}3ook IV. JLrotttng unto 'jcfu.s. Chap. 2.Seet. 2. 501 ----- . ;atio~pafs -;,t over thy- duty~~hich im~~;diltcly follows, Singpraifes u~to God, fin~ :"· 6. praifes, jing praifes unto eur Ktng, fing praifes. - --Smg unto God, fin$ prai[es to hu !al. 68." Na"'c extol· him that rideth npon the heavens, by the Name Jdh, and rr;oycebeforehms Thou ball: great caufe, 0 my foul, to pnife him, and to rejoyce before him, efpecially if thou conlidere!l: that Chrill afcended not for himfelf but alfo for thee; it is God in our nature thar is gone up to heaven, whatever God acted on the perfon of Chrift, that he did as b thy behalf, and l1e mea~s to aCl: the ve_ry fame on thee ; Clmft as a_publtck perfon afcended up toHeaven; thy rmerefi IS rn thrs very afcenlion of Jefus Chrrll.; an~ therefore doll: thou conlider thy Head as foanng up? 0 let every Member prarfe hts Name, I« thy tongue (called thy glory) glory. in this, and trumpet out his pcaifes, that in refp<Cl:of thy duty ltmay be venfied, Chrij/ ugoneupwztha fhout, the Lord with the found of a Trumpet. - And yet ftay not by the way: but con.Gder furthe_r; Chrill being now arrived at Heavens doors, thofo heavenly Sptrtts tha <accompamed htm began to fay, Liftu; your Pfrll. q.;. hflrrls 0 yegares, even lift 11p your [elves, ye everla{fing doors, flnd the King of glory jhA/1 come in ; to whomfome of the Angels that v1ere within, not ignorant of his Perfoh, but admiring his Majelly and Glory, faid again, Who i; thu King ofglory ? And then they anfwered, The Lord {frong andrnighty, the Lord mighty in battel; and thereupon thofe V«. 8. twelve gates of the holy City, of new Jerufalcm opened of their own accord, and Jefus ll.cv. " ' u; Chri{t with all·his minifiring Spirits enmd in. 0 my foul, how lhould this heighten thy joy, and enlarge thy comfons, in that Chri[l is now received up into glory? every fight of Chrifl is glorious, and in every fight thou Jlwuldfi wait on the Lord Jefus Chrilt for fome glorious manifellation; of himfelf. Come, live up to the rate of this great myllery ; view Chri!l:.as entring into glory? and thou wilt find the fame fparkles of glory on thy heart: 0 tlus fight ts a rransformtng fight , We all with open face beholding, 44 in agla[s, the glory of the Lord, are ch.wged into rhe fame irnage from glory toglory, 2 «or. 3 , 8, even 4' by the Spirit of the Lord. · · 2 • Con!iderof Chri!l:'s Seffionat God's right hand; no fooner was Chrifi entred in– to Heaven, but he is brought pefore his heavenly Father; and herein was the vifion ac– compli!hed , I Jaw in the night vifions, 4J1d behold one lik! the Son of man <«me with 0 the clouds ofheAven, and came to tl.e 4ncient of dayrs,and they brof'g_ht him near before hi'm, an. 7· I3,t4 and there was given him dominion, am/glory, f!nd a Killgdom. Thtsts that we call his Seffion at God 'sright hand; a dominion was give'lhil11 above .al.! creaturej, yea a dominion above the Hierarchy of all the Angels : 0 the glory of Chdfi at his firl1: entrance into glory! immediately all thoAngelsfell down and worlltipped him; immediately his Father welcomed himwi<h _the highell grace that ever yet was /hewn, Come ( faid he) fit Pfal. I 10, I; thou at my right hand""',[ I ma~e thy <nemzes thy foot-ftool. One fweerly obferves, that ufually in the fever>! pans of the performance of Chrill'soffice, either God is brought in as [peaking to Chrifi, or Chrill is brought in as [peaking to his Father; thus when he chofe him firll 10 be our Mediator, God fpeaks to Chrill, Thou ~rt a Prieft for ever af• ter the order of Melchiz..edec!.; and when Chri!l: came to take upon him our nature, he , fpake to his Father, Lo I come to do thy will, a body haft thou prepared for me. Again H b when Chrillbung on the crofs be fpeaks'to his Father, My God, my God, why haft thou Pful·~~ 7 ' forfaken me ? but when Chrifi rofe again fromthe dead, God fpake to him, Thou art my AE.t• ''· Son, thi; day ~ave I begotten thee; and when Clui!l: afcended into Heaven, God fpake to Heb' ' 3 •3J· him, Son, fit iho1< do:vn at my ritht hand. 1hiswas the highe!l point of Chrifi elevated ; •'· 1 J· now was ;he pr.ophehe accompl!!hed, He jhall be exalted, tmd extolled, and be very high. The Caldee Paraphr~ reads it thus, He jl~all be exalted above Abraham, he jiMll be ex- lfa. S•· I3• tolled more than. Aipfei, he lha!lbe vay hi,~h •bovc thebrightej/ Cherubin, and Seraphin; 0 my foul meduate on tlusSeffion of Clmlt at Gods right hand, and thence draw down fome venue and fweetnefs into thy felf, wha: ? was Chrift exalted? had he a name given him above every name? walk thenas becomes chofe chad1ave fo glorious aHead : 0 defile not that nature which in thy Chri1t was fo highly honoured! it was the Apo!l:les argumg, Sh:tll It~ the "'embers of Chrift and mail.! them themembers of an harlot? [o j Cor 6 ; argue thou, .lltall I cake the Nature of Chriit, t!m Nature which he in his Perfon bath fo · ·I • highly glorified, and make it in my perfon the nat ure of a Devil? 0 my font walk worthy of fuch a L9rd, unto all well-plea!ing; lith now he is in his Throne at God's right hand, 0 kj(s the Sen! honourthe Son w"h dtvrne worlh1p, reverence, and fubmiffion. fubmit chearfully and willingly to the Scepter of '1is Word , bow to his Name, as it i; wrttten, .At the NIU/1c, the Perfon,the Power, th~Scepter of {efM Chrijl every f0ee JhouldPhi!. 1 , 1 o; bow. li g g 2 3. Conlider
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