Book IV. !Lcoliing unto 'jjefu~. Chap. 2.Set1:.4. 557 ------:----::-- --------- tho!t in me by the fulnefs tmd power of the Godhead. And is not this a moil; defirable thing. . . . , . . .. 4 . In this commumon hes the v1fion and frumon of Jefus Chnfl: 1n glory, grace brinos tO olory · if communion here, we (]!all have communion hereafter: and this alfo is a pa~r of Chri!Ys prayer and inrerce/lion, Father; I will that they alfo whom rho11 John 1 ; . 24 • h.tjf given me be with me wher_c 1 am, thatthey may behold myglory. ll'hic:h tho~t ~aft g~ven me. Jefus Chrul cannot be 111 Heaven lo~g wlthourhts Satnrs_; mdee~·tt ts 1mpolhble rhar Chrifl: ilwuld be in Heaven, and that p1eces and bitS of Chnfl mylhcal !bould be in Hdl, or yet )ono on E~rrl!. Chrifl: will draw in his Legs and Members on earrh up nearer ro the He~d; certainly Chrifr and you that are believers mull: be under one roof ere long. Is not he gone before to prepare a place, yea, many mtt~rjions for you; we John I<Jo 2, think rhem happy on earth that have rhm many frarely halls and Palaces, their fummer, ' and their winter houfes. 0 Chrifrians! holV happy will you be when you come robe Lords and Heirs of many ftately Manfions in rhe!lreets of Heaven? but what fpeak I of Manfions now I am naming Chrift? Manfions are nothing, many Manfions are bur little, yea, mAn) manftom in Chrifl.'s Father's houfe are bur c.re,arcd chips of happinefs, in comparifon of rhar communron whtch by venue of Chn!l s mterce/fion we !ball have wirh.Chrift. It is rhe faying of an eminently learned holy Divine, 1 jhouldrefuft heaven (faith he) if Chriftwere net there; tak$ Chrift_a!Va) from heaven, and it's but a{,~';; Ruthtr– poor, dark_, heartlefs dwelt.ng; ~ea'1Jen tvothout Chrift would look. .u the d~refulland of death. And therefore after Chnft had f~tokc of many Manfions, and of a place. chat he would prepare for his Saints, he adds further ro increafe their joy, I will come atain J 1 (faith he) and receive yo" unto my feif, that.where I am, there ye mAy be alfo. Manfi- 0 0 !4. 3· on< are but as places of bryars and thorns without Jefus Chnft, and therefore! would have Heaven for Chrift, and not have Cluift fo•r Heaven; 0 thiscommunion with ChriO: is above all delirable, and this is the fubjecc-matter of Chri!l's prayer, Father I would have the Saints to b_e with me !\'here I am, th~t thty '!'") beholdm) glorl· Why, this is the communion which the Sam<> fhall have wnh Chnft, never w•ll their eyes be off him, never will their thoughts wa1;d~r after any other obje~s; .Oh the iolimacy that will be rhen betwixt Chri!l: and Chnfl:~ans ! oh what commumcauon of glory wil~ therebe tO each other! Thefe Jhall walk.. with me (faith~h~i!l) for they ~re worthy. . Rev. 3, 4; 0 my foul, if this be rhe ~ufjnefs bf Chnft smrer~eJ!ion, tf all thefe particulars are contained in the bowels of this one rranfactwn, how 1s 1t that-thou art not in a fainting fwoon? how is ir that thou art not gafping, groaning fick untodearh wirhthevehement thir!l after thy part and portion in Chri!l's interce/fion? if there be fuch a thing as the pafsion of defire in this heart of mine, 0 that now it would break out ! oh that it would· vent it felf with mighty longings, .and infinite afpirings after .this bldfed ~~jeCi:! why Lord I defire, but help rhoumy famr defires; blow on my dymg fpark, 1t ts but little· and if I know any thing of my .heart, I would have it more; oh that my fpark would llau1e! why Lord I defire that I might defire.; oh breathe it inro me, and I will defire afrerrhee. · - · SECT. IV, Of hoping in 7efl<s in that ~efpefl. +• LEt us hope in 7efm, carrying on this work of o.ur falvation in his imercefsion. It . is good that aman Jhould hope. Jndeed jf it were not for hope the heart would Lam 26 not hold ; only look that our hope be true hope: very hypocrites have a kind of hope, ' 3 ' • bur if God's Word be true, The hope of tmj~<ftmen fhallperifh.---}'Vhat is the hoperrov. "· 7 , of the hypocnte? --Will God hear hu cry when trouble corneth upon htm? No, no, ]ob 27. 8, 9. The hypocrites hope /Pail'PerijiJ ; his hope _{hall be c11t off, and his truft p~all be tU a Spiders Job 8. I 3> '4• web. 0 my foul hope in Jefm, bur re!l not rill thou canft give a reafon of thy hope, till thou can(!; prove that they are the hopes which Grace, and not only Nature harh wrought; that they are grounded upon Scriprure-promifes, and foun<! evidences. that rhcy purifie rhe heart; that the more thou hope!!, rhe lefs rhou finneft ; that th;y depend on fure and infallible caufes, as on the r'rurh, power, and mercy of God; on the merits, mediation, and imerceffion of Jefus Chrift; what ? is this la!l amongft the re!l ( I mean the inrerceffion of Chrifi) the fpring of thy hope? canft thou follow the ~ lhe~m,
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