What Wesley Left Out

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may we, and ſhall as certainely 


' bedelivered. Obſerve we firft from 


hence by way of premiſe to all that 
followes. 


That Chriſt lived by faith as well Obſer. > 


a5 we ave. 


In the 1 of Fohn,v.16. we are ſaid Chriſt an 
example of 
deleeviog, 


to receive of his fulnefſe grace for grace: 

thatis, Grace anſwerable and like 

unto-his;& ſo(among others) Faith. 
For Explication hereof. 

Firſt, in ſome ſenſe he had a faith 


Faith, as we have, He went not,1n- 
deed, ot of himſelfe, to rely on ano- 
ther for righteouſnefle, for he had 
enough of his owne (he being the 
Lord our righteouſueſſe: ) yet he be- 
lieves on God to juſtifie him, & had 
recourſe to God for juſtification : 
He # neer (({aies he ) that juſtifies me. 
If he had ſtood in his owne perſon 
meetly, . and upon his own bottome 
onely,there had bin no — 
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demned, yea, hath dyed, who therefore Sec, x1 


Explained. 
1. Hebad a 
i : : faith forrhe 
for juſtification like -unto ours, julblicarion 
though not a juſtifications through of himlelte: 


Sea. Is 


- Chriſt, the example of Faith, 


: A 


ſuch a ſpeech; and yet conſider him 
aS he ſtood in our ſtead, there was : 
for what need of ſuch a juſtifcati- 


on ,. if he had not beene ſome way. 


neere a:condemnation ? He there- 
fore muſt be ſappoſed to ſtand here 
(in Eſay ) at Gods Tribunall,as wel 
as at Pilates, with all our fins upon 
him:and fo the ſame Prophet tels us 


 Ch.53.6,God made the iniquities of us 


to meet 0u him. He was now made 
fin Be a curſe, & ſtood not in danger 
of Pilates condemnation only, butof 
Gods too,unlefle he ſatisfied him for 
all thoſe ſins. And when the wrath 
of God for ſin came thus in upon 
him, his faith was put to it,to truſt & 
wait on him for his juſtification,for 
to take, off all thoſe;i{innes, together 
*with his wrath frem off bim, and to 
acknowledge himfclte ſatisfied,and 
him acquitted. Therefere in the 22. 
P/al. (which was made for Chriſt 
when banging onthe..Crofle,. and 
ſpeaks how his heart was takenup 
that while ) he is brought inas put- 


ting forthſuch a faith ashere we 


ſpeake cf, when he called God 
his God, [M/y;Ged, my God then, 


when as to his ſenſe, he had for/akern | 
| a; bin, 


b - "es. >, _— 


< - > pd 


PR” 
nds dn. av Has Re Pies. 


| laid on me for. them , neither wilt 


Chriſt, the example of Faith. 


tim, | why haſt theu forſaken me? ] Sect. I 


Yea, he helped his faith; with the: 
faith of the Fore-fathers, whom. 
upon their truſt in him God hdd 
delivered : Onr Fathers, ſayes hes; 
truſted in thee ; they truſted, and thow.. 
aidſt deliver them : Yea,at the 5.ver.. 
we find him laying himſelf at Gods 
feet, lower then ever any mandid, - 
[ Tam a worme) (fates he) (which ' 
every man treads on, and-counts it 8. 
matter of nothing for to kill) [ 4»: 
0 man} as it follows ; and all this 
becauſe he bare our fins. Now: his 
deliverance & juſtification from all. 
theſe, to be given him at his reſurre- 
Rion, was the matter, the buſineſle 
he thus truſted in God for, eventhat 
he ſhould riſe again, and be acqui- 
ted fromthem. So P/.16. (a Plalme 


| made alſo for Chriſt, when to ſuffer, 


and to lie in the grave) ver. 8,9, 
10. The Lord 5 at my right hand, I 
ſoall not be moved : T herefore my heart 
z5 olad, my fleſh alſe reſteth in hope, Oc 
(as in the Originall) | dwells in con- 


| fident ſureneſſe] thou wilt not leave 


[7 ſonle}] in hell, that 1s, under the 
load of theſe ſinnes, and thy wrath 


thor 


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6 Chriſt, theexampleof Faith. 
Set. 1, thou ſuffer thy holy One (in my body) 
zo ſee corruption, This1s in ſubſtance 
all one with what is here faid in 
this one-word, He #5 neere that| juſti* 
fes]me,for Chrifts Re/arreition was 
2 p—_ of him, as I ſhall here- 
after ſhew. 
2 A faith Neither 2. did-he exerciſe faith 
for the ju- for himſelf only,but for us alſo; and 
- fying of that more then any of us is put to it, 
_ to exerciſe for himſelfe:for ke in dy- 
ing , and emptying himſelte , tru- 
ſted: God with the merit of all his: 
ſufferings aforehand , there being 
many thouſands of foules to be ſa-- 
ved thereby a long while after, e-- 
ven to the end of the warld. He dy- 
edand betruſted all that Rtock inte 


grace and glory, as thoſe for whom 


15a greater truſt (coſidering the infi- 
nite number of tus ele, as then yet 
to come)then any man hath ocecai1o 
to put forth for himſelfe alone. God 
truſted Chriſt before he came into 
the world, and ſaved many millions 
of the Jewes upon his bare word : 

| And then Chriſt at his death, truſts. 
Y God againe as much , both =o 
{lalva» 


his Fathers hands, to give it out in: 


he dyed ſhould have need. And this. 


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en eee Ree re OR _ 


Chriſt, the example of Faith. 

