ofthe Covenant. · 2-61 the heloved, Chap. i. 6. And inhirri they have an a/.. tar, thia fancrifies their gifts, Heb. xiii. 10. So that theirJpiritual facrifices, howbeit ~~)~Y want not their blemi!hes, yet are acceptable to C:od by Jefus Chrijl, I Pet. ii. 5· Their pra-yers made in f<lith, tho' fmel• ling ra11k of the remains of ~he corruption .of nature, yet being perfum'd by thelntercdfor, with the incenfe of his merit, are accepted in heaven, and have graci~ ous returns made them, Rev. viii. 3· . Their doifrg fervices, ·and their fu.ffering fervice.s, which how.foe– ver cofily, could not be accepted for their own worth becaufe im}?erfecr, are thro' his interce'fiion accepted, as being ' wafhed, and made white in the blood of the Lamb,' Chap. vii. 14. Laflly, Obtaining their admittance into heaven, in ~he due time : and cont~nuing their fiate of perfect happinefs there for ever and ever, John xvii. 24.' Fa· ther, I will that they alfo whom thou hafi given me, be with me where I am.' Our Lord Jefus Chrifl: was, by his Father, -confiituted aPriefl for ever, Pfal. ex. · 4· Neverthelefs, after his having once offered up him– felf a facrifice on the crofs, -he offereth no more facri.. fice. Therefore he mufi be, not a.facrificing Priefl: for ever, but an interceeding Priefi, as the Apofi:Je explains it, Heb. vii. 25 . He ever li'ffeth, to make in• · terce.f!ionfor 'them. Now thefpirits ofjufl men be- . in~ made perfell, immediately after death, there is no more imperfecrion abou~ theirfouls morally confider..- · ed, Heb ~ xii. 23. And after the re(urrefiion, there · will be no more imperfecrion about their bodies neither, . 1 Cor. xv. ·53· The effecr then of Gbrifi's intercif– fion for ever, mufi be the everldling continuation of their happy fiate; their interceifor eternally willing the continuance of the fame, on the ground of the e- , ternal redemption obtained for them, by the facrifid~ of himfelf. The infinite merit of his facr ifice will be eternally prefented befot:e God in 'the holy place • . while he fuall appear there inour nature continually : ~nd
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