634 Book.IV.Part-3- L~okingtmto 1efus. Cbap.J. Seet.3 ving finner be filled with gladnetfe , when through Chrills blood God !hall be thus appeafed and reconciled with him? 7· There is in it immunity, andfafety fromall the judgements and dangers threatned againft -our fins. Surely .i f there were fuch force in the blood of the type, ·that by the effufion of it the Ifraelites lay fafe, and untouched of the revenging Angel, ho\1{ much more in the blood ofChrift ? Satan himfelfe is faid to be overcome bJ the blood ofthe Lambe; and Gods revenge due to our lins is faid to be removed by the blood of Jefus, therefore it is called the hiM~d of JPrinkjing, that fpe~tk.f bttter things then the bleod of Abel, the blood offprinkling was for fafety, and Chrifts blood is for fafet}l; it cryes not for revenge; as A belt blood rryed, but for mercy and for deliverance from all mi. fcry. . 8. There is in it a ble.lfed vcrtue to open heaven, and to ma<k4! patfage thither for our fouls, having boldnej]e 9Y liberty to ·enttr into the holytjHy the blood of{efm : itisthe blood ofChrift that rents the vayle, and makes a way into the holy of holies, that is, into the Kingdome of heaven; without this blood there is no accetfe to God ; it is only by the blood of Chrift that heaven is open to our prayers, and that heaven is open JO our perfons ; · this blood is the key that unlocks heaven, and lets in the fouls of his redeemed ones; .And I lookfd (faith {o.hn,) and behold a doore wM open in heaven, .rnd tht jirff voyce I hMrd WM, M it were ~f a1 trumpet t.rlk:f:ng with me, which [aid, come up hither ; and no fooner was he in the Spiri t, and entred in, but be heard the new fong ofthe foure beafts, and foure and twenty Elders, faying to Chrift, thou .rrt worthy to tak,: t he bo6k_, and tooptn the fea lu thereof, for thou waft flaine, and haft redeemed m toGod bJ thy bl~od. Come now, and gather in all thefe feveral particulars, there is in Cbrifts blood incl ufively thepetfon of Chrift, the price of fouls, a merit & fati sfaCl:ion, a copious and full fa tisfaction, re- , million offins, reconci liation withGod, immuni ty fromdangers, a patfage into glory; I mtght adde all other privi ledges, benefits, digni ties of the foul, for they all fl owfrom the blood of Jefus, and they are all contained either expre!fely, or vertually in the E!~od ofJefus ; .and is not all this worth the looking after? 0 . my
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