Of ElefJion. ~ on, and final conclufLOn of all, that they may be One. The fecond is for the BocK 11. mea11s~ in order to rhc attainment .rh~reof; tbat.tbey may bt _kept in holinefi, ~ and thts througl.out the refi oftheu ttme m thts lite : And 1h1s is in the interveniDg Petition, fubordwate to the lall, as a means to an end ; [that] they m, 1 y be O~>e; as the Particle:,., that cloth lhew: And thu btitl[, kept he prays for, as that which in this World was to be done for them, fo exprefly; tbtje are m the World, and [Now] keep them, (!)c. And therefore 'the Onenefs, in or– der to the attainment ofwhich, He intends this,their being kept f.!>r. 1s pnnci– pally that U nionat the end with him, in the other World; W«tch alfo tln•talls in to confirm, 1t 1s, that all thmgs of Gods, and Chrifis, do become theirs: '· .. · ... And fo makes them as entirely One with God, and Chnfi, as meer Creatures can be: 'Tis be tbat overcometb.jhali i11herit aJJ thmgs, a11d 1wzli 6t hi. God and heJbatl be my S011, Rev. :u. 7· And they do but narrow it, who under~ fia11d itonlyofourOnenefs one with another; and who limitityet further unto that which ought to be in this life; which~ have fpoken to elfewhere: Now rhen al though t hat firfi paffage at the begmmngof Verje 10 • .AO mi 11 e are 1bw e, We. m1ght prefently have had to fucceed it, thatlafi Petition at the end, Th,;t( fo )1htym11ybe one, according to the true tenor ofChrifi'smean· ing in tl,ofe other words; yet our Lord to make his prayer yet more full, and comprehenlive, he chofe to fetch in, and interweave this other, which he knew was the necellary means for the attainment ofcompleat Umon; and fufpends that concluftve One, that they may be One; which was the end, and aim of all, unt:l that "'as finilht : And then doth at once bring in what was his aim; and the Elixar ofthat his premifed Speech, .AD mtnt i4 thznt, (!)c. Take both the defcription alfo of what that Onenefs was he prayed for; take it alfo as it imported the moll bortom ground, and firongefiMotive to obtain it athisFa– thers l:•nds; that feeiltg we are both jo happy, as that aJJ thihgs aremt~tually o11e anotbtrs, let them aft be theirs alfo, according to thine ow11 i11teudmnzt : And then you will fee which was the md, why he would have them k<pt 10 Ho· linefs w1thout fail throughout this life, and indeed it is the great end, the grea– tefi we can amve at , and the end ofall the words ; into which as inro the com– mon Sea, or Receptacle of all, thofe remoter words, .All mi11e, (!)c. do wtrh the fu ller fiream pour forth, and empty themfelves mofi ofall. ln fine to fum up all, (for I would beunderfiood) it is as ifChrifi had faid ; Oh Father/ Jenng that all tbmgs whatjoevtr tn the God·hrad, or fi'!J' way be– lo11g111g to tht God.head, brmg tn common mitu as thitu, and thine as mine; a11d"';bat commu11ity, that unity and communion of Uf 6oth conjifls; aJJd u that whrrrby we M two J'erfot~s are One; communicati11g i11 aO the{e; yea, andth,,t w•thalltheje .Apoffles,whom ]now pray thufor, arei,.amorefPe– cial a11d ntdraredmanner, 6otb thine, m1dmine; and endrared tom 6y our mu– tua/like propriety,and interef/ i1J thtm,for each others fakes: Mygreat req11efl i.,that tbefe may 6e alfo 011e, as we are, that u,6y there Onnu(s w1th m,let tbe m partake of, tmd commu1ticate in aO thegood tbings, a11d6/ejfednefs, tbat we do,rvm ofthe VivitteNature,and ojwhatbtlot1gs to m,in tbe~r capacity with m : Evm as we by our 6eittg 011t, do e"joy aD theft Glories together; (only we are o11r with an ejfe11tzal Onmrfs, JJ1td commtmicatioll, wbich the(e can neve,. be:) But/et thefe beone with m, i11 a fruitiou ofaliofours for their~;ood, rmd happilufs, asfar as Crratures arr capable of•t,for tbeir Eternal61effed1Iefs• There being not a gr~ater truth which concerneth our Salvation, or that makes for our comfort; and it being fo full to that whieh we have purfued, and which bath been the main defign of our Election; wherein Chrifi knowing what Gods H€art is, doth p(ay at this rate; viz. Our Union with God; And this Text alfo more clearly Expounding, and laying open wherein thequintef– fence ofour Union with God conlifis; viz. in a Poffellion, and Enjoyment of all that is mutually Gods, or Chrifis: And alfo it difcovering tile very Origi– nal motion, (mows primo primtu) <he Firfi firfily motion ofall other; and is tile very Corner Stone, and Ori~inal both of our Election, and Snlv&tion, a– mongfi the Perfons: l lhall th.~rciore inflfi yet more largely,and fpeak to what may be further fupplied, to what bath been faid to confirm more fully the truth of this Interpretation, a.r•d Connexion. There
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