{tvation ' of Jewes and Gentiles; 
that were to believe after his death. 
In Heb.2. 12, 13, 14, 15. it is made 
an Arguinent , that Chriſt was a 


' man like ns, becauſe he was put 


to live by faith like as we are 
(which the Angels doe not) and to 

this end, the Apoſtle brings in theſe 
words propheſied of him,as ſpoken: 
by bim of himſelfe , | 7wi# pur my 

truſt in him?] as one proofe that hee 
was a man like unto'ns. Now for 
what was it that hetruſted God? 
By the Context it appeares to bee 
this, that he ſhould be the ſalvation 

of his brethrenand children, and that 
he ſhould have a ſeed and a generation 
zo ſerve him, and raiſeup a Churchr 

to God to praiſe him in. For this is: 
made his confidenceand the iſtic ef 
his ſufferingsn that fore-cited P/#: 

22,from v.22. to the end. 


How ſhould the confideration +/+. 
_ of theſe things both draw #s on to To draw on 
faith, and encoxrage ustherein, and ro fairh,and | 


p | encouraze 
raiſe ap our hearts above all doub- us thereme - 


tings and withdrawings of ſpirit in 

believing ! For in this example of 

Chriſt we have the higheſt inſtance 

of believing that ever was:he — 
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go 


$ Chriſt, the ex1mple of Faith. 


Sec, x, God (as we have ſeen) for himſelf, 
X *** and for many thouſands befides, e- 
ven for all his ele& ;. and haſt not 
thou the heart to truſt him for one ' 
poore ſoule? Yea,Chriſt thus truſted | 
God upon his ſingle Bond ; but we, {/ 
for our aſſurance, have both Chriſt {| 
& God bound to us,even God with | 
his ſarety Chrilt (for he is Gods ſure- 
ty.as welLas ours.) A double Bond 
from two ſuch perfons, - whom 
would it not ſecure? If God the Fa- 
ther and God the Son thus mutually | 
truſted one another for our ſalvati- 
on, Whom would it not induce to {| 
truſt them both, for ones own ſalva- 
tion, when as otherwiſe: they muſt 
be damned that willnot?t.This ex- 
ample of- Chriſt may teach & incite 
us to believe:for didChriſt lay down | 
all his glory,and empty himſelf; and = 
leave himſelfe worth nothing, but 
made a Deed of Surrendring all he 
had into his Fathers hands, this in 
a pure truſt that God would j#ſt:fie 
many by him, (as it iS in 1/a.53.)and 
{hall not we lay down all we have, 
and part with what ever is dear un- 
to uSaforehand ,. with the like ſub- 
miſſion,in a dependance & hope of 
being our ſelves juſtified by him?and 


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an BS io i ao ett a 


_numerable tranſgreſſions comming aganſtthe 


him the iniquities of us all, Chriſt tru- 


Chriſt, the example of Faith, 9 
Wwithall 2. it may encourage us to Seq. x, 
beleeve : Haſt thou the guilt of in- y,,cciun 
in, and diſcouraging thee from tru- 5j{22*i 
ſting in him? Conſider but what : 
Chriſt had,(though not of his own) 

Chrift was made (as Lather boldly 

(in this ſenſe that we ſpeak of him) 
ſpeakes) the greateſt ſinner that ever 

was; that is,by 1mputation : for the 

fins of all Gods choſen met in him: 

And yet he truſted God to be juſtt- 

fied from them all,& to be raiſed up 

from under the wrath due of them. 

Alas, thou art but one poore fiuner, 

and thy faith hath buta light and 

ſmall load laid upon it, namely, thy 

own ſins, which to this ſumme hee 
undertooke for, are but as an unite 

to an infinite number : God laid npor 


ſted God for his owze Acquitance 
from the ſins of all the world, and. 
when that was given him, he yet 
again further truſted him, to acquit 
the world for his ſatisfaction ſake. 
But thou wilt ſay, Chriſt was 
Chriſt, one perſonally united to 
God, and ſo knew that he could fa- 
tisfie him; but Tam a ſinfull man. 
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16 Chriſt, theexampleof Faith. 
Se. r, Well, but if thou believeſt, and ſo 
art one of thoſe who are one with 
Chrift , then Chriſt ſpeaking theſe 
words in the name both of himſelf 
and of his EleA(as bath been ſhewr- 
ed) thou haſt the very ſame ground 
to utter them that he had, and all 
that encouraged him, may embol- 
den thee, for he ſtood in thy ſtead. 
It was onely thine, and others fins 
that put him in any danger of con- 
demnation ; and thou ſeelt what his 
confidence before-hand was, that 
God would juſtifie him fro them all: 
And it he had left any ofthem un- 
ſatisfied for, he bad not been juſtifi- 
ed ; and withall in performing his 
own part undertaken by him, he per- 
formed thine alſo, & ſo in his being 
Juſtified, thou wert juſtified alſo:his 
con fidexce then,may therfore be thine 
»ow:onely his was ir & from himſelf, 
but thine muſt be ow him:yet ſo,as by 
reaſon of thy communion with him in 
his both condemnation & juſtification, 
thou mayft take and turne alkeat 
emboldned him to this his truft and 
confidence, to embolden thee alſo 
in-thine, as truly as he did for him- 


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Chriſt, the example of Faith, x1 
farther prop and encauragement to 
thy faith, then he then had ; for »ow 
(when thou art to believe) Chriſt 
hath: fully performed the ſatisfaRtion 
heundertooke; and we now ſee Feſus 
crucified, acquited, yea crowned with 

lory and honour , as the Apoitle 
ſpeaks : But he, when he took up 
this triumph , was (as Eſay here 
foretold and propheſied it of him) 

-but as then entring upon that work. 
The Propher ſceing the day of his ar- 
raignment and Agony, utters theſe 
words as his-; ſhewing what 
thoughts ſhould then peſlefle his 
heart, when:Pzare and the Jewes 
ſhould condemne him, and our fins 
come in upon him, God # neere that 


| 7uſtiſies me, who therfore ſhall conteyd 


with me? But now this comes to be 
added to owr challenge here , that 
Chrift hath dyed, and : alſo riſen a- 
gar; that he was condemned & ju- 
ified, who therefore ſhall condemane ? 
may we ſay, and ſay much more. 
But thou wilt yet ſay, He knew 
himfelfe to be the Son of God, but fo 
doe not I. Well, do thou but caſt 
thy ſelfe upon him, to be adopted 
and juſtified by him , with « giving 
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Chriſt,the example of. Faith. 


