490 VERS. 5,6. =01111110 The Fidorie ofChrift. cited the world to himfelfe. Secondly , hee hath it all given unto him in our nature, in our behalfe, and asour head, fo that wee in the giftsofGod to him were onely refpeCled, and therefore wee have reafon topraifeGod for them. It was not indeedgiven tohim fivialy (for it was not tohim Beneficiim but Om, an office, but not a bznefir) but to him for us, or tous in and byhim. In all the viClories, deliverances, refre aliments, experiences ofGods power and goodneffewee milli ever remember to praifeGod in and throughhis Sonne,to acknowledge the pow{ r ofhis right hand , which is not now againft his Church, but againti the enemies ofhis Church. For therefore the deliverance of his Church is afcribed to Gods Right hand , becaufe hee hath thereone to plead, to intreat, tomove his right hand in our belaalfe. There- More in all our difireffes, in all conflias and temptations, wee mull by faithTooke up untoGods right hand , put him in remembrance ofthat faithfulneffe,righteoufnetfe, atonement and interceffion which is there made in our behalfe. Therewee (hall have matterenough to fill our mouths and hearts with praifes , and triumph , and re- j Acing inhim. It is Ch7ifiwho is atthe right handof God; who (hallfeparate Afd from the LoveofChrill,Rom.8.34, 3 5. Hereare twoargumentsofthe Churches fafety and triumph. The Love ofChrifi, and the Honor of Chrifi. Hee loveth all his to the end. But what good can love doe without power? Therefore bee that loveth us is exalted by God , and hath all power givenhim for this purpofe,that his love may doeus good. In the conflies ofmy corruptions (which areanadverfary too wife,too fubtile,toonumberleffe for mee to vanquifh, ) I mayyet when I am driven to.13ashextremity, tell in his thankf: giving, and looking up to Iefus,whowill be the &Allier ofevery good worke which hee beginnes, and tieing him at Gods right hand, may triumph in the power and office which God hathgiven to his Sonne there, which is,
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