Opened, and appliedfiCaCIIR1STS Ptiefily-(Mice. the father bath no mind to, or that the father is Pet a. gaintt ; pally he might not prevail ILA it a beloved child 'ball come and pray the father, in a buff nefs that the father likes as well as the child; Purely then, the child is very like to fpeed. 1hus it is : 1 he 1 ord jefus Chrilt comes,and he intercedes for us : and the Father hath as great an inclination, and difrofition unto the u ork that Chat' intercedes for,as Chrilt himfelf bath : And there- fore faies Chrilt, Loe, I come to do thy will : I coma not to do mine ownwill, but the will of him that font me. That which Chrift did, that he bad amind to, it was rather,thewill of theFather, than Chrifiswill : the Father is as ftrongly in- dined, and difpofed towhat Chrilt did, andwils, asChrift himfelf. Thofe that thou hall given me (Wes he) I have loft none : they are thineown, Lord, and therefore I pray for them. We have a notable expreflion to this end, in the 0. Chapter of John, and the 17. vale. Therefore doll) my father love me, becaufe I lay down my life, that I may ta&e it a- gain. 1 lay down my life: Here's his fuffering, and his fa- tisfaCtion. 7bat I may tak it again: Go up to Heaven, and take it again and intercede. Therefore doth my father loveme. Oh! what a round of love is here : God the fa- ther out of love, fends Chrilt into the world to.die for man: God fo loved the world, that he gavebis only begotten Son. Wcl, jefus Chrilt out of love tous, he dies for us : Who bath lo- ved us, and given bimfelf for us. The Father loves the world in givingChrift, The Son loves the world in dying for us ; and the Father, he loves Chrift again, for loving us : Chrift loves us, and theFather loves Chrilt again for loving ofus : a mighty high expreffion, That the Father fhould love Chritio for loving us. So then look wherein the loveof Chrilt is feen unto poor fin ners, the Fathers in- clination, and difpolition is untot hat as much as Chritts So that when be comes untoGod theFather, and does in- tercede, he mutt needs prevail, becaufe the Father loves him for his interceding, theFather likes the matter as well as he, lovesyou thebetter for it. h Thirdly,
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