Se. 1. #p thy ſonle to his ſaving thee his own 


»ay, and (though thou knowelt it 
not) the thing is done. And as for 
that(ſo great and uſuall) d5/conrage- 
--2ent unto poore ſoules from deing 
this, namely, the greatneſſe and mwl- 
titude of ſins, this very example of bis 
faith, and conſideration of it, may 
alone take off, and helpe to remove 
it, more then any I have ever met 


OE ER. on ER "EX. IOC 


with: for He in bearing the ſins of |; 
his EleA,did beareas great and 1n- 
finitely more fins then thine;yea,all | 


ſorts of ſins what ever,for ſome one 
of his Ele& or other, (for hee fait 
upon it,that A/ (that is,all ſorts of) 
frunes ſnall be forgiven unto men, and 
therefore were firſt borne by him for 
them) and yet you ſee how confi- 
dent aforehand he was, and is now 
clearly juſtified from them all: And 
by vertue of þ/5 being juſtified from 


all forts of fins, (hall al! ſorts of ſinners | 


z# and through him be juſtified allo : 


and therefore why mayſt not thou | 
hope to be from thine ? certainly | 


for this yery reaſon our fins ſimply 
and alone conſidered cane ſuppo- 
ſed ne hindrance. | 
Thus we have met with one great 
| and 


Yr

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theſe words : All which therefore 
to handle morelargely, 1s the inten- 
ded ſabje&t ofthis Diſcourſe. And 
therefore as we have ſeene Chriſts 
faith for us, ſo now let us ſee 'what 


four faith is to be fowards him : On- 


lytake this along with you, fora 
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14 © Chriſt, the objeFof Faith, _ 
$4 x fight bounding of all that follows ; | 
' © That the Faith(the Object and ſup- | 
port of whichT would diſcourſe | 
of) is onely, Faith as juſtifying ; for | 
Juſtification was properly here the ; 

matter of Chrilts faith for us, and 1s |} 

alſo anſwerably here held forth by | 

Paxl, as that faith which Belcevers 

arc to have on him. Now faith is} 

called juſtifying,only as it hath [fti- 
cation tor its object, and aS it goes 

Out to Chriſt for Juſtification : So! 

that all that ſhall be ſpoken muſt be 
confined to this alone, as the in-} 
_ tendinent of the Text. And concer- 
et , ning this, the Text doth two 
the Text, thiugs. . 

En. 3 It holds forth Chriſt the &b- 
4 vgs jet of it, | Who ſhall condemne ?/ 
of faith [LC2/9F] math dyed. &c.7] And ws 
for j.tifi- being cane ſole ſubjet of thoſe 
cauon. foure particulars that follow, ag 
enconragements to faith, muſ} 
needs be therefore the objeR here 
\. ſet forth unto eur faith. | 
2. His 2. In Chriſt we have here al thoſt 


Chriſt, the 86jed? of Faith. 
I. Dyed. 
2. 'Role againe. 
3. Is at GodsSright

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your faith to Chriſt , as 
19 its right object. 

2. To exconrage our faith , from 
theſe [everall attions of Chriſt for ws, 
and ſhew how they all containe 
matter of triumph for faith in them 
and alſo teach your faith how tn 
triumph from each of them : and 
herein I am to kcep. cloſe to the ar- 
gument propounded, namely, faith 
4 juſtifying; or to ſhew how faith, 
ſceking juſtification in Chrif, may 
be exccedingly raiſed from each of 
theſe particulars, and ſupported by 
them, as by ſo many pillars of it. Ss 
as although Chreffs Deatb,Reſurre- 
Aion, &c. may fitly ſerve to encou- 
rage our faith in'many other afts ic 
uſeth to put forth, (as in point of 
SanAification to bee had from 
Chriſt , into which his Death and 
ReſurreAion have an jinfluence ) 


Chriit 


_ Yethere weare limgited to the mat- 


C3 ter 


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16 Chriſt, eheobjeFof Faith, 
Seo, x, ter of Juſtification onely, [ Ir # God 
F that juſtifies, who ſhall condemme , ſee= 
ing Chriſt hath &yea?} and herein to 

 ſhew how his Death , ReſurreRi- 

 On,&Cc. may, and doe afford matter 
of comfort and triumphing in point 
of Juſtification, from all theſe. And 
thus you have the ſumme of theſe 
worc's, and of my {cope 1n this en- 
ſun?e Treatile. 


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CHAP. IT], 


Firſt, Dire&ions eo Chriſt as the ob- 
j< of faith. How 7s a three-fold 
conſideration Chriſt #5 the objebt of 
nuſtifying faith. 


Ut

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held forth in the Promiſe, 
yetyouare to beleeve on Chriſt in 
that Pronulſe, to obtaine this for- 
givenefle. So Als 26. 18. it is{aid 
of beleevais by Chriſt himſelfe, 
{ That they may obttive forgive- 
nefſe of ſinnes, by faith which 15 on 
PEE. 

