W/,/ n. . eof tinryts Exaltation. 3t "owGod, foh.20.17. that is, bymydeath, and viaory VE R S E 1. over it, you aremade mybrethren, and reconciled un- to God againe. Secondly, becaufe bee bath Offices in heaven to fulfill at the right hand of his Father in our bchalfe, to intercede, and to prepare a place for us, to applyunto us the vertue ofhis deathand merits. Ifhee had afcended without fulfilling all Righteoufneffe for theChurch, hcc fbould have been fent downe, and Peen againe, but now, faith he, you fee me no more, for by once dying, and by once appearing in the end ofthe world, I have put away finby the Sacrifice ofmy I-elle, Heb.9.26. 7.27. Rom.6.9, It). He was taken, faith the Prophct,fromPrifon and judgment, to note that the whole debt was payed, and now who [hall declare his generation ? That is, flee now liveth unto numberleffe ge- nerations,he prolongeth hisdayes,and hath already ful- filled Righteoufneffe enough to jufiifie all thofe that know himor beleeve in him, Efai.5 3.8, ro. Thuswee feethat Chrifis deliveranceout ofprifon, and exaltation at the right handofGod is anevident argument, that he isfullyexonerated of the guilt offinne, and curie ofthe Law, and hath accomplifhed all thofc workes which he hadundertaken for ourRighteoufneffe. And this likewife affords abundant matter both to J&mishit, and tocomfort the Chtirchof Chrift. To humble us in the evidence of our difabilities, for ifWe could have fini(hed the workes which were givenus to doe, there would have been no ncedeof Chrifl. It was weakneffe which made way for Chrifl. Orer weaknefe tofulfillobe- dienre, and that weakneffe ofthe Law to inliifleinners, ROM. 5.6. Rom.8.3. Hob.7.18, t9. All the flrengthwe have is by the powerofhis might,and by his grace, Eph. 6.1o. 1 Tim.2.1 . and even this Goddifpenceth untous in tneafure,andbydegrees,driving out our Corruptions as he did the Canaanites before his people,by little and lit- tle,Exo.23.3o.becaufe while we are here hz wil hateus live
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