Chri!ls ofthe[reede. 1ntercefston. namely, to makerequdli·1thebehaltc. of all A multnotimagine, that Chrifl now in heaucn that come vnro hirn, as Poml fatth, Chriftu reknecles down on hisknees)& vttcrs words,& Rom,8. fin agairu , ani fmth•t theright h.1ndoj God, puts vpa 61pplication for all the faithful! to !4· andmaktth requejlfor vs. God the Father: for that is not befceming the Nowthatwe mayrightlyvndedhndwhat maiellie of him that fitsat therighthand of his Intercefsion is, wee arc roconfidtr thefe God. But the manner of his imercefsion is points. Fidl, to whom it is Ifiade: fccondly, thustobeconceiued: When one is to fp<ak.- .in whatmanner: thirdly, whether it be made to an eatrhly Prince in rhc behalfc: of anoby Chrifl alone or no: fourthly, wh~tbe the ther; lirfl <>f all hee mufl come into the prefruits and benefits thereof: fiftly, the duties fcnce ofthe ki!lg, and fecondly, make his rewhereunto wee are mooued thereby. Forthe quefl: and both thefc, Chriftperformeth for firfi,lnterctjJionis, to make fi1te~requdt,orin· vsvnto God. For the fir!l,.after his afcenlion trearie in fome ones behalfe to another : and he entrcd into h:auen, where he did prefent this is done by Chri!Hor vs vnro Goo, as Vntt>his Farher, fir(! ofall hisowne per/On in 1 Tim. ~ Paul ftith, There is tmt God~ andone Mediatour two natures; fecondly1 the invaluable merits S· berweene c.d&man,which is the manChrifl le- B ofhisdeathand pafsion,in which he was well fi«. H.ere at thevery firfl arifeth>difficultie : pleafed. And wee mu(! further vnderfland, for in eucry intcrccfsion there bee three par.., that as on the croffe.hee ffood in our roome, .. ties:tile perfon oikndcd; the pcrfon offending; fo in heaueA henow appeares as a publlke per• the interceffour,dillinct fro rhem both. Now foninour ficad, reprdenring all theelttt that ifChrifl rne Son ofGoo.,makcinterccfsion to £hall beleeue in him, as the holy Ghofl fairh, God for man, thtn hemakethinterccfsionto Chrifl Jcf,.,afcmdedvpintoh.auen, toappMrein himfelte, bec,mfe hecis true Goo, which ea!)- the fght of Godfor -vs. And forthe fecond, ••· net be: how then £hall Chri(l be a Mediatour? Chrill makes requelt for vs, in that lwwillerh .A•fw. Thi..! point hath fo troubled the Church according to both his natures, and difimh as of Rome, that for the refoluing of it, they hoe is man, that the Father would accept hi• haue dcuifcd an errour, auouchingthat Chri(l fatisfaction in rhe behalfe of all that arc gium is Mcdiatour onely as heis man, not os hce is Vnto him. And that he makes requefl on this God,wnich j, vntrue. For as both natures doe manner,I proouc it thus: Looke what washis c6cur in the work offatisfactio, fa Iikewifcdo requefl incur behalfe when he was here vpon they both concurin the work ofintercefsi6: &: earth, the fame for fubfbnce it continues ftill therefore amore meet& couucnicntanfwer is C in heauen: but here onearch the fubll:ant;e of this; Chri(l Iefus Goo-man in both natures is his requeft was, thatheewilledanddifiredthat directly our Mcdiatour to the firfl perfon the his Father wonld be well pleaf<d wi•h vs for I to.~.:. Father,as S.lohnCii t1 Ifany manfmne,we haue hi• merits, as appcarcs by his prayer in Saint 1 , an.AdHoc•t<Iviththe Father,lefm Chrsjl theiujl. lohn,Father,l will that thofcwhich thou haftgiAnd t_hus we haue tnree perfcosin the Worke ummtbewithmttHtn wheu1am,th:~t .theym:ry ofintercdsion really diflinguilhed.The partie beholtlmyglory which thouhaftgium me:for thon offended is God the F>rner; the p1rtie oftenlouedjl m« before the foundation of the world. cling is man; and thirdly, the interceffour diTherefore he frill co:~tinucs to make rcquefl llinct from them both , is Chrifi the fecond for vs, by willing and dcfiring that his Father perfon in Trinity. For howfocuerin Go:lhead wotild accept his merits in OL)r bchalfe. Ifit heand the Father be o:Je, yet in perfon they be alleadged,that Chrifl io this folemnc prayarereally di£lingui£hed, and hec as itwere in er vfedfpeech and proflr..tion of his bodic, the middle betweene the Father and vs l for the anfiver is, that thefe aCl:ifu wer\! no eflcnthe Father is God and not man: wee that betiall parts ofhis prayer.The profrrating ofhis leeue in Chri(\are men not God: Chriflhimbooy ferued 0 ,1y as a token offubmifsion to f1lfe both man and God.it maybe further re- D God,as Chrifl was acreature: and the fpeech plyed, that this aofwer will not £land, be· which hev!cd, ferued onely to Vtter and excau(e not only the Father is offended, but alfo prefli: his requefi. Furthermore, adifference. the Sonne and the holy Ghofl: and therefore here mull be marked between Chri!ls pafsion there mufl bea Mediatour to tbem alfo. .An[. & his intercefsion. Thepafsion ferues for the The intercefsionof Chtifl is dire<'tcd to the wcrking andcauftngofa C1tisf•ction to Gods Fatherthe firfl pcrfon immediately: now the iu!lice for vs; & it is,as it were,the tempering Father, the Sonne,•ndth< holy Ghoft haue all ofthe plaifler : the intercefsion goes further: 011e indiuiftble effcnce, and by confcquentone for it applies the fatisfaction made, and hies and the fame will; whereupon the Father be· the falue to the very !Ore. And therfore Chrifl ing appeafcd by Chrifls inrercefsion, the Son makes requcfl not only .for the elect generaland the holy Ghofl are alfo appeafed with ly,but for particular men,as Pa~d,l4mes,lohn, Cap. IT. ... hrm.and in him. Thus then intercefsion is and that particularly, ashectc(\ifiethoflummadetothe whole Trinitie, but ye~ immedi.. fel_~. fly~ng, 1httHepnryedfortheePuer~that thy J,uk. 21 , ately and diredly to the firll pcrfon, and in fauh fatlcnot. Ifany £hall fay,that Uuifls witp , him to the reil. , lmg &dejiring •f aehing, cannot be a rcqudlor The fecond point to-bee confidered, is the ltl~~rcd.swn, r:hc anfW<;r is, that in vertue and I mannrrofhisintercefsioovmohis Father. We dhcacicit coumeruailes all theEYers inthe ---'---------------------~-4 world, __1
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