And to cleareit farther, we muſt 
concelve, that the Promiſes of For- 
giyencLe arc not as the pardous of 

2 


Chriſt, the 0bjetFof faith. 27 
a Prince, which meerly containe an Sec, x, 
expreſfion of his royall word for 
prevning » ſoasweinſlecking of 
it, doe reſt upon, and have to doe 
only with his word and feale 
which we have to ſhew for it : but 
Gods Promiſes of. pardon are made 
in his Sonne, andare as if a Prince 
ſhould offer to pardon a Traitor up= 
on marriage with his child, whom 
in,and with that pardon he offers in 
ſuch a relation ; fo as all that would 
have pardon, muſt firſt ſeek ont for 
his child: and thus it 15 in the matter 
of beleeving. The reaſon of which 
1s , becauſe Chrift

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to be had in them : He that hath the 
Somne, hath life, John 1.5. 12: be- 
cauſe Lite 1s by C-ods appointment 
onely in him, as Verſe 11. All the 
promiſes are as' Copy-hold Land, 
which when-you would intereſt 
your ſclves in, you enquire upon 
what Lord it holds, and you take 
it'up of him, as well as get the 
Evidences and Deeds for 1t into 
your hands ; the Lord of it will 
be acknowledged for ſuch in paſ- 
ſing hisright into your hands : Now 
this 15 the tenure of all the promi- 
ſes ; they all hold on Chriſt, in 
whom they are 7eaand Amer; and 
you mult take themup of him. Thus 
the Apoſtles preached forgivencſlſe 
- tomen, «Mts 13. 38. Bee it kyowne 
that through this man is preached 
rs you the for oiveneſſe of ſias. And as 
they preached, 1ſo we are to believe, as 
the Apoſtle ſpeaks, 1 (67.15.11. 
And without this to re{t on the 
bare promiſe, cr to looke

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he is made a fit 


obj<& for a ſinners faith to truſt | 


and reft upon, for ſalvation ; which 


in part diſtinguiſheth a ſinners faith | 


whilſt here on earth,towards Chriſt, 
from that viſion or ſight which An- 

els and the ſoules of men have in 

caven of him. Faith kere views 
him not onely as glorious at Gods 
right hand (though ſo alſo) but as 
crucified, 


Chriſt, the objeft and ſupport 


WI + EI no. 


_—_ — 
of faith in his death. 35-"Y 
crucified, as made fin, and a curſe, Gag ,, 
and ſo reſts upon him for pardon ; 
| but in heaven we ſhall /ce hi as hee 
| #, and be made like unto him. Take 


Chriſt 1n his perſonall excellencies 


LI "5 —_— md -" "5" 


| fimply conſidered,and fo with them 
> | propounded asan Head to us, and 
| | Hee might have beene a fit object 
L | for Angels and men even without 
c ſin to have cloſed withall ; and 
4 what an addition to their happl- 
» | nefle would they have thought it,to 


© | have himfortheir husband ! but yet 
0 ſo conſidered,he ſhould have been, 
S 


and rather is the obje of /ove,then 
offaith or aftance. It is therefore 
r ! Chriſt thatis thus excellent in his 
ly

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account 
this to be grace; whenas it 18 no 
more then what the like tragicall 
ſtory of ſome great & noble perſo- 
nzge full of herowcall vertues anc. 

D 3 IRS 


" Chriſt, th: objefF 1nd ſupport 


CEF, 4, ingenuity, yet inhumanely and une 


gratefully uſed) will worke, and u- 
{cth ordinarily to worke in 1Ngenu- 


ous ſpirits, who read, or heare of | 


it : yea and this oft-times , though 
it be but in the way of a fiftion : 
Which when 1t reacheth no high- 
er, is ſo far from being faith , thot it 
is but a carnall and fleſhly devoti- 
on, ſpringing from fancy which 1s 
pleaſed with fuch afſtory, and the 
principles of ingenuity {tirred to- 
wards ene who 1s of a noble {pirit, 
and yet abuſed. Such ſtories uſe to 
{ur up a principle of humanity in 
cn, unto a compalſlionate love ; 
which Chriit himfelfe at his ſuffe- 
r1ng found fault with, as deing not 
pirituall, nor raiſed enough in thoſe 
women who went weeping to 
ice the Mefſiabfo handled, Weep not 
for me, (ſaycs hc) that is, weep not 
{0 much for this, thus to ſee me un- 
worthily handled by thoſe for 
whoml dye. 
nd therefore accordingly as 
theſe fiirrings

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which could clear your whole 
ſcore ; and that if God would bat 
be pleaſed to impute it toyon, you | 
might ſay, I dnrſt preſently come to 
an account with him,and cut {cores 
with his Law and Juſtice. 


Thus much of the firſt thing 
made the objee of faith, 
namely, Chrilt 4s ejings 


SECT, 


6 
FETTETT LEEDS tl 38 | 
4 SECT. 11. 


* Farr n ſupport-d by - iſts 
RESURRECTION 


e 
ma 


R OM. 8.34. 


— Yea rather, that 1s riſen a: arm. 


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CHAP. I. 
| Chriſts Reſurreftion ſupporteth fath 


two Wayes : 
1.By being an evidence of __ 
2. by Eaving an influence +; 
ſtiftcatis, 
its 
The neceſſity of Chrifts ReſurreRion, C 
fer #he procuring our In fiftcation. YZ 


. Vo ery 


Rp 


HE next thing to be lookt 
| _ atin Chrift,as he is the 05- 
jetof juſtifying faith, (8: 

from whence our faith may 

ſeeke and fetch ſupport and com- 
fort in the matter of Juſtification) 
is Chrifts Reſwrreftion; upon Whici 
we ſee here, the Apoſtle putteth a 
[ rather | Tea rather that 1s riſen 4« 
aine, There muſt therefore be ſome 5? gs 
Fen thing in the Reſurreion of & ns 
Chritt, which it contributes to our | 
E Fiith 


7 CE” 


7 — 


62 


Sect. 3. faith and juſtification , for which 
hic ſhould havea [ rather] pur upoa; 


Te ſerver 
vw acotbie 
ulc talups 
1 G:T Our 
tails 


The _ fi Faith 


it, and that comparatively to his 
death. Now to ſhew whereti this 
ſhould Le, confider how the Reſur- 
re&on of Chriſt

~78 words

and call for 


the Bond 1a , as having Chriſts Re- 
ſurretion to ſhew for 1t, that the 
dedt is diſcharged. And hence the 
Apoſtle cryes Veforia over Sin, Hel 
and Death, upon occaſion of (anc! 
as the Corons and concluſion of 
that) his large Diſcourſe abour 
Chriſts Reſurretion, 1 Cor.15,55, 
56,57-0 death,where « thy ſting *that 
1s,Sin, and the power of it : for ſo 
it followes, The ſting of death is ſis : 
and O grave, where 1s thy vitlory ? 


