r.L.oouing unto 'Jjcftt.S'. Chap. 1. sea. 10. ----~~--~------~~--~-------- Chrill:, and he harh put them all up unto God ; he could do no oth~;;ife, ·;:;;;:·h;is in 550 Book V. rJacc_an Advocate, to nw~tton and plead fuchcafes as are moved to him. Methinks I tmagme God tlm; befpeakmg Ius Son; See thm do thio poor foul good my Son; here io for h1m ae<ordmg to all he 11eeds, onely :ufz._accordmg to what thou ~owcfl- will mal!f him hap– PY; mufl- he haw my_ Sp"" 1 my co>nforr.n/5 Spmt? twllno lefs, no cheaper thing jerve hu turn ? then here •t u. Oh how Is Chrtft engaged now to petition for them whom God loves, and for whom he gave lumfelf? furely if Chrifl lhould leave tO i~terrede for fuch, he would dtfpleafe lm Father, which we know he would nor do, he would undergo Hell firll:. 3. Itis Chri~·s own iodination to do his office: the power rhat Chrifl hat h for the good of !inners IS nerelfmly acted : as the Sun /hines upon all the World, and it can– not do orherw1fe; fo Clmll: the Son of righreoufnefs, 01ines or intercedes for oil his Saints, and_ he can do_no lefs: wlm is thewill of _rhe Father, is the will of Chrift, ( 1 ~ea? the w1ll of Chnft naturally, not amfioa\ly tn a way of felf-denial, as God"s will IS fa1d 10" be our wtll) fo that whatthe Father would have Chrif! own, he cannot but own, for the fame Spirit is il\ Chrifl which is in the Father, and in the felf-fame mea– fore: As God is captivated with love towards all captives, foam I, faith Chrill:- as God would have all to be faved; and tO come ro the knowkdoe of the truth fo wouid I too faith Chrift. The very fame borromlefs fea of love, rh~t fluctuates in' my Father's John 10 • 3°· brell:, it is in my brefl, For I and the Father are one. 4· It is Chrill:'s honour ro intercede: hereby is the crown fer on Chri!l's head, much honour and glory redounds to J efus in this very refpect. I believe all the work that's done in Heaven, it is Chrift int~rceding,and the Saints and Angels praifing; Chrill: imerc~ds for ever, and the four beafl:s, and four and twenty Elders ling for ever, Rev.4.8 ,9,10,11. an argument of Chrift's honour, by Chrifl's inrerceffion,is given in rhus by Mafler Goodwin· Goodwins if it were nor for Chrifl's inrerceffion how would the office of Chrill's Priell:hood b; ~lu~fl fet out of work? And this reafon is more rhan intimated, Heb. 7. 24-, 2$. 'fhio man b<- .;';~ 7 2 caufe he continueth ever, bath an unchangeable Priej/ho•d; and the work of his Priell:- • ' 24 ' >·hood is interpreted, ver. 25, Tomak£i~~tercejfionforever. The meaning of this is, that God would,nor have him continue to be a Prieft in title onely, or in refpect onely of a fervice pall:, and fo to have onely the honour of Prieflhood perpetuated to him, out of the remembrance of what he once had done: Bur God would have him to enjoy, as the renown of the old, fo a perpetual fpring of honour by this new work of imerceffion, and fo to preferve the verdure of his glory ever freflr and green; and the fum of the Apofl:les reafoning is this, that feeing bimfelfwas to be for ever, fo hi; work of Priefl– hood !hould be for ever,· that fo his honour might be preferved and continued for ever alfo, 5. I~ -is Chri!l's !01 e to bisSaims: his heart is fo inamoured wirh his Saints, that tberefore heintercedes forrhem for ever; uve ;., :uftrong M death ; it is never weary of doing good for the parry beloved; n6w Chrill:'s Saints areChrifl:"s love; Myjijler, cant• 5 . 2 • my low, my dove; the Sainrs in Chrift"s books are fo many jewels, .And they jhall be Mal.>· 17. min., faith the Lord of ifpajls, in that day when I mal<£ up my Jewels; the Samr~ are Chri!l:'s only choyce, the very flower of the Earth, You have I chofm oltt of the world; John 15. 19. and ye are my people, my chofen; All \he \"Jprld is Chri!l's refufe, and Kings are but Jf•-4>· 20 ' morter to Lim, onely the Saints are Chrilt's chofen, they are they whom the Lord in his eternal councels bath fer a part for himfelf; But kpow ( faith the Pfalmill:) th.u the Pfalm 4· 3· Lord bath Jet apart him that ''godly. The Saints are Chrift s i~age_ ( i. e.) the re– f~l!lbta.nce of Chrift_in )1:1~ that which is his chief excellency, I mean m hts !igbteoufndS and holinefs · as if I would rake the picture of a man, I would not draw tt to refemble hi$back-par(s, bur as near as I could I would draw it to life, the very face and coun-– tenil.fl.~~; fu are the Saiats rh~ very picture: theimage, !he draught of G?d in his top excell<:ncy•• The Sa_i_ms-are mcovenant wnh Jefus Chnfl, a~d therefore tn nearer rela- " tion \{lan allY. ,od1ers; .hence it _is that rh~Y. are called the poruon_ of God, the treaf~re of Go&,, 1l1e,peculiar p~opie of God. thofe that God and Chnfl fattshe rhemfelves m, t)10fe that God and CJ 1 rift,(]ave fenhei_r beam on; the chtldren of God rhe Father, the very ~R\>ufe ~nd {>rid~ ,9f. God the Son ; Linfom~ r~fpect ne~rer t~an the Ange}s rhem– felves, for the Angels a.rf nor fo married to Chnft m a my!ltcal umon, as Gods p_eople a~e-• ~ow,i? it a~y won4er that rhofe who are fo very dear tO Chn!t, lhould ~em the .prayer1 af Chri!ll if they were fo mud) in·his heart, rha_r .fometimes h~ /hed Ius bloo~ or them will he uot now intercede for ? 0 yes! to thts end he carnes them on Ins ' --~ · ' breafl ul..J
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