OfEleEfion. parts of that Chap1~,., to keep themin thlt holy callinc they had been brought~ into by IllS Mmtflry) thought Wtth htmfdf, and fo deeply conficlered his Con- Chap. to. vcrts wrought upon by his Miniflry,that they wouldpcrjtVn·e to tbtzf dri)', and~ that upon tillS account, as appears by thofe words, For whm is our hope, ~r joy , or crown of Re;oycmg? Are 110! evm ,;·e 111 the prrftt;ce of our Lord .'JeJus Cbnf/ ,,/ hzs comtflg? for ye art ortrglo•y_a11d ;ay·. How much more may .we think that Jefus Ctmfl ts concerned( tal<e m all the Interefls forementionecf that he hath in us and in our glory ) to look to it, that we be thus kept ? Fo; we may through his Grace towards us, fay it, that we are his Crow11, r~nd his Gloty, at thm day, and he will then with glorying fay, Lo here am I, and the Cbddrm which thou brzj/ gi'Vf11 me, Lo, I have brought all, and every one of them , fafe to this other fide of Glory, and not one of them is perdhed io the way and conduct hitherto. And as a Poor Minifler fhall hnve a Pcrfonal glory for his perf 0nal Holioefs, as a Chrifliao, and a fuperadded glory as a Minifler , fo hath Chrifl at that day: One Prrfonat, as lie is the Son ot' God dwelling in our Nature, of Which .'John fpeal<s, John I. '4· We (aw hisglo>·y, Mthegloryof theonlybegottmSoflo{ God: AndaHother .Additiollal, a1 he is Head and Saviour of hJS Chtlr<h, which is hrs body, who are the Glory of Chrifl; as 2 Cor. 8 2 j. The fullufs of him thtll fillelhall hz all ,; Epbe[.1. 25. So as although his Perlonal fulnefs is fuch, as out from it he lilleth all as an Head, yet confidered as to his Body the Church, that Church is fa id to be his fuirufi: And fo if he fhould want but a Member at that day, or1ny of his Members want adegree of o.. ce or Glory dcfigned unto him, Chrill: fhould, ns in that refped, as an Head, be rendred imperfect , For a\ we are compleat .in him, foin this he is reciprocally compleat i;t us; which intercfl of his, IS hiSown fo htghly, that 1t fuffictemly caufcth !urn to fee unto the Ptr~ felliflg,jlrwgthlli11g, f/ablijhing of us. And to conclude; Ifthis that follows be found fo effectual a motive to him; as by what himfelf, .'John I 7· 24. utters, doth appears, Father, I will that thtywl/o wbom thon hafl given me be with me where I am (he loves to fee them a(or1him) thatfheymay6eholdmyglory, whrchthot• haft givm me, If this moved him thusto pray for them, that'God would keep them from theevilof the World, Verf. I 5· If this moved him to have them kept, and be broughc to.Glory, that they might (as it were) be but fpedators and beholders of his Glory; and becaufe he would not be in Heaven alone, but be feeo and beheld by others; how much more may the interefls sod Conuderatiooo we have men– tioned ( efpecially all of them put together)be judged to have power and effica. cy upon his Heart, to preferve and bring us unco the participation of that Glo~ ry himfelf bath called us into? Make you fure of Chrifl, andhe ~ill be Cure to make you fure, anJ your Interef; .nG L OR 1 to you, Uti CHAP-;
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