548 Book V. fLoolting unto 'jcfus. Chap. 1. SeCt. 9. again becaufe Chriil gave himfelf, and his gift ioas a fweet fmelling favour unto ci;;d therefore God loves Chrifl ; 0 what a round of love is here I God loves Chriff, and Chriff /oveJ m, and the Father lovcJ Chriff ttgainfor loving of"': there is not .an act of Chrill in his work of our redemption, but the Father looks on it wirh love and M.lt. 3· 1". liking : at his baptifme, loa voyce came fromHeaven,fayinll:, Thi< ;, my beloved Son, in Jfa. 53· 11 ' whom I am .well plca(ed; at hr; death, He [eeth of the travel of hi< foul, and h, ;, {atu– fied; ,a: h1s afcenfion he he~reth of 1he rnrerrellions of hrs foul, and ~e is delighted ; Chnfl s mtercellions are God s mufick : and therefore as fomeumes Chrrft fpok< to his Cant. 2. 14• Spoufe, fo God fpeaks to Clm!t, Let me fee thy cotmtenance, let me hear thy voice for fweet u t/ry voice, Hnd thy countenance u comely. Now C hrifl's intercellions ·mu(\ n~~ds prevail, when God loves Chritl: for his intercefiions. fake: if before the World was rrov. 2.29,3o. made, the Son was his l-athers darling (for fo it is faid) When he appointed the founda– tions of the earth! ~hen I WtU by him,. ": 01,. .brought up With him, and I IVM daii)' hi<de1ttht. In ~he Or1grnal [ delzghtJ ], lntl!llatrng that the. eternal Son was variety of de– ltghts to ~1s ~ ather. <? then what delights, what vat·rety, what infinity of delights hat~ God mChnfl now mtercedmg for us? what a dear darling is Chrifl to God, when not onely he ll:ands by him, but he reprefenrs to him all the Elect from the beginning to the end of the World, q. d. See Father, look_ on my breaff, read here all the names ~f thofe thou hAjf given me, M Adam, and Abraham, and Ifaac, and Jacob; of the twelve Tribes, and of the twelve Apoftle's, of all the Martyrs, Profcf!ors, and Con– Jejfors of the Law and Gojpel; I prayfor them, I pray not for the World, but onelyfor them, for they are mine~ methinks I bear God anfwer, Wh.r my Son ! and what the Sm of my worr:b! and what the S•n of my vows! haft thou begotten me thm many Sons ? a11d areallthefe mine? whytherta;k_ what thou wilt, and have what thouplenfeff; I am M Jfronglyinclined anddifjo[edtol ivetheegrant, & tho11 wouldff have it; it u my joy, my delight, mvplea{uretofavethcfefouls, antlfurely the pleafure of the Lordjha/1 pro!Jer in thy hands. 6. That Chri.fl is God's commander (Ifpeak it with reverence) as well as Petitio– ner; it is a phrafe given to the fervams of God .• command ye me; and may we not give it to the Son of God? Chriftians I God is as ready to do us fervice, as if we had him at /fa. 45· t '· command; Thu u the conftd;nce t?at we have in him, that if we Mk.any thing according •John >· 1 4· tohuwi/1 he heamht~r; and m thts fenfewemayboldly fay, that God the Fatherisas ready to hear Jefus Chrill:, as if he had him at command; not that in deed and reality hecommands God, but that in deed and truth he commands all below God, and he com. mands ail in the fread of God. And to this purpofe is that voice of God, I have Jet Pfalm 2 • 0 • my King upon my holy hill of Zion ; and why my King ? I dare not fay he is God's King, as if God wete Chrifl's inferior, or Chrift's fubject: God forbid! why then my King? I anfwer, he is God'• King, hecaufe appointed by God.; or he is God'• John ,. 22. King, becaufe he rules in the £lead of God; The Father judgerh no man , but h~tth commitud all ;udgmcnt unto the Son; God !Jath given away all his prerogatives unto Jefus Chrift, fo that now the King of Saints can do what he will with God, and with all the world; only it follows, Ask..of me, ~nd I will give ' thee the hwhen for thine inheritance: as if the Father lhould have fatd, I cannot deny thee, and yet 0 my Son, I would have thee a;l{.; do what thou wilt in Heaven, Earth, and H<il; I have not the heart, indeed I have not the power to deny thee any thiHg, onely ackt'owledge this power to be originally in my fclf, that all that honour the Son, may, honour the Father, and all tht~t honour the Father, may honow the Son. Thefe are the terms be– twixt God the Father, and God the Son; Oh then bow powerful and prevail– ing are Chrifl's intercefl!ons with his. Fa~he~? i~ he ask who ha~h Rower to com– mand, there i> little quell:ronof preva.Jimgmhrs furte. We. have heard m our days of a fuit managed with a petition ~none hand, and afword m the other, aiid-.what the effect is all now can tell. As aKmg whoJues for peace, barktWJth apll!emArmy., able to win what he imreats for, muft needs treat more effedually; fo Chnll: furng eo h1s Father for his Saints with a power fufficient to obtain what he fues.f<>r, l1emult needs effect what hi> defires may be; it is well obferved, that Chriff jirff u faid to fit at qod's right hand, and then to intercede ; he mats the [alvat:on of jinnm M a "!'ghty PrinH treats the giving up of fome Town, wb.ch !yes feated under a C~ftle of hu that , com.mapds the Town . ov he treats the falvation of !inners, as a Commander treats rlre furrendring of a Fe;fon already in his hands; it is b~yond God's power (I fpeak it Exod. 32. 1o. with fubmiilion) to deny his Son in any thing he asks; tf the Lord~omeumes cryed out to
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