9'50 Book.IV.Part.VI. l.ookingtmto1efus. Cbap.x.Sec.t.8 John 17, 10. '- J~, Z4· Goodwill., Chrift fee forch. Rev•" 9 JO, which I had with thee before the World WM, and yet there u ancther glor; I beg for, and that u the glory ofmy S<~ints, 0 that the] tni!J be [flved! wh] I am glorified in them, they 11re my joy, and therefore I muft h11ve them with me where I am, thou hnfl [et my heart upon them, and thou thyfelfe haft loved them tU thou haft lovedme, and thouhlljl ordained them to be one in m even 111 we are one, and therefore 1 cannot live long afunder from them; 1 have thy comp.rny, but I mu(f have theirstoo; I wilt that the; be wi:h me where I am ; if I have an; glory, they mufl haw part ofit; thu u my prayer, that they tnt!) behold my glory which thou ha{f given me. Why,thusChrifr prayed while he was on earth, and if this fame prayer be the fummary ofChrifts interceflion or interpella. tion now he is in heaven, we may imagine him praying thus; it were too nice tv quefrion, whether Chrifis prayer in heaven be vocal. or mental ? certainly Chrift prefents his gracious will to his Father in heaven fome way or other, and I make no que!lion but he fervently and immovably deGres that for the perpetual vertue of his facrifice all his Members may be accepted ofGod, and crowned with glory; not onely is there a cry of his blood in heaven, but Chrifi by his prayer feconds that cry of his blood ; an argument is handed to us by Mafrer Goodwin thus : As it wM '11iith Abel, foit u wirh Chrift, Abels bloodwent up to het~ven, and Abell foul went up to heaven, and by thu meaneJ the crJ of Abe!J de11d blo6d, wMfecondeaby the cry of Abds liv ing foul; hu caufe erred, and hu joHl cryed; M it u (aid of the MartyrJ, th,tt the [onles ofthem thar were jlainefor the tePimony which they held,cry• ed with .i loud voyce, {aying, ho»~ long Lord, Holy and '{rue, dofl thou not judge and avenge our blood that dwell on the earth ~ even fo it u with Chrifl; hu bloodwent up to he11ven, and hu foul went up to heaven; yea his body -, foul, and all hiJ '¥Phole ptrfon went up to hraven; 11nd by tbi.r mearu hu caufe cryn, 11nd he hjmfelffecomlJ the cry ofhu caufe : 'fejf'A Chrifl'in hu QWn per[on ever liveth to m11/zf interc~/Jionfor m; he ever' liveth as the great M.tfler of re-. · quefts to pre{ent his dejirCJ,that thofe for whom be died may be (.tved. 4 Chrifrs interceffion confifi:s in the prefenting of our perfons in his own perfon to his Father, fo rha~ ndw God cannot look upon the Sonne, but he muft behold the Saints in hisSonne : are they not Members of his body, in near relation to himfelfe? andare not all his interceffions in behalf of them, and onely of · - · · - · · · · · -- - --- ·· them ?
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