..3o'8· The Exercifo of t7;e Mediatory Office .I fhall clofe this·difcourfe with a little repitwof fomewhat that paffed before•. From the confideration ~fthat place of the Apofl:le, wherem he affirms, that at the End, C};rift jha!J g,ive up the King,Jom unto the Father, I declared that all the· .fiate ofthings which we have defcribed, fhall then ceafe, and ,all things ifiue in the immediate Enjoyment of God himfel£ I would extend this no farther than as unto what concerneth the Exercife .ofChrif/s Mediatory Ojjice with rej}efl unto th~ ·Church here helow, ·t~nd the Enemies of it. But there are fome things which belong unto the e!fence ofthis fiate which 1hall contmue untoall Eternity ; As, · r.- Ido believe that the Perfon.-of Chrift in andby his Hu. mane Nature, fl1all be for ever the imme-diat<Headofthe whole G/rJrifiedCreation. God having gathered all things un– t) an Head inhim, the knot or center of that ColleCtion /hall never be di!folved. · We !hall never lofe our Relation unto him ; nor he his unto QS. _ 2. I do therefore alfo believe, that he fl1all be the means and way of Communication between God and his Glorified Saints for ever. ·What are, what will be the gtorious Commu– nications of God unto his Saints for ever,in Life,Light, Pow– er, Joy, Reil and ineffabte Satisfaction, (as all mufi be from him unto Eternity;) Iihallnot now inquire.But thislfay,they iliall be all made in and through the Perfon oftheSon and the Humane Nature therein. That Tahernacle ~hall never be folded up, never be laid afide as ufelefs. And if it be faid, thatI can– not declare the way-and manner of the eternal Communicati– ons ofGod himfelf unto his Saints in Glory by Ctrifi; I iliaU "only fay, . ~hat I cannot declare the way and manner of h.is Communications of himfelfin Grace·byChrifi unto the. fouls '·, . ofrrien inthis Warld,.andyeti do believe it How much .more .,, (mufi we L'1tisfy our felves with the .evidence of Faith alone , in tho.fe things, wh~ch as yet, .are more incomp:rehenfib1e. · - · . . -And ) • . lj · I --._..__,/' . I ...
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