540 The fecondlookeofDiuinitie, C i-r A r. 9, pened , which before were fhut again{] the (brines of men. This was figured in the Typesofthe Law , by the Heb.9,14, g Priefis entring into the mofl holy Place; to (hew that Chrifl fhoald goe intoHeauen it felfe, to appeare there in the flesh, that we might come thither after him. WhereofI gather a fourth prerogative ,ahick wee haue through the imputation of ChriulsRìghteoufneffe, aboue that that was in tridam,or that ourowne Righte- oufneffe in the greateff perfeetlion of it could pof]ibly bringvs to : ofearthly Creatures , and dwellers in hou- les of clay, to make vs heauenlyCreatures,and Citizens ofthe new 1erufalemwhich is aboue. To declare this fomewhat more largely ; It is the im- putationofChrias Rightcoufbeffe, by which alone wee may lay clayme to the Kingdome of Heauen : for man was created an earthlyCreature; and though he had alt the Righteoufneffe that his nature might reachvoto, yet he could neuer challenge Heauen by it, but his Happines was to be all vpon Earth, which was his proper Element whereinGod had fer him,and Adams paradife was a ter.. reliriall dwelling,where he inioyed as much Happineffe, as he might expe&or looke for; neither was he topaffe the bounds that God had fet , in coueting after the Kingdome of Heauen, and to bee an Affociate among thebleffed Angels , but to content himwithhis portion here below, being the fulneffe of all ioy that his nature could receiue. So that if our Sauiour Chri f} had onely dyed for the Rem ffion offinnes, though he had thereby made vs as righteous in our felues, as euer Adam, was, yet could wee not thereby clayme to haue any part in hcauen : But our Sauiour befiowingwithal] a Righte- oufneffe upon vs, fare aboue the RighteoufneffeofAn- gels, being theRighteoufneffe of his owne perfon who was both God and Man; as hehimfdfe merited heauen, and the fulneffe of all Glorie there : fo by that meanes our right alto commeth , ofbeingwhere our Head is. The
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