·)-~------~--~-- -·----- - 1000 Book.IV. Part.Vl. LDokingunto~eftll .. Chap.2.Secl.8 ----~---------------------------------------------- 1 Cor.11, 6. not this enoug-h to caufe thy very heart leap in thy bofome? BomzventHre fondly reports, t-hat Fr~nces hearin5 an Anoel a little while playing on an Ha-rp, .he was fo moved wirh exr~aort!imry delight, that he thought himfelfe in another world. 0 but fuppofe thou -fhouldil: hear the voyce of Jefus thy Inrerceffour rhus pleading for thee, wouldfi thou noi:'be cail:iimo an ex~ tafie? would not this fill thee \Vith joyes unfpeakable, and full _ofglory? -:- Co?le, realiz.e this meditation! ce~tamlyif thou an Chnlls, he Is rhus, or m fome other manner mtercedih~ for thee; as fure as ChriH is in heaven, he is pleading with his Father in heaven on thy behalfe: 0 the joyes, the }oyes, the joyes that I fhould now feel ! - Tell me, is it not a comfort, for a poor beg~ar to be releeved at a rich mans door? we are all befgars in regard of heaven, md ]efus ChriH doth not onely come forth and [erve us; but be takes us poor beg:sars by the .hand, and leads us in to his heavenly Father: Oh what ~omfort is here ! · --,..--------------- S E CT. 8. Of prafng ie~ and praJJing of { e[m in th.tt reJPef1. 8 l Et us pr,1y, and praife our Jefus in this refpeel:. I. Ler us pray or [ ue out our inrerefl: in this int~r- 'ceffion: it is a queHion amonzH the Schooles, wh~ther we may conveniently pr.1y-ro Jefus, to pray to his Father in our behalfe? And thus farre is granted, that we may pray to Chri!t to make us partakers of his inrerceffions, and to mingle our prayerswirh his prayers, that they may fin0e acceptance with God his Father. But th,tt we may ufe fuch-a forme, as. ortt pr~ · nobis, 0 Chrift pr117 fer m, it is looked upon as inconvenient in: this refpecL 1. Becaufe we hrwe no [Hch cHftome, neither the' ChurcheJ ofGod. 2. Becaufe it favours too much of the errour' of Arrim, N rflorim, and indeed of the Romanitls themfelves: 3. Becaufe our pr.1yer,; are mofl:-what directed to Chrill in his perfon or divine fubfi(l.ence, whofe part is rather to give, than to_ ask ; or if they are diretted to ChriH: as Mediatour, ~nd. not- , f:mply
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