to the 1 E P H E S I A N S. My Brethren, what.can you defire more, than to have the fame Glory that Chri!l: ~ bath? John I7• 22. The Glory w~ich tho11 gaveft "!e, 1 have given them. And, ~ Rev. :j. 2I. They jbt~O jit w1th me m my Throne. lt IS not only, where I am there there they iliall be alfo, but they iliall have th~ fame Glory I. ha~e; t~~y ilial! fit like Nobles, fit about me, even as I am fet With myFathe~ ~~ h1s !hr?ne.. Only with this difference, when the Apofile had fpoken of Chn!l: s fittmg m heavenly places, in chap. 1. verf 2o. he expreffeth it thus, He hath fet hin• at his own right hand in the heavenly places ; there he is, at his own right h•nd: But when he comes to make the reddition in this Chapter,ofwhat we are in·Chrifr, and through Chrifl:, he leaves out, his own right hand : No, To which of all the A1:gels [aid he, Sit thou at God's right hand? Or to which of all the Saints? Yet notwithfranding he as a King, and we as Nobles, and FeU"ows with him, and Goheirs of the fame Kingdom with him, iliall have the fame Glory, and the lame Pleafures. As God will be All in All to the human Nature of Chri!l:, fo he will be to us • \we fuall have the fame Glory that Chri!l: bath, for the kind of it, tho not for th~ degree. I John 3· 2. Whm he JbaO appear we JhaO be lik!·him, for we jhaO fee hi 111 as he is. This is it that makes Heaven Heaven, that you fit together with Chrill,that you have his Company,tha~ he is the Caufe andthe Example ofall your Happinefs. Therefore the ~po!He, m I Thejf. 4· I7, I8. when he would_ have them comfort one another With thefe words, what were they? And Jo, £nth he we jball ever be with the Lord ; for it is he that makes Heaven. We fit in Chrifl now, and we !hall fit with Cbrli1 then, or elfe fitting in Htaven/ies alone would not make us happy. . La.ftly, We fit in,him, as a Perfon, reprefenting us, he is gone thither, and entred as afore-runne~, to prepare.the pl~ce f~r us.. I ~ould give you many places for it, that Jefus Chn!l: bemg a High·Pt~efl:, 1sentred mto Heaven, not on– ly bearing ourSins (for fohe did upon the Crofs) but bearing our Names and Per– fans ; for fo theHigh-Prie!l: did in a peculiar manner, when he went intothe Holy of Holie!l:. He bore our Sins in his own Body on the Tree, and it is true he bore our Perfons too; but more eminently, the Scripture fpeaks ofbearing our Perfons in Heaven: And as he is faid to prolonghis days upon Earth, while Saints are up• on Earth, fo the Saints are faid to fit in Heaven, while he is there. It is in ChrijlJejiu ; let me fay fomething to that, for here is not ar~ idle word; t take it, we have in him a double right to Heaven, ln Chrift, as he is a common Perfoh, and in Jefiu as he is a common Perfon too. Firft, As he is Chrift, take him fimply as he is the Son of God, that isa Head to a Church as his Members. The Apofile argues the Glory that we !hall have af– tertheRefurrea:ionfromthis, in I Cor.IS·46,47· 73eca~~ft faith he, he is the Lord from Heaven, and tH is the heavenlyjitch are theyalfo that are heaven!J; that is, to whom God bath appointed him as a Head of Unjon to, as he is confidere<l as a heavenly Man, as he is Son ofGod, having taken up our Nature, and fo is be– comea Head to all that are Members of him. So we come to Heaven by virtue of him, and not only by virtue ofhis Death. And then, Secondly, There is not one drop ofGlory, but he did purchafe it as he is Jefu.t. TheHigh-Prie!i entred into the Holy ofHolie!l: with Blood, fo did Jefus Chrifr, he went to Heaven, and he fprinkled it with his Blood, becaufe Blood purchafed all the degrees of Glory the Saints !hall have in Heaven. And though afier the day ofJudgment God !hall be all in all, yet frill the ground and right ofour Union withGod and God's communicating hiinfelfto us isinChrift. . In aWord, I f.1y, our fitting in heavenly places, in and with Chri!l: for ever, it is by virtue ofhis beingChrift; that is, he as being Head to fomany Members was chofen to that Happinefs with thole Meinbers, which they !hall have in Heaven. And they having fallen into Sin, this Chrifl is become Jef1H, a Saviour, to fave them out ofSin, and by being Jefus purchafed Heaven anew. This is plainly the meaning ofit according to my Sence. I fomewhat opened it when I hartdled the third verfe of the fir!l: Chapter. I will add but this ope Notion about it. We have two Sacraments, BaptiGn and the Lord's Supper: In both there is a reprefentation ofChri!l: held forth to us, as a Perfon reprefenting us. Bu~ thefe two eminently !hare thefe two things betwixt them. Baptifm doth more eminently hold forth his Death and Refurreffion, and . ' ~ Gg · Jefut
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