----~ .. ~-... -~-~---- ----------- 874 Book. IV Part.V. Looking unto fefus. Chap. 2.Se'et. 2 myftery; view Chrift as entring into glory, and thou wilt finde the f~me fparkles ofglory on thy heart: 0 this fight is a tranf- · ~ formwg Ggbt, we all with open face beholding as in aglaffe the gl9rJ_ :. c;or. i•18. of the Lord,•m chrmged into th~ fame imt~~ge from glory toglory, even · liS by the Spirit ofthe Lord. 2. ConGderofChriftsfeffion at Gods right hand; no {ooner was Chrifl: entred into heaven, but he is brought before his hea- , ven!y Father; and herein was the viGon accomplithed, I faw in DJ0·7·I3;14,thenightvi(ions, andbehDldonelif<! the Son ofmancame with th~ clouds ofheaven, and came to the antient ofdayes, and they brought himneare before him, ~n~ there was given. him dominion, 11ndglory, and a Kingdome. Thts IS that we call hts feffion at Gods right hand ; a dominion was given him above all creatures, yea a dominion above the hierarchy of all the Angels ; 0 the glory ofChrifl: at his firft entrance into glory ! immediately all the Angels fell down and wodhjpped him; immediately his Father _ welcomed him with the higheft grace that ever yet was ihcwn, Come (faid he) fit thou llt my right hand until/ I maf<! th; enemies P."al. uo, 1 ' thy foot-floo!e. One fwectly obferv.es, that ufually ia the feveral parts of the performam~ ofChrifts office, either God is brought in as fpeaking to Chrifl:, or Chrifl: is brought in as fpeaking to his Father ; thus when he chofe him firft to be our Meditatour, God fpeaks to Chrift, thou art 11 Prieft for ever after the order of Melchi:{,edech; and when Chrift came to take upon him our nature, he fpake to his Father, lo I come to doth) will, a !J~dy h.rjl thou pre~ neb, I 0·7• p;~red for me. Againe when Chrift hung on the cro1fe he fpeaks P1al.u.l. to his Father, m_y God, my qod, why hlfji thou forfaft.!n me? but when Chrift rofe againe from the dead, God fpake to him thoN Atl:-13. 3 ~· art my Sonne, thu day hnve I begotten thee; and when Chrift Heb.1,1~ · afcendcd into heaven, God fpake .to him, Sonne. fit thou down 11t . my right ha,.d. This was the higheft poynt ofChrift elevated; IJ!. 5Z.1 3• now was the prophefie accomplifucd, he jba!i be exalted, and extolled, attd be very high. The Caldee Paraphraft reades it thus, he fha!/ be exalted above Abraham, he foal/ be extolledmore than c..Mofn, he /hAll be wry high abo-z/e the brighteft {berubin, and Seraphi11; 0 my foul meditate on this feffion of Chrill at Gods , right hand, and thence draw down fome vercue and fweetnelfe into thy felfe, what? was Chrift exalted? had he a name given him above eve!)' name? w~.Jkc then as becomes thofc that ha~e ~0
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