Opened, and applyed fromCHRIST! Prieitly.Ofilee. needs be underfiood of Chrift; for no Angel does inter- cedebut Chrift, who is called, 'jibe Angel of rhe-Covenant. 'Tis Paid here, He flood at the Altar, having a goldenCen- ter : HIV Which none of the High-Priefts had : and there was given unto him much incenfe, and this he offered with the prayers of all the Saints; and the fmoake of the incenfe camewith the prayers ofthe Saints, and afcended up be- fore the Lord. He alludes unto the way, and cuftome of the Jewes, and the High-Prieft : fheving, that the Lord jefus (Atilt doth all this for us, as our great High-Prieft that is the meaning ofit. So that this is plain what he doth, when as our great High-trick he offers upour Gifts untoGod the Father. But -in the Second place: Suppofe be doth fo What Favour, or Acceptance loath this our great High-Priefi in heaven? He hath very much : Fattier (ales he I thankthee that thou heareft me alwaies. He never fpake aword unto God the Father, but the father heard him alwaies. We reade (as I remember) but ofTwo places in the newTeltament, where the Lord .by an audiblevoice, gives teftimony of je- fus Chrift his Son : And in both thofe places, wehave the fame words uttered, ?hid' is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleafed : And again ; This ismy beloved Son, in whom I am well pleafed. NNe may know what favour a manhath with another, by the Trull that he cloth commit to, and re- pofe upon him : Jofeph had great favour in the eyes of Pharaoh ; andhow did it appear ? It appear'd by this, Ee- caufe Pharaoh trailed him with fo much. Now God the Father,hath milled Jefus Chrift, thisour great High-Prieft, very much. This 1 than evidence in Four Particulars, viz. What agreat Trull Gad the Father bath put uponhim. Fill, It was anagreementbetweenGod the Father, and Chrift, the Second Perfon ; before the world was, That in due time. he fhould come into theworld, take fleth up- on him, and die for linnets : and he did fo. Fut before Chrift came into the world, therewere thoufands offouls Paved; How came they to befaved ? They came tobe Caved by 57 weft, 2. Anfro.
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