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The
influence
of
chat
Oblation
of
the
Per(
ofSaints,
CAr.VII.
But becaufe
Tome
men may
admire, and afke, whence it is,that the Lord
will
i
59
abide
fo Stedfaft in his
Love towards
Believers,as
bath
been
manifefted
up-
on
feverall accounts,
that
he will,
befides
what hath beene
Paid
before of
his
owne
Goodnefl'e
and Unchangeableneflè
&c.
I (hall
now
adde
that
outward
confideration,which
lyes in
the
Mediation ofChri
fl,upon the account whereof,
he
a&s
his
owne Goodneflè, and
Kindneffe
to
us,wïth the gteateft
advantage
of
Glory ad
Honour to
himfelfe,
that
can
bethought upon. Only
I (hall define
the Reader
to
obferve,
that theLord
Jefius is
an
undertaker
in
this
bufineffe
of peddling
our Salvation, and fafegarding our
Spiritual!
Glory, not
in
one
regard
and
refpe&
only;
There
is
one
part
of
his
Ingagement therein,
which;
under the Oath ofGod, is'the
dole of
the
whole; and
that
is, his
becoming
a
furety
to
us
of
his
Fathers
Faithfulneflè towards us; and
a
fuerty for
us,
of
our
Fatthfulneífe
to
him;
fo
that
upon the whole
matter,
the
bufineffe
on each
fide,
as
to
fecurity, will be found
knit up
in
him, and
there we
fhall
do
well
to
leave
it
though the handling
of
that
fuertifhip
of
his
be not afoul- prefent
confideration; Men
will fcarce
difpute him out
of
his
Faithfulnefle;
Hence-
forth
he
dyeth
no more,
death bath
no
more
dominion over
him,
he
flits
at
the
right
hand
of
expet7ing
to
have his
enemies
made hisfootfloole:
This then
I
will doe
if
Gad
permit.
And for
the
&edfaftneffe
of
his
Saints, in
their abiding
with
God,I
(hall
(I
feare)
no
otherwife
infift
peculiarly
upon
it,but
as
occafion
thall
be
miniftred by dealing with
our
Advefary,as we
paffe
on.
That
which
I
fhall now
doe,
is,
to
confider
the
influence
of
the
Preiflhood
4:
3.
ofChrift
in
thofe
two
Grand
A
&s
thereof,
his Oblation
&
Intercejon, intothe
Perfeverance
of
Saints,according
that of
the
Apoftle Heb.5.27.Wherefore
he
is
able
alfo
to
fave
to
the uttermofl
them
that
come
unto God
by
him, feeing
he
liveth
ever to make
interceon
for them.
And
I will
doe
it the
more carefully,
becaufe though it be one
of
the greateff ftrengths
afour
Caufe, yet
I
(hall
walke in
a
path,wherein none
(hall
meet
me, for
the molt
part
of
the
way,
to
make any oppofition.
My entrance into
the
confideration
ofthe
procurement
of
our Glòry by
4.
4%
Chrift,
fhall
be with
that,
whereby he came
into
his
owne,viz.
his
Oblation,
which
hath
a
twofold
influence
into the
Perfeverance
of
the
saints, or into the
Luk.
24. 24.
Safeguarding
of
their Salvation
to
the utmoft.
r.
By
removing and
taking out
of
the
way all canfes
of
feparation be-
114.59.2.
tweene
God,
and thofe
that
come
unto
God by
him:
that is,
all Believers.
Now
thefe are
of two
forts:
r.
That
which
is
morali, &
procuring
filch
feperation or diftance, which
is
the
Guilt
of
Sinne.
2.
That
which
is
Efficient,&
working
as
the
power
of
sathan
&
o
f
finne.
The
firft
of
thefe,
being
that
alone, for which
it
may
be
fuppofed
that
God
will
turne
from
Believers,and
the
latter,that
alone,whereby they may
poffibly
be
darned from
him.
Now
that
both
thefe are
fo
takenout
date
way
by theobla
tion
of
Chrifl,that
they
(hall
never
a&wally
&
eventually works, or
caufé
any
totall,or
finall
feparation
betweene God
&
Believers,(ltall
be
demonftrated.
r.
He
bath
fo
taken
away
the
Guilt
ofsinne
from.Believers,
from them
4,,
that
come
to God by him,
that it
(!tall
not
prevaile with the Lord
to
turne
Epitr. to.
from
them: He hash obtained for
us Eternall
Redemption
Heb.
9.
12.
Eternall
2.
13,14,15,
and
comp/eat;
norfo
farce
and
f-.9
farce,
but
Eternal!
Redemption
hath he
ob-
colt.t.2o,
tained; Redemtion
that
(hall
be compleated, notwithfianding
any
interveni-
21,22.
ences
imaginable
what ever: This Redemption,
which
he bath obtained for
2.".
5.19,
ns,and
which
by him we obtaine,
the
Apoftle tells
us
what it
is;
and
wherein
; ioh.1.;.
it doth
confrlt Ephef.1.2.
In
whom we
have Redemptionthrough
his Blond,
wriest
the
forgiveneffe
of
Amer.
He
hath
obtained
for
us
everlafing
forgiveneffe
of
Sinn