JL.,ootttng unto 'jjtfu.s. Chap. t. Seer. 6. ~rueTabernacle,wbich the Lard pitched and not men : he is iet on the right hand of God as an high Prieft, or Minifter to tntercede for us, Fo•· as Chrijl is not entred 11ito the holy place mad< with bands .which are tbe Figr<ru of the true, but into heaven it feif now to appear in the prefmce ofGod f or ll<, This appearing is ~n exprdlion borrowed from the cufiome of human courts; for as rn them, when the Plaintilf or De– fendant is ~aBed, their Attorney appearetlt in their names, fo when we are fummc- . . . ncd by the jullice of God to anfwer the complaints which it prefcmth againfi us Jobnt! t, ,.,, have an Advocate with the Father je[ll< ChriJI. the righteous, and he fiandeth up: llxod:i8. 9, 10, and appeareth for us: or lt may be thts appearmg hath a refpeCl: to the manner of n,u. high Priefis in the time of the Law, for as they ufcd to go into the moll holy place with the names of the duldren of Jfrael written in precious fiones, for a remembrance of them, that they mrght remember them to God in their prayers; fo Jefus Chrilt being gone up to heaven, he there prefents to his Father, the names of all his chofen and he rem~mbers them to his Father in his Intercdliens, Cerramly, Chrifi is no; gone to heaven, and advanced tothe right hand of G<Jd, only 10 live in eternal joy himf•lf, but alfo to procure happmefs for his S•ints: it is toexcellentpurpofe, and to the great good ol hts Church that he fits at the right hand of his Father, for there– by he governs and protects his people, and he coMinually executes the office of his Priefthood, prefenting himfelf, and the facrifice of himfelf, and the infinite me– rit of that facrificebefore the eyes of his Father in their behalf. - 4· That true believers may alfuredly hope by vertue of Chritl's feffion to fit them– lelves in the Kingdom of Glory. It is true that Chrifi, and only Chrifi hath his feat at the right hand of God ; to which of the Saints, or of the .Angels did be everfay, fit thou at my right hand l it is a prerogative above all creatum ; and yet there is fomell.ov. 3 . u. thing <Jear it given to the Sai.nrs, for him that o~ercometh, I will grant to fit with me in my Throne, eveK as I alfo am {et down with my F.rher in his Throne. There ·'. is a proportion, though·. with an intquality; we mull lit on Chtifis Throne, as he fits on his Fathers Throne; Chrift only fits at the right hand of God, but the Saints are to fit at the right hand of Chrifi, and fo the Pfalmifl fpeaks, upon th) right h 4 nd Pfai.~ S· l>· didfrand th• ~eenin Gold of Opbir. It isenoughtogreaten the fpjritsof Saints; how !honld they tread on earth, and contemn the World, when they confider that one I <lor. 6. '·' day they ihall judgefitdhe whorld? ddoye not !{now, thatthe SaintJjha/1jt~dgethe WortJ? nay, when they con 1 er t at one ay ther fhall reign with Chrill? if ye fujfor with >Tim.l.ll· him, ye JhaU reign with him. Chrift fitting in heav.en is a very Figure ofus; Chrills perfon is the great model and firll draught of all that ChJll be done to his body the Saints; therefore he is faid to be th( captain ol our Salvation that leads us on, he is fai,d to be our foreru11ner into Glt ry ; he breaks the clouds firft, he appears firlt be– fore God, he fits down firfi, and is glorified firll, and then we follow; Chrilt wears the crown in heaven as our King, and he is united anc.l marryed to God as ou • proxy. Apd yet there is another ground of hope; not only llull we·fit with Chriltin Glory, but even now do we fit with him in Glory: Chrifi is not only gone to heaven to pre. ,. .: ., paro a place for us, bu't ·he fits in heaven in our room, and God looks on him as rhe great picture of all that•body whereof he is Head, and he delights himfelf in feeing · rhem all .glorified as in his Son. To this purpofc the Saints are faid to fit down Ephe(. 1 , tS. with Ohrill at very prefenl, he bath made m to fit together with him in heavenly piacts in Chrill'frf~~< . Chrifi in our nature is now exalted: rh is is that admirable thing which Garried up Cbryfofiom into an ext~lie, that the I; me nature of which God faid, dujl thou art, and to dufr th•ufhaltreturu, jbould now fit in heaven •t Gods right band:. but not only the human narure, but Chriil in pcrfon fits there, as a common per– fon in our ftead • he is in his Throne, and we lit with him in fuperceleftial places. 0 what ftruCl:ur~s and pillars of hope are raifed up here l ~ . That he might defend the Church againft her enemies; and at Iaft defiroy all the enemiesof the Church, Such is the power of Chrills Stffion, that by it he holds up his Soints in thc·midft of their enemies, fo that the gates of hell fhall nor prevail againfi them; true indeed thai many times they are ufed as Lambs amongfi Wolves, but fo Chrifi orders that the blood of Martyrs !bould be the lted of the Church; hereby his Church lrke a tree fettles the fallcr, and like a torch Otines the brighter for the !baking. And as for the enemies of his Church, there is a day of reckoning for them, be that fittetb in the beavm1 fhaU laugh, the Lord/hall have them in Jerifim, The day
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