Ver. I I. the 17th Chr pter of St. JOHN: 125 Chr f the righteous; as when Offenders have a Favourite in Court. We need à Medi- ator in Heaven, he is gone to difanul all Satan's Accufation : The facrificing part is done and ended, and his Intercellion now taketh place. We have thefe twtr great Advantages in Prayer.; Chrill is our Advocate, and the Spirit our Notary. 7..1f i. Information. t. It informeth us of the Priviledges of God's Children. When a Child of God dieth, he doth but go to his Father. Chrift and we have the fame Relation; John 2o. 17. 1,tfeend unto my Father, and your Father, to my God, and your God. He is no more in the World, but Hill he is; he doth not fay, I am no more, but, I am no more in the World; they do not leave Life, but the World. As Chrift was the Son of God by Nature, they are the Sons of God by Grace, and when they die, they go to their Heavenly Father, to a Tweet Reft, to the Bofom of God. The fame Entertainment Chrift had, we (hall have, a joyful Entertainment, a tweet Welcome when we come to Heaven, and the conduct of Angels thither; Luke i6. 22. The Beggar died, and was carried by the Angels into Abraham's Bofom. God will take us as it were by the Hand, with a Well done, good andfaithful Servant, thou haft been faithful over a few things, 1 will mare thee Ruler Over many things, enter thou into the Joy of thy Lord : Mat. 25. 21. 2. it informeth us, That all that Chrift did was for a Believer's Life and Comfort: if he cometh into the World, it is to merit ; if he afcendeth into Heaven, it is to apply. He defcended from Heaven for the Redemption of Man ; after that Work is accomplilbed, he afcendeth thither again, to be(tow it on us : and at the lark Day he will come again, and fetch his Bride s as when all things are ready, the Heir cometh in Per - fon, to fetch the Bride into his Father's Houfe. Going, coming, flaying, hill Chrift is ours; he was born for us, he lived for us, he rote again and afcended for us, it is for our good that he went away ; whatever he did in his Abatement and Exaltation, it was for our good. 3. It informeth us, that the greateft Comforts, may be fupplied, Chrifi's Corporal Prefence by the Pretence of the Spirit ; 2 Cor. z.5. That as our Sot ringa in Chrifl yefus have abounded, fo our Confolation alfa bath abounded through Chr f : They (hould lofe no- thing by his Departure, John 14.16. I will pray the Father, and he Jfoll give you another Comforter, that he may, abide with you for ever : He would not leave them Orphans. We cannot be made unhappy by the want of any outward Comfort ; we have the more of God, the lets we have of thefe outward Helps. If the Corporal Pretence of Chri(l can be recompenfed by the Pretence of the Spirit, certainly leffer Supports of Life will be recompenfed. Vf 2. Exhortation. s. To all forts of Perlon; to get an Intereft in Chrifr, and to clear it up to their Souls. How tweet would it be, if when we are no more to be in this World, we could fay, Holy Father, Icmme to thee! We all affe& this, Let my latter end be like bis! as Baalam fpake: At oportuitfic vixif : An evidence of this is, if you afcend with Chrift, Ephef. 2.6. He hath railed us up together, and made ui ft together in Heavenly Places in Chrift Jefus : Head and Heart ought to be together 5 your Head is in Heaven, if your Heart be there too, you are Members of his My(tical Body. How (hall a Man know that he is afcended with Chrift ? (z.) If the things of the World teem fmall ; as when we are in a high Place, Men teem as Ants; worldly Glory will appear to be fmall; and worldly Profits final But when we are upon Earth, heavenly things teem finall, as Stars appear but as Spangles. (2.) If you behave your (elves to him as to a glorified Perlon. Do you ferve him ? John 12. 26. If any Man ferve me, let him follow me, and where I am, there flail my Servant be ; if any Man ferve me, him will my Father honour. Carnal Men crucify _him again. (3.) If you keep your felves unfpotted from the World: James z. 26. No unclean thing fbalf enter into Heaven. The World is a defiling thing; that Filth that cleaved, to our Fingers in telling of Money, is an Emblem of the Filthinefs of the World. A Man that looked, to be like Chrill in Glory, certainly would not defile himfelf in the World. If a Prince marry a mean Woman, would he endure to fee her live like a Scullion ? Chrift bath marryed our Nature. A Man that loveth the World, and would
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