“…He hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and He bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.”
Isa. 53:12
“I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which Thou hast given Me; for they are thine.”
Jn. 17:9
“Wherefore He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them.”
Heb. 7:25
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Articles
1500’s
Vermigli, Peter Martyr – ‘Of the Intercession of Christ’ in The Common Places… (d. 1562; London: Henrie Denham et al., 1583), pt. 3, ch. 13, ‘Of Holy Prayers & of the Intercession of Christ’, pp. 306-9
Beza, Theodore
A Brief & Pithy Sum of the Christian Faith made in Form of a Confession (London, 1565)
Ch. 7, 4. The Papists abolish the true intercession of Jesus Christ
pp. 12-20 in A Book of Christian Questions & Answers… (London, 1574)
Viret, Pierre – A Christian Instruction… (d. 1571; London: Veale, 1573), A Familiar Exposition of the Principal Points of the Catechism, 9th Dialogue, ‘Of the Offices of Jesus Christ’
Of the Office of Intercessor, and of Advocate of Jesus Christ, and of the virtue of the same
Ursinus, Zachary – The Sum of Christian Religion: Delivered… in his Lectures upon the Catechism… tr. Henrie Parrie (Oxford, 1587), On the Apostles’ Creed, ‘He Ascended into Heaven’
3. Wherefore Christ ascended into Heaven
4. What are the fruits of Christ’s Ascension
Finch, Henry – 4. Of Intercession in The Sacred Doctrine of Divinity gathered out of the Word of God… (Middelburg: 1589), bk. 3
Finch (d. 1625) was an English lawyer and politician.
Perkins, William – ‘Christ’s Intercession’ in An Exposition of the Symbol, or Apostles’ Creed… (Cambridge, 1595), p. 355
Perkins (d. 1602) was an influential, puritan, Anglican clergyman and Cambridge theologian.
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1600’s
Turretin, Francis – 15. ‘Why and how does Christ intercede for us?’ in Institutes of Elenctic Theology, tr. George M. Giger, ed. James Dennison Jr. (1679–1685; P&R, 1994), vol. 2, 14th Topic, pp. 483-86
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Latin Article
1600’s
Voet, Gisbert – Of the Second Part of Christ the Priest, even Intercession in Syllabus of Theological Problems (Utrecht, 1643), pt. 1, section 2, tract 2 Abbr.
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“And the Lord said unto Moses, ‘I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.’ And Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, ‘Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people… Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people…’ And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.”
Ex. 32:9-14
“And He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto Him; and his righteousness, it sustained Him.”
Isa. 59:16
“Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.”
Rom. 8:34
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