Life a ranſome for many, for a world 119. 126

Gods eternall Love to his Elect, what 26

The Love of God demonſtrated in appointing and giving Chriſt to be a Mediator. 35

This Love declared in three particulars 225

M

MAgiſtrates, though enemies to the truth, muſt be prayed for, and why 3, 4

Chriſt true Man, but not meet Man 119

Chriſt Mediatour not onelyonly as Man 204

The Man Chriſt Jeſus, why ſo called 207

Chriſt a Mediator betwixt God and Men 6

A twofold Mediation of Chriſt

Satiſtantiall

Operative 7

Mediation of Chriſt, how managed and carried on, viz. by 5 ſtops 48

Chriſt a compleat Mediator, ſhewed in five particulars 249

Mediators of

Redemption

Interceſſion

a Romiſh diſtinction. 263

To a Mediator of Interceſſion two things requiſite, neither of which agreeth to Saints or Angels 266

To us but one Mediator 270

Chriſt Mediator as God-Man 212

Chriſt the only Mediator 254

Moſes and others, how called Mediators 258

Whether Saints or Angels be Mediators ibid.

Mediation of Chriſt a ſpring of conſolation. 228

Mediation of Chriſt to be made uſe of 253

The Mercy of God, how conſiſtent with Chriſts Satisfaction 129

foreign, the word opened 6, 7

Chriſt a Middle perſon betwixt God and Man. 8

Millenaries refuted 90, 161

N

WHy Chriſt muſt partake of both Natures. 19

According to what Nature Chriſt is Mediator 203

The concurrence of the two Natures in the work of Chriſt's Mediatorſhip explained 220

O

WHether a party offended may be a Mediator. 211

Chriſt offered up himſelf, how 87

Chriſt a Mediator by Office 20

The Office of Mediator, how conferred upon him 33

P

WHether God could not have pardoned ſin freely without any Satisfaction 131

Chriſtians ought to be Peace-makers, onelyonly in God's way 31, 32

Perſeverance of Saints undertaken for by Chriſt 143

The death of Chriſt a true Price, or Counterprice 80

Promiſes of Remiſſion and Salvati-upon the Conditions of Repentance and new Obedience, how to be underſtood 109

Promiſes aſſured by Chriſt: viz, by his Word, Works, Blood, Spirit 145, &c.

Properties of God agreeing to Chriſt 13, &c.

Chriſt the Propitiation for our ſins, the word, and thing explained 85, &c.

Chriſt a protector to his people 186

Chriſt a provider for his people 187

Chriſt purgeth our ſins, how 97

Chriſt purgeth not onelyonly from power, but guilt 98

How Chriſt is ſaid to put away ſin 91

R

CHriſt a Ranſome for us; word and thing explained 76

God forgiveth ſin without any recompence 128

Reconciliation the great buſineſſe of Chriſt 21

Reconciliation what it imports ibid.

To be reconciled to one, the phraſe expounded 24 & 82

Reconciliation by Chriſt mutuall 23

Reconciliation on Gods part 25 & 83

Reconciliation on Mans part 27

Reconciliation a bleſſed work 28

Chriſt being a Mediator of reconciliation, a pattern for our imitation 30

Reconciliation betwixt God and man how effected 46

The way and means of Reconciliation imparted in the Goſpel 53

Chriſt the meritorious cauſe of reconciliation 81

The ſame way of reconciliation under the old Teſtament and under the new 111

Comfort to ſuch as deſire reconciliation with God 228

A threefold relation betwixt Chriſt and the Beleever viz.

Naturall

Myſticall

Voluntary 115

Whether a man may remit what hee pleaſeth of his own tight 133

God cannot part with his right, though man may. 134

Chriſt the rewarder of his people 195

S

THe Sacrifice of Chriſt was offered upon Earth, not in Heaven 92

By this Sacrifice Chriſt putteth away ſin 93

Satisfaction of Chriſt, the word not mentioned in Scripture 61

Satisfaction of Chriſt evinced by Scripture Teſtimonies, in the Old Teſtament and New 63, 72

The Death of Chriſt, how ſatisfactory 81

Whether God could not have found out ſome other way of Satisfaction then by the death of his Son 134

Why God put the ſalvation of man upon this way of ſatisfaction 135

In the Satisfaction of Chriſt, there is a joynt manifeſtation of God's Juſtice and Mercy 137

The Scape-goat a type of Chriſt 96

Sealing, what ſignified by it, and how Chriſt is ſaid to be ſealed 41

Chriſtians may be confident, but not ſecure. 235

Socinian doctrine about the ſuffering of Chriſt, explained and confuted. 79

Socinian Objections againſt Chriſts Satisfaction anſwered 105

Chriſt a Solicitor for his people 172

Chriſt the Son of God, how 12

Speculum Divinum a School fancie 268

Chriſt no ſtranger to thoſe for whom he ſuffered and ſatisfied 115, 116

Chriſt ſuffered for us, not only for our Good, but in our ſtead 72

In the ſufferings of Chriſt no Cruelty 130

Chriſt a Surety betwixt God and Man 56, 79

A Surety, what 58

Chriſt a mutual Surety ibid.

Chriſt a Surety on mans part by way of Satisfaction 59

Chriſt a Surety on mans part by way of Caution 139

Chriſt a Surety on Gods part to man 144

T

CHriſt taketh our ſins upon him, and taketh them away 95

Comfort againſt Tentations 236

Truth of God in his

Threatnings,

Promiſes,

how conſiſtent with Chriſts Satiſfaction 106, 109

W.

COmfort againſt wants temporall and ſpirituall 237

Witneſſe of the Spirit, what 152

Divine works, viz. Creation and Providence attributed to Chriſt 15, 16

Divine Worſhip given to Chriſt 17

Z.

ZAleucus a juſt Judge and a mercifull Father in the ſame act. 137

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