tl! theE PH E S I AN S. Hence it comcth to pafs that our Saviour Chrifl is to be wodhipped, for you feew he bath that glory that no Creature bath, rake him ash~ is Ma.n fitting at God's &r1fJon riglrthand, he is to be worJh1pped, whtch no Creature 1s, Sa!th he, He6.." 6. ,XXX... Wbm he 6ritrgeth his Son. mto the World ~efmtb, Let all the Angrls o/ God~ worfbip him. It is fpoken of h1s fecond commg, as r could open at large. And PjiJI. 4 5', 1o. there the. Church is faid to !land at Chrifi's r,ght hand, and one would think !he were m1gbuly exalted; wharfollowerh? Verfc 12. 'Daughter (faith God,) he is thy Lord attd worjbtp thou him. You !hall find that this is part of Chrifl's exaltation in Pht!. 2. 10. that all worJhip char is to be performed unto God lhould be done in his name , Wherefore (faith he,) . bath God!Jighly txaltedhim a11dgive;t him tt name above every11ame,th~t in(it 1s nor at the name, but in ) thr name ofJe(us every knetjbort!d 6ow; that 1s, that all worJhip Jhould be pu;up to him in the nal_lle ot'Chrifl.This is that prerogative which no Creature harh or was fit to have, th1s glory God would g>ve to none but to the Mao Chrilt exaltfd in Heaveo,yea,let me add this, that this began tobe done when he did afcend up into Heaven. I have wondred fome times at that fpeech, Job. 16. 24. Hitherto ye have aslud nothittg i11 my ttame. When he taught them the Lords Prayer, one would have thought they lhould have been taught to make their prayers in the name of Jefus Chri!t, as we are taught to do by the Apo!lle; but he was not thert Afcen– .Jed, this at his ttalllt every knee jbalt6ow, he mufi fulfer for it firfi and then en– ter into this glory. Therefore Rom. 8·l4· you have his fitting at God's right hand and his interceding for us joyned together. This is the reafon why Jefus Chrifi is fo jealous that he will not ufe the media– tion of Saints in Heaven as the Papijls do, which is flat Idolatry. Why ? , Be– caufe he is in Heaven the only Mediator. Here on Earth you mull indeed fpeak eo Men to pray for yo~, but tf you fpeak to any io Heaven to pray for you Chrifi is jealous of a, for 1t IS part of h1s gl~ry to lit on God's right hand and to be the only Med~ator, an~ that not only m lm name lhould Prayers be put up, but that none ~lfe !Jlould be >mployed to put up pra_ye~s ~elides. Therefo_re_the worlhipping of Samts ts flat Idolatry becaufe Jefus Chnfi 1s m Heaven, and tt ts his only prero– gative to interced~ for us, it is a part ofhis right and glory, Thefe Pre~ogauves are.far above "hat. ever any Creature bath, and fo now I have done wtth the mrenuon of h1s exaltauon, He is exal11dfar a/J•ve all Prin• cipality, (!le. Hhh S E R-
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