CHAP.9. of Wifédome, &c. 517 and m therefore are no more Strangers, and Forainers, but Citizens with the Saints and of the Houfhold of GOD. From IN hen ce another excellent fauour commeth,that wee haue continual! acceffe vnto the Throne of Grace, and entrance with boldneffe intohis prefcnce, as the A- poflle teacheth, Ephef, 3. i 2. In whom wee base boldnefe and accefe , withconfidence throughFaith in him. And a- gaine , " By himwe both ( Gentiles afcvell as 'ewes) hone accefe throughone Spirit, unto theFather. For this and the rea that went before,that place is ve- rie fingular, Rom. 5.1,2,5. Being iuq#ified by Faith, wee haste peace with god, through !efue Chrifl our Lord: by whom alfo wee have acceffe, through Faith, into this Grace wherein radian and reiry.ce, vnder the hope ofthe Glorie of God : for the limeof God is ,flied in our hearts by the Holy Gboil that is giuen vntovs (whereas you fee) all are com- prehended. The third is our Soueraigntie renewed : which you may confider in three three ffeps or degrees Fir;}, Wee are reflored to that Soueraigntie that once we had ouerall theCreatures of God,which the o Pfal- mil firfl,and after him, andout of him, the P Apoffle to the Hebrews layeth fourth at large in the perfon of Chrif}, bywhom we haue thisbenefit ; what is maa,that thou404 remember him, er thefonne of man, that thouvi- flu/him?For wholefake thouhafi made him (that is to fay, aria ) a little lower then the Angels : yet hauing vndergone death for our fakes , thou hat} railed him vp againe,andwith Gloriaand Honourhaft those crownedhim, andlet him ( Chrifl our Head , and vs inhim) osier the work!, of thine hands : All things haft than made fubieia ,nsder his feet, Slreepe andOxen, all of them, anda/fo the ReaJisof theField,tka Fowles ofthe Ayre,and theFifies of the Sea. All which,in Chrif},wee feenow accomplifhed in vs bismembers; it being yet vnfeene, fhall thenbe- come. m Ephef,2.rg, Andbluecon- tinuall accefí'e with boldnef e into his pre- fence, n Ephe%z.r., Thirdly, in our former Soueraigntie, and power o- uer the crea- tures, a Pfa1.8.16, 9,x,9 p Heb. 2.47,E.
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