 Thankgs be to God who bath given 1s 


E 2 victory 


63 . 
Sect. Ze I 


i For ws. 
Of E vs 
dences 


Faith) Hh 
a viſ:bie 
ſine of 1-, 
that Go1 t5 
{atisficd. 


The ſupport of Faith 


64 | 
Cot 2, vittory, throngh feſnus Chriſt our ' p 
” F£ord: namely, as riſes again; for  * 
of his Reſurrection, and of that | * 
chiefy , had heſpoken throughout | / 
that Chapter. , 
2. But ſurely this is not alL;that it | 
2.1. ſhould only argue our jultification | 
ew: by way of evidence : This alone | 
would not have deſerved ſuch a | 
[rather] to be put upon it,if Chriſts | 
ReſurrcRion had not had ſome far- | * 
aan 4-1 
ther reall caſual influence into Julti- | | 
fication it ſelf, and been more then | 
ſimply an evidence of it to our ap-} 
prehenſions. Therefore ſecondly, } 
fy Juſtification, although the mete- 
"SR 7tale, or

~297 words

as expect any payment from 
A ns, (fuch was his grace.) So P/a/. 
| 39. 19. Where the mercies of the 
| Coverant made betweene Chrift 
| and God, under the Type of Gods 
| Covenant with David are ſet forth, 
@od re- Thow pakeft tn Viſion to thy holy One, 
Joes PY and ſaidit, 1 have laidhelp on one who 


mene of our 


debr from ts [ wighty.] As if God had ſaid, 
chft fit, 7 know that theſe will faile mee, 
and breake, and never be able te 
fatisfie me , but you area mighty 
and ſubſtantiall perſon, able to pay 
me, and I will looke for my debt of 
you. And to confirme this, (then 
which nothing can give fironger 
conſolation, or more advanceth 
Gods free grace) when God went 
about the reconciling the World 
in and by Chrift, and dealt with 
Chriſt about 1t, the manner of itis 
expreſſed to have beene, that God 
tooke off our finnes fromus, and 
diſcharged us (as it were) meaning 
never to callus to an account for 
tham, unlefie Chriſt ſhould not fatis- 


fo as ke would requue an account 
of 


fie him, and laid themall on Chriſt, 


& 
| s 


Le i es es - 


OY OUR Tm—_ po wy . —_ 


{rom Chriſts Reſurredfion. 


| of them all from him firſt , andlet 
bim lIooke to it ; and this he did to 


make the Covenant ſure. Thus 
2 (or. 5.19. tis ſaid, (the Apoltle 
ſpeaking of Gods tranſaction of 
this baſineſſe with Chriſt) that God 
was is ( hrift, namely, from everla= 
ſting, reconciling the world (of Ele& 
Beleevers) to him/clfe, wot imputing 
their treſpaſſes to them, and maae hins 
fim who kxew no ſtent. Obſerve, that 


 aSke laid onr finnes on Chriſt, ſo 


withall, he diſcharged us, in his 
compact between Chriſt and him- 
ſelfe, [ no: 1mputing their tresþaſſes 


, to them.) So then, all laid upon 


Chriſt, and he was tolook to it, or 


\. elfe his ſoule was to have gonefor 


jt. This 1s

~346 words

diſcharge the debt, 
who was fo able to doe it:and there- 
by we might alſo ſee how he was 
ade ſin for us, and therefore wee 
might very well have quieted our 
hearts from fearing any arreRs, or 
for Gods comining upon us, till we 
ſhould heare that our ſurety were 
not ſufficiently able to pay the 
debt (as you have heard he 1s.) But 
yet our hearts would (till be inquiſt- 
tive (for all that) to heare whether 
indeed hee hath perfe&Rly ſatisfied 
God or no;and woull be extreamly 
ſolicitous to know whether he hath 
fatisfaRorily performed what hee 


——_ w _ pe - ds "—_- V— ——— —— 7 _—— 


undertook, and how he got clear of |; 
that engagement, and of being made | 


ſm | 


St al onde os oe ini ed oe 


— us am. C@CR._ ”_ 


ee — ——— or 


fn for ns. And therefore the Apoſtle SeR, 3; 
comforts beleevers with this, that 

Chriſt (hall the xexs time appear with- | 
out fin. * Vnto them that looks for him © *<>:5-28 
he ſhall appeare tht ſecond time without 

ſrrene , wnto ſalvation, One would : FO 
thinke it no great matter of comfort thac chrig 
to us, to hear that Chriſt ſhould ap- [Þ* 3s in 
peare without ſin ;. for who would mie fin for 
imagine that it could be otherwiſe "2h now 
with The holy Owe,the Lord of Glory? al, andis 
there is no wonder in that : Ay, but wibour fine 
(layes the Apoſtle) your very fal- 

vation 1s intereſted in this, as neer- 

ly as is poſſible : It is well for you 

that Chriſt is now without ſin ; for 

he hziving as your Surety under- 

tooke to Crific for fin, and having 
accordingly beene once made finne, 

when on earth, and arreſted; for it 

by God at his death; inthat now he 

is got cleare of that engagement, 

(which could be no way, but by ſa- 
tisfaction, which he qi 7 4 

this doth plainly evince it, and af- 

certain you, that you ſhall never be 

condemned for it: for by the Law, if 

the ſurety hath diſcharged the debt, 


' the Debteur is then free. And there- 


fore no newes would or could be 


mgre 


from Chriſts Reſurreftion, © "9 


F? 


