----------~--------·-------------- · Chap.2.SeCt.6 Lodingumoftfus. BooldV. Part. VI. 593 as hot rhis day as ever; now it is rh.1t Chril11oves, and lives; and whaefore lives ? but onely to love us, and to inrercede for us. Chri.J.t makes our falvacion his conHant calling ; he is_ everathiswork, yefterday, and to d.ty, 11nd for ev~r: there is not one hourc in rhe day, nor one day in a year, nor ·one year in an a<~::, whaein Chriit is not bufie with hts Father in this heavenly i~nploymem ofinterceciing for us. He loved us before l'le died for us, his love being rhe ouie why he died for us; .and he loves us [till, in that now he i.Qtercedes for us : iris as nruch as to fay, (hrift hath /QveihfJ, ttnd hn-epmts not o{hiJ /eve: love made him dy for us, and ii it were to do again, he would dye over agJin, yea if our finnes had fo r-:quired rhat for every elect perfon Chri.i.t mufl: have dyed a feve ra·l death, love, Jove ~vould have put him willingly upon ,1!1 rheie dearhs; q the loves of CbriJ.t towards our poor fouls! If I might but fiay, and take ·fame turnes in this brge Field oflove, how many thoufands of particulars might I draw out of Scripture exp.reJTing ChriHs love . Eo us in this refpeCl: ? though he Qe in heaven, yet by verrue of his inrercefTion he bem us in his hands ; yea, he leads us by the r; hat~J, and armes too, 1 taught Ephraim to go, taft.!ng thtm bJ ~~f.i1° 'J~ •· thezr armu, but thc7 ~new not thnt I healed them; he dandles us on his knees; ·he bears us on his wings ; tU an Et~gle .ftirrerh up Dct~t .3 ~.u,t 1. htr neft, jluttercth over her young, jpret~deth ,bro~td her wings, tak.fth them, and bMreth them on her wings, fo the Lord •rlone doth /e,.d us; he carries us on his J},oulders, as rhe man found his:fheep, And laid it on hiJ fb~uldn·IJ rejoycing.· Nay,I mufl: yet come near- Luker 5-5 · er , for ChriH by his interce/Eon fets us nearer yet; hiJ left ' · hand iJ under su, · and his right handdahimbrace stt; he wears us Canr.1. 6. ' in heaven as a bracelet about his annes, which made 'the Spoufe· cry out, 0 fame asii.Jeai upm thine arme; he fl amps Jnd prints Can 1 .s. G. us on the palmes ofhts hands, behold I ha1:e gra1.1en tim on the Iia.49. i 6. palmu ~f mJ hand1, as ifOlir mmes ~vere written in letters of blood upon ( hri.Lls fleJb; he fets us as a feal upon his heart, that is th.! expreflion of the Spoufe too, 0 Jet me M 11 feai upm thine C 8 ~ heart ; Nay, fo precious are the Saints to Jefus ChriR, tlut ant. · • they l?dge ~heaven in his bowels, and in his heart; fo~ they ~'~ dwell ~n Chnll:, -herebJ we_.cyow th.u we d-.nllin him 1 and they 1 Jobll 4 . q. dwell tn God, and dwell In love, for G6d iJ love, and he ;h;~t I J onn 4· 16. dwe/11thinlove, dweliuhinGo.l. Iknownot\\hatmoretcfay; _ L l 11 li . you
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