Of E leElion. Chrzjl, fo that Glory anfwcrably to each, is ililed both an l11heritauce as~~ Chnjl, and a purcha[ed Poffi.Jlion, as Jtfur. ' Chap. 1o, And do you confider how he .purchafed it? even by the laying down of all ~ that Glory naturally due to him as Chrifl, and even as it is faid, For o11r fa~rs he th,zt waJ r~ch became poor, that we m1ght be madazch,by h1s laying down thofe Riches of Glory which were his due. T IJougl• he bad it by a natural right, as was declared, yet by purchafe alfo all his Glory became his, as by a·new right; for it is no more abfurdity to fay Chri!l bath adouble right to his Crown in Heaven, than for a· Prince to hav~ a natural right to his Throne, and a Tide by Conguefl alfo. This 'Phi/.2.6,7, 8, 9· confirms, Who bfi11g i11 thr form of God, tbought it 110 robbfry to be e. qual with God: But madt himj'e!f of110 repu1atio11, and took 11po11 him the form of a fervatlt; artdWtU made i11 tht lskene{s of mm: A11d 6ei11g fouiJd 111 jajbi011 tU aman, he humbled himjetj; audbecame obedimt 1111todeath, e– vw the death of the Cro{s, Whtrefore God aifo hath h1ghly exalted hzm,and givtn him a name which is above every 1wme. And as to himfelf,fo in a more full and proper manner for us, even as .7aco6 fpeaks, Gm. 48. 22, to Jofeph; Moreover, I havegivert to thu otu portio11 above thy Brethrm, which I took out of the ha~~tl of tht Amorite, with my Swordaudwithmy Bow, And what Chrifl bath given away, ond feotfed us in, as purchafed with his Blood, and won by Conque!t, he will be lure to maintain, as fetting a value accordingly upon it, even as Jacob there did upon what he had won and conquered. Thus much for this, that our Glory is HI J', and he the Proprietary of it. Secondly add, That as he hath called us into it, fa he hath entred i!Jio the pojfe!]io11 of it for"' , as in our names, in our !tead, and in our behalf, and is gone to Heaven to take up our places, yea, an·d to keep them for us, and fo is engaged to keep us for them. It is ccrta.in, That as he himfelf, upon both thofe rzghts fore-mentioned, entred into Heaven, and poffclleth it; fo alfo, under the name and invefliture of both, that is, of being an Htad to us, and Rtdeemtr for us, he is entred into Heaven, as aFore-mmur, and that for UJ. Htb. 6. 20, Whtther the Fore· runner is for zu entred, evm .7e(ur, madt an High Prirjlfor ever, after the ordtr of Melchifedec, Mark it, [A Fore– runner for us to take up Lodgings and Rooms for us againfl we come thither, to keep places for us. . Polleilion is (you fay) eleven Points of the Law, whe– ther taken by your felves,or your Fore-runner and Reprefenter; yea, and upon thefe Confiderations of his being an Htad, a Redeemer, it is that 'tis fa id, E– phej. 2. 6. Tbat we are made to fit together i11 heavenly places i11 Chrzfl Jef"'· It is a point of Honour to him to keep our places for us , and not futfer us to be juflled out; a point of faithfulnefs to make good our Eflates for us, which he was betrufled with,as it is in any that is fo tru!ted,to fee to it, that thofe thee– !tate intended for, be not fruflrated of it. And it is certainly Chrifl's Honour to make our places good to us, and fee us perfectly fettled in them ; we fit as fure as he; if he be able to l<eep his Station, he will be fure to keep ours. Thirdly, Add to all thefe, That as he is the great Proprietary Fouoder ancl Purchafer ol our Glory, fo that his glory is encreafed and enlarged by the bringing us to glory, whom he bath thus called into it. That is, not tl'« Glory, which Chrift reckons on fo much, that he lhould be able to fay, I dsd mypart itt dying for them, though many of them ore now in Hell ; but that ,himfelf, bting made perfdf, tbro11gh jitjferiugs, God hadmany SoNs allt~af. !Ybroughtotoglory 6y him, IJJ the Captaill oftheir Salvalton; as w,He6.2:10· As 1t would b.e the highefl glory of a General to bnng off and c~rry hiS Sold1ers throughArmJes without the lofs of a Man, through great Conlltlls and Hazards unto a ~lory and Victory, a11dto make them m•re thau Conquerottrs m the end. And thiS of Chrifl is faid : and this is the very Scope of the ll.pollfe there, for .~hrifl glories in it, as it follows, He,6. 2.1). Behold, I aud the Childrrn thot~ haf1 given mt: When at the day ofJudgment he fhall prt(eut thtm to hu Fr~ther withgrtal Jo• as the Apoflle ]tide fpeaks; And at that nme, when ' - <'' - !Ill~
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