Yo Theſugportof Faith, 


Seq, 3. more welcome to ſinners, then to | 


' Andſo thar have a certaine and infallible evi- 
God will dence given, that their Surety were 
upon the Well come off, and hadiquirted alto 


fiancy, {atisfaRtion. 
Now then to evidence this, ſer- 


veth his Reſwrreftion, ( brift i ri{es : 


How ſtrong Nothing fo ſure. Therefore certain- 
an evidence 


Chriſts Re. ly the det is diſcharged, and hee 
ſurreaion hath

~734 words

2. That he was juſtified chen ava 
Common perſon,repreſenring us theres 
In, as well as that heroſe as a Com- 


mon perlon ; and ſo that wo were then 


Fiſlio 


from Chriſts ReſurreZiop. 97 
juſtified in him and with him; and Seg, 3. 
by chis means it is char by that A& 
then done to him, one Juſtificacion is 
made irrepealable for ever. & 1.” 
For the explicaiing of the firſt : ..*T1a 
As Chriſt was io his death made finne Chrift bim- 
for us, and fo ſaftsined our perſons in gcaartls 
his ſatisfying for finne by his death, Refurredt- 
(which is the matter of our righteouſe Made forth 
nefſc) ſoin and upon his ReſurreRj. 7,9r7., 
on he was jufti fied and acquited from rogether, 
our fnnes by God, as baving now 


_ fully ſatisfied for thew, which I rake 


_ by thee three chjivgs purtoge» 
er: 

Frrft, in reafon, if that Chriſt were ,, 71... 
made finne for us , and fatjsfied for it, muſt b-ve 
there muſt then ſome Al paſſe, aa pany 
whereby Chriſt ſhould be pronoun» from God,” 
ced acquit of our finnes, and fully aaa _ 
c'rar oem , and ſo be him{]fe for. 25d 5. - 
mally jultified,m reſp: & of thoſe fans, þ, God, = 
for which he undertouk 10 ſacishe. 


' For according to the courſe of all 


Proceedings, if a charge of guiltbe 
formally laid, there muſt be as formall 
an /Q of aqui:ing, and cfgiving a 
Drietw eft: There is no man, bur 
tor tis own diſcharge and ſecurity 
would dcfaxe it, Nor is there any wie 
man 


98 


Tha? there 
was foch in 
AQ pafſeds 


Sed. 3- 


The ſupport of Faith, 
man that pa; c8 a eb« for which he is 
legally tued , that will not have upon 
the payment of it, as legal] an Ac- 
quicance, Parl, when he was catt in- 
to priion by a publique AQ of Au- 
thoruy, he ftood upon ittv havea 
pubi:que AQ of Releaſe from the 
fame Magiſtrates, and would not goe 
for h of priſon privily, though them- 
ſclves ſenttohim foro oc ont, As 
36. 37. Now God bimfelf did [ns the 
migquities of w all upon Chriſt, Eſay 
53 6, and bad bim 20 priſon, and is 
Tadgement for them, wer. $8. There 
muſt therefore ſume AQ pafle from 
Gd, legally to rake them off from 
him, and declaring him d'fcharged,to 
deliver him frow Priſon and [udge- 
ment. 

And de fro it isevidemrthart there 


was fome ſuch AR pa fed trom CG-::d 3 


for as we read,. chkr Chritt while he 
lived, and alf.-1n his Deach, was m de 
frr,ind 4:d bare the ſra of 2wny, as the 
Pirac 8 Eeb.i.2 , Sw. r adinthe 
very nex W- ris, that te ſh ll a; peace 
the trund time [ with-ot ſonree, | which 


mitt recds be fwwiien madir t Pe 


poi inwot + þomgh nu fins, 
aud appearing cn With dil OUT {129 
laid 


' - 
\ 


from Chriſts Re ſarre@ion- 


laid ro hischarze. He appeared char- SeFt, 3. 


ged ich hem thin, Dutnow he ſhall 
gpprare a8 «pparencly and as manifeſt» 
ly co be with: ur cholte fins, for of our 
ims it mutt nz:cs be mean. Jand jo to 
be diſcharged of them as fully, asever 
he appeared c*arged ich them:For 
> 1812id, He ſhl[ſ -pperre] without ſin; 
and rherct r tc the jn1gements of 
all it ſþall be made manif-ſt, char tat 


G::d that once charged him wirh 


th: m, bath now tully diſt harged him 
of them. The Ap::{tle ſpeaks of it as 
of a great a!rerar!on mal. in this re- 
fp<& berween Chriſt as be was whilſt 
onearth, and Chrift as he is to ap=- 

eare the ſecond time, and isnow in 

eaven, And this alrerati-n or diſ- 
charge muſt neceffarily be mede by 
God, fi-rhe is the Credicour who 
f jlo cd rhe Snir, and cherefore he a» 
In: can giverbe Acquitance. 

Now ſecondly, from hence it will 

follow, thc there mult be fame zirer 


" 


muſt h--ſome 


when th1s alteration was firſt made, time when 


and dictarge viven; when Chriſt 


become with wt ſome, tf.rough Cds 


acquiring + thim; andt©is.f-y I, as Chi, 


athis Rejurr:ftien, Icisnordeferre d 
as 


A ch:rze from 
frm DCINg 'brh; a$h. was mad e. ſh: 0d vr fins 


100 The ſupport of Faith, 
Sed. 3. a8then to be firſt done, when he is to 
appeare the ſecond time, though then 
it #?pears indeed, but is is really done 
belire z for he comes then rojudge 
others for finne, Now in reaſon, when 
fhould this Acquitance or Juſtificati- 
on from our finnes bee firſt given to 
Ctriſt, and legally pronounced on 
him

~165 words

as a condemned man , he com- 
forts himſelfe wich this, | He is neere 
thet juſtifics me, who 1h condemme ? 
And when was thar done, or to be 


| done, bur at his Reſfurre&ion ? So 


the phraſe in Timotby imports, if you 
compare it with another in Peter, 
1 Pet.3.18, Being p:t #0 death inthe 
feſb, [ and quickned in (or by) the fpi- 
ſpirit. | Paul, he ſayes, | Fuſtifid in 


| the pri) Peter, he iayes, | Duickned 


m1 the ſpirit; | both m:ane one and the 
ſame thing. By | Spirit lis meanc the 
power of his Godþead,% Divine patwwe, 


; Whereby he was ar once bock raiſed 


from che grave,& from under the gilc 
of fin rogether. He was at once both 
quicknes (or raiſed ) and jnſtified al+ 
fo. And that by ({ Spi5#7 they = 


IOE 
Set. 3 


his Divine nature , the oppoſition in 


borh 


E 102 
6 - SELL. 2. 


