Chap. 2. Sea. 5· Book IV. ino for u·s that we may actually be received and brought up to him: Father I will th.1t rh';;c who;, thou haff givin me maybe· with me. . Chrifl:s crown of glory is as it were a bunhen on his own head, unttl tt be fee on we heads of all Ius Samts; 0 the blef– fed end of Chrifl:'s afcenlionl how fhould faith pry .into thiS? Believers! you fee your object, you know his perfon, never be quiet until you come inw his condition ; as we muft go through a!I ordinances and creatures ull we come eo Chnfl:, fo through all conditions of Chriil until we come to glory. 2. Chrifi fate down that we might fit with him in heavenly places, what is the end of Chrift's feffion, but chat he might inveft all his Saints with the fame priviledge? In this height of glory, Chri[l is the pattern, and pla~-form, and Idea of what we /hall be; furely this is th~ very top of Heaven ; Chrtil 1s e~alted a~ove _the Heave~s: that we might in our meafure and proportiOn be exalted wtth Chnft ; lt was Chnil s prayer, that his Father, and he, and we, m1ght all be one, aJ thou Father art mme, and I m John 17. 2t. thee, that they alfo maybe one in m. Oh h,owHwuld faith ftan~, and gaze on Je_fus Chrift in this refpect? what? 1s he on Gods nglJt •hand? and IS he there preparmg a room; a feat, a manlion for my foul? What, IJ1all ~lit at the right hand of Chrifl:? thall I lit as an affeffor on his .J udgmem-feat to judge the World with Jefus Chriil? When the Son of man Jha!l fit on the throne of hu glory, :ye al(o jha/1 fit u~on twel"!e Mat. 1 9• 2 8• thrones, judfing thetwelve 'fribcs of lfrael. 0 what IS this? had not Chnli fatd ll, how could I have believed it? admire 0 my foul at this aim of Chrifil the rneaning of his exalting himfelf, ic was to exalt thee; and the meani~g of his exalting thee on this manner , it is to manifeft to all the World, what the Son of God is able to do, in railing fo poor a creature, to fo rich a glory. 0 the end of Chriil's lining at God's right hand! hereby the Saints are Chrit1's affeffors; Lord's of the higher houfe, the King's Peers to judge the World with him; Chriil divides (as it were) the throne with them. I appoint unto yore a kingdom , M my Father bath appointed unto me , that Luk. 22.29,30 ye may eat anddrink at my table in my /Qngdom, andfit on thrones judging the twelve Tribes •f Jfrael. ' . 3. Chrifi fent down the Holy Ghoft, that he might dwell in our fouls, endow us with gifts, and graces ; that be might comfort us, feal us unto the day of redemption; fit us for glory; amongil the many ends for which Chri!l: fent down his holy Spirit, I fhall inlifi onely on thefe two. - · r. That he might help us to cry Abba FAthtr: and make us to come boldly to the Throne of grace, as children to a Father. It is the Spirit that takes us by the hand 'and leads us to the Father, when others ftand at a diilance, and cannot come neat• : As a Princes fon is admitted at all times, though others are kept out by Officers and Guards; fo though there be never fo much darknefs, and lire, a!ld terrour about God; yet the adopted child, who bath receivd the Spirit of adoption, can fay, mak,r w~ there, and let mi come to my Father, guards are appointed to·kfep out j/rangers, but not fons. And no wonder, for the Sptrit makfiimerce[fion for "'• with groanings which cannot be Ram 8 2 6 uttered; the Spirit teacheth us what to pray, and how to pray as we ought; the Spirit ' · ' puts a courage and boldnefs into the hearts of his Saints, even to admiration; this appears in that fometimes they have befet God with his promifes, that he could no way get off. £0ic/en me according to thy word.--- And jlrengthen me according to thy rfal. 119 , 25 , word. ---.Andbe merciful unto me according to thy word. --Anduphold me accor28. ~ing to thy word. --And give me underjlanding according to thy word: And fome29umes they have b<fet God with their challenges of his Juftice, Faithfulnefs, and Righ11 6. t~oufnefs: fo David, Deliver me in thy righteoufnrfs. - ,--- And judge me according to Pfa!. 3 /~:· rhy nghteoufn•f· ---And qwck,rn me according to thy righteoufnefs. ---A nd in 35-24· thyfatthf~lnefs anfwer me, and in thy righteoltfnefs. Why, this is the Spirits work, he 119.40. helps our mfirmities, he imboldens our fpirits in their approaches to God: furely it is 14!- '· one end of the Spirits miffion; Becauft ye ~re Jons, Godhath fent forth the Spirit ofhuGal, 4 •6. Son tntoour hearts, crymg, Abba Father. I wtll not deny but that bafiards, !!rangers wnhout the Covenant, having no right to God as their Father, may yet petition God, as a fubdued people do their Conqueror, or as Ravens cry to God for food, or as fame howl upon their ~eds for corn and wine; but they cannot pray; in right Prayer there is Hof. 7, 14 ; not ondr requm!d gractous ingredients in the action, but alfo a new !late of adoption and filtauon: many fpeak words to God, who do not pray; many tell over their /ins, who confefs not the.lr /ins to God; many fpeak good of God, who do not praife, God; tho.ufand> cla1tnFatherlhip in God, where there is no Son/hip, nor ground in the thins
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