378 Book.IV.Part.V. Looking umo 1efui. Chap.3,Sea:. 3 icatter his gifts and Spirit amongft his Saints, would not cry, Come Holy Spirit;O Chrift give me thy'Spirit,thou thatgiveftgiftr unto me,come ~tnd beflow thofe gifts on me! even upor~ me? The belee~ ving foul cannot hear of Chrift in any true difcovery of his grace and glory, but it muft needs fend out many breathings af. / ter him, oh th(!t Cbrift were mine! oh that I had any'mtereft in thu tran[11ction! it is true, thefe tranfatl:ions are paft, but the venue of t?em continues ftill, and accordingly the vertue, power and mfluence of thefe tranfattions muft be the objetl: of our de: fires; now what is the vertue oflhrifts afcenlion, but that we might afcendf and what the vercue ofChrifts feffion,but that we might lit down with him in his Throne? and what the vertuc: of the miffion of his Spirit, but that we might partake of the f-loly Ghoft ? oh let thefe be the objetl:s of our delires ; come let us pant and breath after chefe things. As -- · 1. Let us fee Chrift afcc:nding , and fo ddire to afcend with him , when Chrift afcended it was not meercly for himfe,lfebut alfo in our {lead ; he afcended as a common perfon; as the high Prieft afcending into the holy of holyes, he carryed all the names of the twelve Tribes on his brefi; fo Jefus Chrift afcending into heaven , he carryed the names of all beleevers in the 1 King.z.,u., world on his breft, thereby !hewing that they were likewife to come after him ; ·in this cafe · how fhould wee long af. ter him , and cry after him , as Elifoa after Elijah when he faw him afceading , My father, my father, the charets of I [rae!, · 11nd the horfe-mrn thtreof ? how fhould we cry after him, o m.J lfa.J4.I·h! s. Lord and my qod, fee that my name be written in thy breft, 0 that vtrtuall)' I may ll[cend with thee , and that realf) and bodily I maJ at !aft a[ctnd after thee ! There are many can fay in their heart, I will afcendabove the htights of the cloud1, l'f1!. • •H ,4. I will be /ik,s the moft high, but the Prophet tells us , (uch /hall be brought down to hell, a111d to the jide1 ofthe pit, 0 the detires , and eager purfuites ofmen after ambition, what topping and advancing 1s there ofone over another ? in the mean time the Pfalmifts If3,14.1 z, queftion is quite forgotten, who foal! afcend into the hill of the Lord? he that h11th clean h~tnds, 11nd a pure heart, who hath11ot lift up hi.J foul unto 71anity. Down 0 my foul with thy top and top. gallant ; ftrike fail to God _and Chril.t; know that God re.
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