The ſupport of Faith, 
both places evidently implves; for it 
is oppoſed to his | Fe ] or humane 
nature. Now becauſe be was quick- 
ned ( or raiſed ) by the power of the 
God-hcad.and ar thar railing him, he 
was juft:fied alſo by G:2d, and declae 
red jultified by tha: ReſurreCion

~164 words

he was juſtified 
from all che {innes laid to his charge. 
And thar other place I cited our of 
Iſciab, bath the ſame o-eaning alſo; 
for Chriſt there contforts him(clte a- 
gainſt the Jews condemning him, and 
putting bim io death, with the hopes 
of Gods juſtitying of him, when he 
{hould have yone through t!at work, 
And Chriſts mcaninz there is this, 
God will raiſe me up, ard a«9uit me, 
though you condemne and kill me. 
In : he orher Pr.»-phets you (hal finde 
Chriſt ftifl comturugg hindelfe a- 
2ainti h13 con.temnati'D at his death, 
wi h the chouyh. s or his Re frerreZion 
whichhefore-ſaw as ſhi:ril;; to follow 
afcrirg as bore 16: Ejay he comforts 
himſclfe with rheſe hopes of his berg 


i Juſtifed 


ay mah oc 8. 


from Chriſts ReſurreSion. 


Inſtif:d after their con emnation of Seq, 3+ 


him. Forinſtance, Pſal, 15. 9. Ay 
feſo jbeÞ reſt in bope, thou wilt net leave 
wy ſoul in bell, nor Joffe z.y holy One 
to ſee Correeption. Wiiich words ( yeu 
know) Peter in the 4&s doth twice 
1::terpret of Chrilts ReſucreRion. 
In like manner here in Eſay , againſt 
bis death and cundemnation he com- 
forts kimifclfe with rhe hopes of Gods 
juſtification of him at his ReſurreCi- 
on, He: & neere who juſtifier me (and be 
ſpl belpe me ) wha ſh1ll condeaznc ? 


Acd further, rocontirme and ftreng- jj; rofurre- 


then this votion , becauſe his Reſur- 
reftion was the firſt mont2nr of this 


his juſtification from our fins, there- ge1ri”s- 


fore it 1s, that God ca{ls ic his firſt be. 
getting of Chrilt, | T bis day have I be- 
geitex the] (peaking maniteſtly of his 
Reiurre&ion, Acts 13.35. And the 
reaſinofhis fo calling ir, is, becauie 
all the while before he was covered 
with {inne, and rhe {ik;nefſe of finfull 
fl:ſ6; Bur now having flung it off, he 
appearesIlike Gods Son indeed , ( as 


it newly begorren.) And rhus alfo 4nd therein | 


there comwetrh tobe rhe fuller con- 
formicy berween Chriſts ju ification © 


and ours: For as our Jultification iS Reſurrection 


al 


th 


# 


] 


, 


04. 


Lett. 3. 


The ſupport of Faith, 
have been ne to w, yea by ws, 
m tsm, and with bis, Yea, what 
ever God mcan: odue $:r us, ani 1n 
gs, whai ever pri-llcdge or benctit he 
meant to bettvw upon us, h=- did chat 
thing firitco( hi it, ad ( 10mm way ) 
beituwed the like on bim as a Com- 
mon perſon, that f» ir night be by a 
ſoJemne formail Alt racitied,, and be 
made lureto b. dun. co us in vur pers 
ſons in due time, having firi been 
done to him repreiet-ting our , erfons; 
andchat by i his courlc take n,1. unghe 


' C when dourie to us ) bee <ti.Qed 


Th#4s in fan- 
Qihr-ation 
Chrift firſt 
fanifed, 
then we in 
bims

~230 words

hereupon is grounded this 
Triumph uf Faut bere, from 
Chritts Reſurre&tion, #/bo ſhall con- 
demne?! [t is Chriſt that «njen ; The 
nicaning whereot is, that was juftity- 
eGar his Refurre&ion, (| Fuſttfyed 
53 3he Spirst | and | «ickned an the 
Spirgs | being all one ) aud we in bim; 
Yea, and a | rether |is put upon this, 
Tather then upon hs death z tor this 
at wes a lolemne ditcharge irom all 
tin and condemnation it w.:s alegall 
Acquitance givenio Chriſt tor al: our! 
lanes, atid io to us alſo contidered as 
| in 


SA eo  þ __ 


from Chriſts Reſurreon. 


inhim. His Deatiz was bur the fatis= Sec, 2, 


tation and payment ; bur this 1s che 
firtt At of Abſolucion; Yea, and this 
is the Originall 4C&, which is upon 
Record berween Gud and Chriſt; and 
our Juſtification and Aronerent 


(when we are juſtifyed by taich in 


Chriſt ) is but a Copy fetch trom 
this Roll, and Courc ſentence then 


pronounced, 


Aud ſuch a way and courfe to rati- 
fie and make Ads good and legall, (c- 
vento have them done by another re- 
preſencing ones per{on}is common a» 
mong men, -(as thoſe inſtances I tor- 
merly gave due ſhew.) An Atrorney 
at Law receivesa debr, or an Acqui- 
tance for a debe,paid or given tor an- 
orhier man, and ic is as legall, as if the 
man hintelfe, or Credituur had done 
It, andthe Dcbrour had received the 
Acquirance himſelte. Yea, AQts of 
che greatcſt and higheſt concerament 
are ofr=times no otherwiſe tranfaGted; 
as the mariages of Princes are by Pro- 


xy ſolemniz.d , their Embaſſadours 
reprefenting their perſons, and cone :--- 


rafting and marrying their wives in 
their ſtead , which aCts are thereby 
made as irrevocable, and irrepealable, 
QO 2 as 


| 
| 
| 
i 


II2 


The ſiipport of Faith, 


Sect. 3. as if themſelves bad in perſon cone 


Caution. 


