Cant. 8. 6. John '3· J, Book IV. JLooktng unto jjcfu.s. Chap. 1. Seer. 6. of myha11d1, thy waUt are cominuaUy before me; the Sons of Ziolt are upon Chrift's, hearr, and hands and they arc ever in his fight, ~· fn his perpetual loving of them; they are near and dear unto him, he hath fet them as a Seal upon his hear~; fo wastnc prayer of the Spoufe, jet me at a Seal upon thine heart, at a ~eal upon thme arme, and then it follows, for love is M ftrong llf death. Chrifi hath an enrirc love to his Saints; he dyed for theni, and now he mter,;eeds for them; he keeps them clofc to his heart, and there is none lh11l pluck them out of his hands, f •r whom he lovu, he lo~tJ unto the end. Thus fa~ of the agreement betwixt Chrzll s mter,;effions, and the mtercellionsof the hrgh Pucfis of old, S E C T. VI. What the diffrrence if bttn>ixt Cbrift't interceffiont, and the intercef!ionl of the high Priejft of old. 6.\IVHat is the dilfc~ence betwixt Chrifi~s Intercdlions, and the intercdlions . of the hrgh Pnells of old .? There rs no quefiion, but howfoever they rmght agr« m fome refpecb, yet Chrzfi offiCiates In a more tr3nf,;cndcnt and emi– nent way then ever any high Pricfi did before him; now the difference betwixt Chrifi and them, and betwixt Chrifl's Int<rcdlions and their lnterccfiions, may ap• pear in thefe particulars.-- Heb. 4• 14• r. They were called high Prieflt, but Chrill is caJ:ed the great high Prieft. fnch a Title was never given to any but Chrifl, whence the Apollle argues for the ficadfall– nes of our profdlion, feting thm that we have agreat high Prieft, that ;. pa!Jed into the heave11t, {<[m th• Son of G-d, lot m h•ldfaft our profefrion. 2. The high·Priefts then were Aaronand his Sons, but Chrifiour great higb.Priell is the Son ot God; for fo he is flilcd in the fame verli:, the great high Priell that is patfed into the Heavens, Jefm the Son ofGod. Heb. 4- •4· 3· The high PriellHhen were but for a time, but Chrifi is a Prieft for ever after the · Heb. 5.6. order of Melchizedech. Mclchizedech (C.ith the Apollle) wat witboxt Fat!Jer Heb. 7· 3• without Mother, without de{cent, having neither l>eginning of dap, nor endoflife. Tha: is, as far •s it is known; and fo is Chrill without a t'ather on earth, and without a Mother in Heaven 1 without beginning, and without end; he abides a Priell per. perually, even totheendof the World; yea, and thevertueof his Priell hood, is infimtcly beyon.cl4ll time, even for ever and ever. 4· T igh Priells then entredonly into that place that was Typically holy, but Chriflisentred into that placethati; properly holy; he is entrcd into the Heavens, or (if you will) as into the holy of holies, fointo the heaven of heavens. ; 5· The high !ilriefls then did notal ways intercede for the people; only once a year the high Pridlentred into the holy ofholies, and after he had fprinkled the mercy feat with blood, and eaufed a cloud to rife upon the mercy-feat with his prayers and In– cenfe, then he went out of the holy of holies, and laid afide his Garments again; but .our great high Priefi is afcended into the holy of holies, never to put olf his princely-prietlly garments: nor does he only once a year fprinkle the mercy-feat with his Sacrifice, but every day; he lives for ever to intercede; Oh what comfort is this to a poor dejed:cd Soul! if he onceundertakes thy caufe; and get thee into llis prayers, he will never leave thee out night nor day; he intercedeth ever, till he O!lll accomplilh and finilh thy Silvarion; the fmoak of his inccnfe afccnds for ever wicaour intermillion. 6. The high Pnells then interceded not for fins of greater inllances ; if a man finned ignorantly thfre was indeed a Sacrifice, and lnterceffion for bim, but if a man finmd prefumptuouflJ. he watte be cut off from among hi1 people; no Sacrifice, Num. 1 ?· 3o. no Inrercdlion by the high Prieil then; but we have fuch an high Prieil as m•kes lntercdlion for all fins; every fin though it boy! up to blafphemy ( fo it be not againfl the holy Gholl) 111all br the ve·rtue of Chrill's interccllioo be forgiven. In that d•y tberejh,Q be afountaiu opened to thebeufe of David, and to the lnbabitantf Zach. '3· 1 ' nf J erufa/em f or fin, a~tdfor uncle•nm{1, ( i,) for fins of all forts. Veril,y I fay un• Mark. 3· 28. to )OU, aU.finr jhall be for;;ivm zento tbeSonl •f Men. (i.) Scarlet fins, orcrimlon fim; fins of the dccpcft dye fl1all by Chrifls lntercellion be done away; the voice of his blood fpeaks better thing• then the Blood of Abel; it intercedes for'the abolitioll of bloody tins. 7· The
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