Cbap.I.Sed'.r Looking tmto 1rf1M, Booi IV,Part.VI. .931 crpted of th~ Father. I. I call t_he in~erceffion o~ q_rift ~i~ own graciom wt!l; for we mull not tmagme that Chnfl: 10 hts mterceffion prollrates himfclfeupon his knees before his Fathers throne, uttering fome fub~tffive f~rme ofwords or prayers; that is not befeeming the MaJeHy of htm that fits at Gods right band . when he was ut yet on earth the fubfl:ance ofhis rcquefl:; for his Saintsrun thus, Ftitther I wi!!, that they a!fo whom thou haft given me be _witk me where I am; : .a_nd how much more Jub,t7, ~f. now he is in heaven ts thts the forme of hts mterceffions, Father I wilt thu, 11nd I will that. 2. The ground or foundation of Chrifl:s interceffion is the facrift~e, or de11rh of ChrijJ; and hence we make two parts o~ Chrifts Prtefthood, or oblation ; the one expiatory, when Chnfl: futfered u~n the croffe ; the other prefcntatory, when he doth appeare mheaven before God for us. the one was fini!hed on earth, when Chrift futfered without th~ gate ; the .otheris perfo~med_ in heaven, now Ch_rift is within the City; the one was a facnfice •_ndced, the.other ts not fo much a facrifice as the commemoratiOn of a facnfice; the firfi was an atl: of humiliation, and this lacter is an atl: of glory. the firft was performed once _f~r all, this latte_r is done con_tin~ally; the firft was for the obtatntng of redemptwn, and th1s latter is for the application ofredemption; fo that the ground of this is that· Chrift fervently and immovably· defires his Father for the fak~ and vertue of his facrifice. 3. The fubjetl: matter interceded for,is,that ttl/ the S~int~ and their fe~vices might finde acc.eptance • with God; firft Chrtfl:s mterceffion ts for our perfons and then Chrifl:s interceffion is for our works; for as our perf~ns are but in part regenerate, and in part unregenerate; or in part flelh and in part fpirit ; fo be our dutyes, part good and part evil in part fpiritual and in part linful ; now by Chrifts interceffi~n is Chrifts fatisfatl:ion appl ~ ed to our perfons, and by confeguence the defeCt of our dutyes is covered and remoYed ; and both we and our works are approved and acct!pted of God the Father And thus much for the nature ofChrifts intcrceffion,what it 15 , • Cccccc :1
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