242 ChrijisCare Charch.' asymilig/M1P VE R S E 2. fourthly, He is our 4dvocate, and Mediatour,he is z Iohn2.2. the onely pra6'icer in thecourt of heaven, and therefore firmaneeds be full ofthebufineffes of hisChurch : It is' is office todifpatch theaffaitesofthok that comeun- tohim, -and crave his favour and interceflion to debate their caufes, and he is both faithfull and merciful! in his Hebr.3.z. place, and I;eficles, furnifbedwith fuch anunmeafurable union ofSpirit, and van abilities to tranfa6 all thebu- fineries of his Chureb, that vvhofoevet tommeth unto Iohn 6,37. him for his counfell and interceilion, bee wain no wife caFt them out,or refine their caufe : And this isone great aifurance we maytake comfort in, that be our matters never fo foule and unexcufable in thernfelves,yet the ve- ry entertaining himofour counfell, and the leaning up- onhis-wifdome, power, fidelity, andmercy toexpedite our bufineffes, to companionate our elate, and to re- fcue us from our ownedemerits, doth, as it were, alter thepropertie ofthe caufe, and produce acleane contrary iffue to that which the evidence of the thing in trial! wouldof itfelfe have' created. And as we may obferve that men of extraordinary abilities in the Law, delight towreakwith fome difficult bufineile,and toPhew their learning in clearing matters ofgreaten intricacie, and perplexitie before ; fa clothChrineileetne himfelfe moil honqured, and the venue and wifedome of hisCrone magnified, when incafes offorefl extremitie, ofmofl hi- deous guilt,ofmoil blackeand uncomfortable darkneffe of foule,vvhich pofe not onely the prefumptions,but the hope,faith, conjeaures, thoughts, contrivances which the hearts of men caneven in willies make to themfelves Efay $5.8. for mercy, they doeyet trill+him whole thoughts are in- Efay lo. io, finitely abovetheir thoughts, andwhole wayes above their wayes;who is there amongyouthat fearoth theLord,that obeyeth the voice of hisfervant, that walksth isa darknejfe andbath no light let him trAffl in the nameof the Lord, andflay upon his God : When the foule can goe unto Chria
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