LOOKING UNTO JESUS In his lntercejjion. Book V. Part Vi. ···r CHAP. I. Heb. 3· 1. Roni. 8. 34- Confider t_he Apofll~, .and High Priefl of our profej]ion, Chnfl Jefm-:-·-- who alfo ma~th intercejjion for m. " SECT. I. I 'J l 1 r What the Interceffiolt of Chrijf: -k, have fpoken of Chritl's entrance into He~ven, and of his immediate adings after his entrance there; that tranfacHon which yet remains, and will remain untill his coming again, it is his Imerceffion .for the Saints. In thefe aC!ings of Chrift in Heaven ( if we will follow him ) we muft go from glory to glory ; no fooner come we out of one room of glory, but ptefemly we flep into another as glorious as that before: one would think, enough had been faid al– ready of the glory of Chrifl, and of our glory in Chrifl; who would not willingly fit down under the lhadow of this l1appinefs, and go no further ? but yet this is not all; fo thick and fa!l: doth the glory of Chrift break in upon us, that no fonner out ofone, butprefently weareledinto ihe bofom of another. Oh what a blelfed thing is it to beviewing Cbrift, and to beiooking up to Jtfm Chriff; Saints might do nothing elfe (if they pleaftd) but ravilh their. hearts with the diverfity of heavenly light and com– fort, which breaks forth from the bofom of Jefus Chrift. Here is now .another mylle– ryasgreat, and amazing, as.the former, which fprings out before out eyes in this rranfaction o( Chrin's Interteffion. . . And in profecutionof this, as in the former, I IJJall firft lay down the object, and fecondly dircd you how to look upon ir. The object is Jefus carrying on the great wor!< of our falvation in his Intercdlion : in ordering of which I IJJall examine thefe par• ticalars. -- i. what A
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