that also_, plainly by the efficacy of his death, _he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad_:[224] that _he suffered for sins, the just for the unjust_:[225] that _he gave his life, himself, a ransom_:[226] that _we are bought, bought with a price_:[227] that _he redeemed us with his blood: redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us_:[228] that he is our _advocate_, _intercessor_, and _propitiation_:[229] that _he was made perfect_, or consummate, _through sufferings; and being_ thus _made perfect, he became the author of salvation_:[230] that _God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself; by the death of his Son, by the cross; not imputing their trespasses unto them_:[231] and lastly, that _through death he destroyed him that had the power of death_.[232] Christ having thus _humbled himself, and become obedient to death, even the death of the cross; God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name, which is above every name: hath given all things into his hands: hath committed all judgment unto him; that all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father_.[233] For, _worthy is the Lamb that was slain, to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing. And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, heard I, saying, Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb forever and ever._[234] These passages of Scripture seem to comprehend and express the chief parts of Christ’s office, as Mediator between God and man, so far, I mean, as the nature of this his office is revealed; and it is usually treated of by divines under three heads. _First_, He was, by way of eminence, the Prophet: _that Prophet that should come into the world_,[235] to declare the divine will. He published anew the law of nature, which men had corrupted; and the very knowledge of which, to some degree, was lost among them. He taught mankind, taught us authoritatively, to _live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world_, in expectation of the future judgment of God. He confirmed the truth of this moral system of nature, and gave us additional evidence of it; the evidence of testimony.[236] He distinctly revealed the manner, in which God would be worshipped, the efficacy of repentance, and the rewards and punishments of a future life. Thus he was a prophet in a sense in which no other ever was. To which is to be added, that he set us a perfect _example, that we should follow his steps_.