_ Opened, and appliedfromCanisT S priefily-Office. 55 of Works, God did firft accept of the work, and then of the Perfon, thePerron for the work : But in the Covenant ofGrace, God doth firft accept of the Perfon, and then the Work. Now therefore, that our Work, and our Du- -ty may be accepted with God the Father; The Lord Chrift, our High-Prieft, cloth firft take our Perfon and our Name, and,carries them into thepretence ofGocf the Fa- ther. Thiswas plainly fhadowed out unto us, by that of the High-Preft; Who went into the Holy of Holieft, with the Namesof all theTribes upon hisbreaft. Which the Apoille fpeaks out plainly : In whom we have acce.fli with Epb.3.12, beidnef?. Theword Acceffe, as force obferve, isillainduili- on,Hand-leading : Inwhomwe have an Hand-leading ; or Tv by whomwe are led by the Hand, unto God the Father. As a child, having run away fromhis Father, is taken by the hand of a friend, or ofhisElder brother, and brought again. into the prefence of his father : So, all wehaving run awatfromGod, are taken, and led again into the pretence of theFather by the hand ofJefus Chrift. He is that lad- der that Yaeob raw, upon whom wedo afcend' into the bo. Tome ofGod, and go into Heaven. Our High-Prieft je- fus Chrift, doth firft take our Perfons, and lead us-into the prefenceofGod the Father. That is the firft. Secondly, As be doth tape our Perrfns3 and lead, and carry lif into theprefence ofGod the Father : So when we do perform any Duty, be doth obferve what evil, or Aling there if in that Duty, and draws, it out, take} it away before beprefents thensty, unto.God theFatber. AChild that would prefent his father with aNofe-gay, or Pofie, goes into the garden and-.he ga- thers flowers, and weeds together ; but coining to his mo- ther, ,fhe takes them, andpic,ks,out -the weeds, andbinds up the.flowers by thernfelves , and fo it is prefented to the fathers Thus it is with us : We go to Duty, and we ga- ther weeds, & flowers together : But the Lord lefus Chrill, hecomes andpicks outtheweeds; and theivhe prefentsno- thing but flowers unto God the Father. Andibis we hive plainly fet forth,unto us, by_ that of the,
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