J1 ecíouo aít+». 415 once taken into Chrifl by a Myftical V nion are never parted from him ; the Apofile hints both o us, The God of Peace who brought again from the dead the Lord 7e(us,makeyou perfeei,Heb. i 3. 20, a 1. That God who would lofe nothing of Chritls Humane Nature; no not in the grave, will per'f 6 Believers as lvlyflical parts of him, never fuffering their Graces to fee corruption in an utter decay, nor leaving their Souls in the hell of final Apollacy. Befides, Chrifis In- terceffion ratifies it ; he in his folemn Prayer on Earth, which as Arminius himfelf grants was the Canon and Pattern of his Interce(h- on in Heaven, prays to his Father for all Be- lievers, That they may be kept from evil, Joh. 17. 15. If they are not kept, Chrifis Intercef- lion ceafes or becomes powerlefs Neither of which can be; Ceafe it cannot,becaufe he ever lives to make Intercefon ; Become powerlefs it cannot, becaufe he is a Prieft after the power of an endlefs life; what he interceeds for (hall be done. I will pray the Father, faith our Saviour, and what follows ? The Comforter (hall come and abide with you for ever, job. i 4.16. As long. as Chrin pleads at the right hand of Power it muff be fo. This made St. Paul break out in- to that gallant Triumph, wi,7rercuas, I am per - fmaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things pre- Jent, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature ; No,not our own Wills unlefs more than Creatures. fhall be able to f pa- rate tts from the love of God in Chrift, Rom.8.3 8, 39.
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