,Sermof1_,_J_· ---'-__:_o(_t_h_e_H_o_L~Y_G_H_o_s_T:-. ______ 6_6_ 5_ ~tch~d : forlookc to the Text :Hc;went notup ;ill the banell foughr,and !eh, ·~· ;o. and the vicrone gotten. For, the next potnt 1s, Cartwme" ledcaptzve. So, no more I.ukc •l· s•! for Him here to doe: Confummatum eft. And af;er lt was con{tJmm~tum eft for us, no ~ - Jeafonb.utitlhouldbeconfummhatiM fullm With Hhtm all<ho. ' h" ..._ H . . But though all. be done ere, a tsnott ere; t ereaPo.ve, w ttucr etsgDn~.' . ; There is fomewhat llill to bee done for us. Wee have our caufe there to bee hand-. 1d and eo bee handled againfl: a falfeand flanderous adverfane (fo lob found him.) !oh'·,.,; Be' eatJes of His bein"' thereonhigh, ha6emuoLAdvocJtHm(CatthSamt lobn) we q i Ym . " . 1 Ad h r. h h" t[oluh' • have 41 /vidv4cau, will feetttakcno 1anne. n w atwere,uc anonewon II\ · ., place where. · · f · But.as our cafe is (forthemofipart) weeratherll:andmneedo agoodH,gh. 3 Pritjl, eomake intercefion; than of a readie Advocate, to put inapleA for us. AndHe is therelikewife to tlmend: on htghWltlun the fanfla fanflomm,a.s a fatthfuii.H;gh· Hc&.~, ·~i Friejl, for ever toappe~re,and to make an attuiument withG o n for our tran(greffi. ons. Thus there, all is well. Bur,ho;~ lhall we doe here, ifHe be gone up on high from us ~ Not awhit worfe: J; Ajcenforc~Eli,auxiliator (faith UUofes, De111. XXXIII. XXVI.) Bybemgthere, He is the better able to helpe us: to helpeusagainfl: our enemies. For, in that He is M high, He bath the vantage ofthehighgrotmd; and fo able roannoy them,toftrike them downe,and lay them fllt ($. l'aul found it;)yea, to raine downe fire andbrimftone, Alh 9.4: Jlorme andtempejl upon them. Pbi.,•.6; Tohelpe us againfi our wants. _Wams,bothumporaU; (for,from .onhi~h ~~~ can{end 5 downe agraciotu rame 11ponHu mherttAncero refrefh 1t :) andJJmtua/1 ; for from on Vcrf•li.J ,high, He did fend downe thegifts andgraces oftheJJirit, chedona dedit ofthis Fedfl, ' and ofrhis Text, both. Looketo the Text. He1s fo gone up, that ourenemzesare Hi; captives: we lhall not need to feare, _they c:1ng'oe no further than their chaine. And, though He be gone; donadedtt, He1s ready to fupply us, ~ponour need,wtrh all gifts requilire. We lhall not need to want: for, nogoodthmg wtUhe with-hold from them, that have Afcenfionesincerde, that have their hearts upon Him and upon PC.!.s 1 . 1 ; • Hisafcenjion: thathft up rhe1rhearcs toH1m there. ' There isyet one, and I keep that(for it lhall be the lafr. )In that He isafcendcdinto 6 heaven, Heavmis to bea{cendedto: By thenew andliving way that i;preparedthrough Hcb.,o.•Q , the veile ofHitJlefh,a palfa~e there lieth thither. They talke of di(covmes, and much ·' ~doe is madeofamJV pajfagefoundout to this or that place : what fay you to this ! dircoverie inaltum, this palfage into the landoftheliving i' Sure, it palfes all. And l'fal.~7,i:•~ · thisdifcovery is here: anJ upon thisdifcovery, there is begunne acommerce, or trade ofcnrercourfc, betwecne heaven and us. The commodities whereof, arethefegifts .- (wdhallafter deale with them.) And a kind ofagem·ie : CH R r s.,. being there, for us; and the spirit here,for Go n ; either Agentfor other•.It is the happiell: newes, this,that ever came to mankind. For, hominibuo,for 1114nkindit is,He isgone up: for, thattstobc repeated to all three,and every ofthem""""'' 'He it gone "P on high, for_ mm; , Led captivity captive,formen, 3 as well, as receivedgifts for men. Hisgoing np then, is not all for Himfelfe; fome parr (and that no fmall parc)for "'· For, thithar Hds gone, ut Pr«mrfor n•fler (Heb. VI.) as uur fore.rnnner orH.tr- Hcb.5.•o; henger,Pandens iter ante nos (faith the ~r.ophet <.Mica) t~makew~ty before m. TofreMic:~.•.•J; . P•rea pl•ce, and to hold polfd!ionof ltmou.rnamcs (fatth He Himfelfe.) Till(fay the<.Angels)"' He w.e;feene togoe up,fojhaUHe likeJVi{e be to come downe ttgaine. Once Ails'·"" more to drfcend(it is His !all:: )and upon ir, His la(t afcending into His highTri6rmal!- [we; there, as our favourable I"dge, togiveus the Ite benedifli, the immediare war· ~!at. •s.:Jj ~ rant for our afcenjions. And fo He lhall rake our perfons thither, where He now is in our per~ons, that IVhere Hee is, weemay be there al{o. And thus much, for Hisgoi11g up on htgh. IC XL Now, the Manner, howHewenr. l.Afcendit Do M t NUS injubi!o, faith the Thcm-.Jttrof V!l.Ffolme,aproper and pec~liar r falmefor this day. For, this is thefiftieth day, ~:'r::tl:i"'' a!!d ~r~il:-f• J . '
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