LOOKING UNTO J E S U ·8 In his Ajcenjion, Seffion, and ·Mijjon ofhis Spirit. Book IV. Part V. CHAP. I. :-i . ' Heb. 12. 2. Loof<Jng unto Jefuo-----who is[et d~wn at the right hand ofthe throne of God. SECT. r. Of Chrift's afcenjon, and of the manner how. H US far we have 'rraced Jefus inhisactings for us; until the day in which he w.u tak_en up. That which immediate- &as r. ,~ ly follows, is his Afcenlion, Seffion .at God's right hand, and MilTon of his haly Spirit; in profecution of which, as in the former, I IJJall fidllay down the objeCl, and fecondly direCl you how to look upon it. The objeCl is threefold. I. He afcended into Heaven. 2. He fate down at God's right Mnd. · 3. He fem down the holy Choll. I. For the afcenfion of Chrill,this was a glorious defign, and contains in it a great part of the falvation of our fouls. In profecution of this I fhall ll1ew firll that he afcended. 2. How he afcended. 3. Whither he afcended. 4· Why he afcended. 1 r. Tha_t he afcended. I. The types prefigure it! 'Then faid the Lord to me, thu Ezek +I· ;, 3 • gate (hall be j/utt, it j/>all not be opened; --it i; for the Prince, the Prince he jhall fit in it to eat bread before the Lord, he Jbalt enter by the way of the por<h of that gate, and_j/>altgo out by the way of the fame . . As the gate of the Holy of Holies was llmt agamll every man bm the high Prieft · fo was that gate of Heaven fhut again!l: all, fo t~at no~e could enter in by their own v;rtue and efficacy but only our Prince and great high Pneft,thc Lord Jefus Chrift,indeed he bath opened it for us,and emred into it in our place and !lead, Whither the fore-mnner i; for tlf entred, even /efm made an high Prie(f _ , for ever afm theorder of Melchiftdech. 2. The Prophets forefaw It, I Jaw in the night Hob. 6. 1 0 vifions, andbehold one!i"-! th' Son of man cam With the cloud! •f Hr.1ven, and cane to the 0 ""· 7· t3,t4. D d d 11ncient
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