Ambrose - BT200 A42 1658

--~---·- -·----- 818 Book. IV·Part.V. Looking unto j-efuJ. Chap.2.Secr.4 --- vefr all his Saint> with the [am! privi!edg~? In tbis height of glo- ' ry,Chrifr is th~ pltt>!rn,and plat-form,and Id;:a of \Vhat we (hall be; fure!y this is the very top ofhl!aven; Chrifl: is e:c1lted above the heavens, th 1t we might in our mea fur.: a:1d propntion be exalted with Chrifr; it WJS Chrifl:s prayer that his father, and , J >hn 17. 1 1, he,and we,might all b~ one,as thar& Father ll~t in me,and I in thee that they alfo may be one in U4· Oh ho·n ili )uld faith fr1nd, and gaze on Jefus Chrifr in thisrefpea? what? ts he on Gods right hand? and is he there preparing a room, a feat, a manfion for my foul?what,iliall I fit at the right hand ofChrift? £hall I fit a> an affeffor on his J udgm::nt-feat to judg the world withJefusChriil:? :M~t. 19·t8. when theSon ofman jb;dl fit on the throne of hu gl?ry, re >tlfo fhallftt . upon twelve thrones, judging t,he twelve Tribes of I [rae!. Oh what i!i this? had not Chrifr [aid it, how could I lnve beleeved it? admire 0 my foul at this aym ofChrift!the meaning of his exalting himfelf, it was to exalt thee;and the m:aning ofhts exa.l<:ing thee on this manner,it is to m1nifell: to all the world, whac the Son of God is able to do,in raifing fo poor a c,reature, to fo rich a glory. 0 the end of Chrifrs fitting at Gods right 'hand l hereby ttie Saints are Chrifrs,affeffors; Lords of the higher houfe, the Kings Peeres to judge the world with hi~; Chrifr divides (as it were) L 1 ;:,t 2 •29 P• the throne wi~h them. I appoi;it unto yott a kjngdome, as my Father IJ<ath appo~wtedtmta me, that yee m.1y eat and drmk_at my table in my kjngdom,11rd fit on thron?sjuaging the twelveT;ibes oflfrael. 3. Chrift fent down the holy Gh<Jfr, that h.= might dwell in our f JLJis, endow us with gifts, and graces; that be might comfort us, feal us unto the day of redemption; fie us for glory; amongfr the many ends for which Chrift fent down his holy Spirit, I (ball infift_onely on thefe two.-- I. That he might he! pus to cry Abba Father : and make m to come boldly to the Throne of grace, as children to a Father. It is the Spirit that takes us by the hand and lead~ us to the Flther , when ~thers ftatid at a dilhnce , and cannot come near : As a Princes fon is admitted at all times, though others are kept ou~ by Officers and Guards ; · fo though there be never fo much d1rknefs, and fire , and terrour about God, yet the a :lopced chi\d,wh() h'lth receive l th~ Spirit of adoption,can fay-, mak$ w.1y th~re,r:nd lrr ,m ,·omen 111) Fatha, g_tMrdJ areap;;i nted to

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