Quest. XLI., XLII. QUEST. XLI. _Why was our Mediator called Jesus?_ ANSW. Our Mediator was called Jesus, because he saveth his people from their sins. QUEST. XLII. _Why was our Mediator called Christ?_ ANSW. Our Mediator was called Christ, because he was anointed with the Holy Ghost above measure, and so set apart, and fully furnished with all authority and ability, to execute the offices of Prophet, Priest, and King of his church, in the estate both of his humiliation and exaltation. I. Our Mediator is very often called _Jesus_ in the New Testament, which name signifies _a Saviour_, as it is particularly intimated by the angel, who gave direction, that he should be so called, before his birth, Matt. i. 21. and he is not only styled our Saviour, but _our Salvation_, in the abstract: thus the prophet, foretelling his incarnation, says, _Behold, thy Salvation cometh; his reward is with him, and his work before him_, Isa. lxii. 11. and, when Simeon _held him in his arms, he blessed God, and said, Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word, for mine eyes have seen thy salvation_, Luke ii. 28-30. He is a Saviour, as he brings about salvation for us, and we attain it by him; and he may be styled our Salvation, as our eternal blessedness consists in the enjoyment of him. Salvation contains in it a preserving and delivering us from all evil, which some call the negative idea thereof, and a conferring on us the greatest good, which is the positive idea of it. In saving us from evil, he is sometimes said to _deliver us from this present evil world_, Gal. i. 4. and elsewhere we are said _to be saved from wrath through him_, Rom. v. 9. and, as all the deliverance we experience, or hope for, is included in the word _Salvation_, so are all the spiritual blessings wherewith we are blessed, in this, or a better world; and, upon this account, he, who is the purchaser and author thereof, is called Jesus.