3 2 2 Of EleElion. ~--------------------~ -------------------- ~ .And ifwhil(t he was on Eanh, his Father always beard bim, Joh. 8. when BooK IV. he had not yet finilht his work, then much more, now he is in Heaven, when l.f'A..Ibath done the work his F~ther appointed him, arid bath done it in all things to the utmoU requiredby God oflum. You heard how he purchafed all Grace, and relief, againU all temptations, and now he is in Heaven, he fues out that Purchafe by pJrcels, as we have need ; and when we ore in any OJUrcfs, he then vigorou/ly urgeth his own havmg been in the like. Thus Heb. 4· it is fpoken ofhim, as ofan High Priel1, whofe Office was, to intercede for the peo– ple, Verj. I), 16. We hove 11ot a1l High Priefl, whic/; emmot bt touched with tbe feeliug of' o11r i11jirmities: bm wa; ;, a/J poil1ts tempted like a; we art, ytt without fin : Let <Is tbertfore come boldly umo the Thro11e of Grace, that we may obtam merC)', and fiud Grace to help iu time of 1Jted. And an lntercellion thus founded upon and feconding that Purchafe ofall which we fpeak of, and which he had fo dearly bought, can receive no de– nial. And that which may yet funher confirm us in .this matter, is thofe Prayers ofhis in Pfalm 69, which was a Pfalm made lor him : And it /hews he pleads the like unto this day, upon all occalions for us, urging what, and how in par– ticular himfelf had endured of the l1ke kind; and that becaufe I endured it ( fays he) Free this and that foul from the like ; the words of his you find, Verj. 6, 7• Let110t them tbot wait on thu, 0 Lord, tbe Lord ofHo}s, /;e ajba– medfor my f;•ke: Let uot thofe that Jeek tbet be cot~fotmdedfor my .fake, 0 God o{Ijraet, Bmmfefor thy fake I h,.ve bmz reproached, fbame batb covered my facr. You Read at the Creation, God faid no more, But let there be light, a11d tbere WM tight; Chrill in Heaven, is able through his Interetl, to fpcak the fame language, and at no lefs rate doth he fpeak, r'ather,Iwill, &c. ]olm '7· 24, And then it is fo, and is effected. I affure you his word in Heaven is ta– l<en for a greater matter, than delivering thy foul out oftemptation. For his [ 1will] there in that place, was that Heaven Gates /hould be fet open, to let in thofe he interceeds for : So it follows, F.ztber, I wz/1 that tbey alfo whom thott baflgivm me, be with me where I am, tbat tluy may 6ehold>r!J Glory, wbich tbo11 baflgivm me ; for 'tbott lovtdfl me before the jou11datiot~ o{tbe World: And if his []will] thus eaf1ly and with a word, breaks open Heaven Gates, then certainly it will avail againfi Hell Gates, tbatthry fhalltuver pre– vail agait~fl tbee. I might alfo add, and enlarge upon two further Securities, and Engagement~ of ChriU to us, at, and by, and from our Calling. · 1. Tb,Jt thm wt begi11 a[/ually to be tmited to him by bis Spirit, e11gra[ted itzto bim, to the end, that as Root, and Branches, he, and wefhould lzve; and ( il.it lhould be fuppofed ) die togtther, which on his part is impollible; but fuch his] undertaking i•, Joh.14. •9· Becaufe I live, JOU(ha/J lzvealfo: For he adds, Ver f. 20. I am i11 my Fatha, a11d )'011 i11 me, aud I in)'Oil; infepara– bly, indilfolubly : For himfelfis in the Father, infeparnbly, and ind iffolubly ; it is impollible to pull him out ofhis being which he hath in ;he Father ; and it is the fame ofour being in him, and therefore conclude ofit, Hnhat be!Je-' vetb 011 himfba/J 11ever die, The Second Is, that we are caOed i11to{ellawfhip withJeftis Chriji,I Cor.r. 9· That is to be Partakers ofall, and the fame things in our proportion, that <:hri~ hath been and is partaker of himfel f, to have all accompiijhed, andful– fi/Jed m us, (as the Phrafe is mRom. 8. 4-) Tbat was, or u, or /hall be done in him from firl1 to lafi, for this is a declared Rule of the Apo111e, that if we have fellcwlhip with ChriUill oue thwg then we muU 3nd /hall have it in dl the reU. Rom. 6. 5.For if wt have benz plauted togttber i>t the likmefs of hu 'lJtatb, we {/,,JJbe al{o ;, the tikmefS o{hu Rejitrre[lio11. And this is found– ed on this foregone tranfadion between God and Chrifi; that whot Chn11 WM, or did, or bath been done to IHm,ic was all as ;,/,and to, and by acommon Prr{~n Reprefenting us therein; which makqs all,nndevery particular therc'?f ( wlHch we a're capable of) as well as any part to be legally ours, and ind1ffet· I iibly
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