them. And ſo if we were juſtified | 
when Chriſt didriſz and was juſtified, 


our Juſtificacion rhen cannot be re- 
verſed , bur ſtands as legall and war- 


rantable as any a& that God or man | 


ever ratified or confirmed. And bo 
then ſhall condemn ? | 
 Gacly,for farther explication ſake, 
(left

~287 words

And this did Chriſt at bis A- 
ſcenſiou ;, { for of hit treumphing at his 
At. enfion, I take this T ramph in this 
Epilile to tie Colof. ro be underfiood,; 
nd fo to be interpreted by that fore- 
ciced 4. of the Fpireſtans:) He plainly 
manifeſting by this publiquz open 
ſhew«fihem artt13 Aſcenſion, that 
te had ſpoi'ed , and fully ſubducd 
them on the Croſſe. Tha: wt.ich hath 
diverted Interpreters from thinking 
this of 2.Col.ro have beentFetriumph 
of his Aſcenſion, hath beeu, Aſh 
the 


TONES ene Wn 9 A 4% © 


from Chriſts 4 ſcen 709. 


the rricmph is ſ1id to have been made Seft, 4, 


[ + Zr? | wi hey interpret [ #2 it ] 
aS it it referred co the Croſſe, (m-ntio- 
ned ver.14.) aSthe place uf it; wh-n 
az ic may as well be rran{Jated |{ n 
himſelfe } i. e | its bir own pawer and 
ſtrength, | n>tivg,, hoiv be 4lne cd 
tis, which otter Conguerors dive at s 
they conquer not 7 themſelies, ant by 
themlelves, which Chrilt did. Anl 
yet it was the Law, that If the Romay 
Emperors or Generals themſelves to k 
ay thing in War,rhcy had a peculiar 
honoir to dedicare ic in triumph 
m»-re peculiarly: Now Chriſt congue- 
red in bimfeife,and therefore trianpred 
in pimſelfe , and himſclfe alone. An4 
thus i: became our Redecmer ( like 
another Sz mpſon ) nut onely ro break, 
Sins bars, and fl ng off Hell gates, and 
come out of rhat Priſon he was in; 
bur as 13 figne ofa Trephie, to rakz 
them onhisba:k, and carry themup 
the hill, (as Sampſon(the Typ. of him) 
did the gates of the Cty to an high 
hill ) himlſelfe crriumphanecly carrying 
them on his own ſhoulders. 

Now didC'riſt then, who was your 
ſarety thus trriumphechen ler your faih 
trinmph likewiie z for this was noc 
- H-4 onel y 


159 


140 The triumph of Faith, 
Sect. 4 unly doneby your Swrety, but in your 

” ſtead, leeing thi: | fer ws | here, is ro 
be put tocach thing mentioned. The 
Apoflle cals

~349 words

perfect 
through ſufferings, and thoſe ſutfe- 
rings ro bee ſuch «10 perfect wa alſo; 
That chisis a Heb.z 0, Now behold your Szrety is 
turtber i like a Conqueror entred Heaven : Let 
Ged is farir: that convince yon, that he hath ſati(- 
hetior i $:dthedebr, an4 performed his com- 
miſſion to a tittle ; God would never 
have ſuffered him ro come thither e}ſe 
but as foone as ever his head had 
peept into Heaven , have fenc him 
down 


<< 


— 


— 


| 
| 


from Chrilts Aſcenſion. 


downe againe to performe the reſt; Set, 4, 


But God lets him enter in, and hee 
comes b>Jdly, and confidently, and: 
God lets him ſtay there : therefore 
be convinced, that he hath given God 
full farisfaftion, Chriſt him(clfe uſeah 
thy argument, as the ſtrongeſt thar 
could bee broughr to cmpnce the 
world, that his righteonſseſſe ( which 
hee had in his DoArine taught then) 
was the righteuſueſſe which men were 
only to be ſaved by, the true Righteouſ< 
ne{le of God indeede. Fubn 16,9.19. 
He ſpall convince the world of righteor;ſ- 
neſſz : that is, worke faith in the 
hearts of men,to bel-eve and lay hold 
on my Righteouſneſſe, as the true 
Righteouineſſe char (Gud hath orday- 
ned : and this becauſe (1ayes he) Igo 
tomy Father,and you ſhal ſec me no moves. 
That is, by this argument an 1 evidexce 
1c 18, and fhall beevinced, chat] who 
undertooke to fa 15fe for finn2, and 
ro procnre a p:rf:& Righte wwſncſle, 
have perfe@'y perturmed ir: and1yvar 
it is a 12hteonſ7a. ſe which Gads juiFce 
doth accept of, to fave finners by; Ia 
that T after my drzarh, and fiwiſ}:ing 
this worke, will aſcend upto my Fa- 
ther, in:o He rven, and rrop my ſt zws 
; H$ ung 


142 "ou The triumph of Faith, 


Sect. 4. 4g there, and you fh «ll ſee me no more: 
W hereas, if I had not fulfilled all 


righteouſneſſe, and perfe@ly farisfied | 
God, you may be ſure there would be | 
no going into Heaven for me, nor re- | 
maining there : God wou'd ſ-nd me | 

| 


down again to doe rhe reſt, and you 


bick ag in; but I goe to Heaven, and you 
ſhall ſee me no more. 


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CruaP. TIT | 


S hewing what evidence alſc C hriſts {}t- - 
ting at Gods right hand, having 

_ beenour Surety, affords to our faich 
for Juſtification, 


\ his being , Or ſfattz: g at Gods reg bt 
bard, which is the ſecond pariicnlar 
to be ſpoken of

~397 words

The words which he then 
fpake, we haverecorded, P/.l. 11c. 
Sit thou at my right band , 1jil 1 maks 
thiee 


ſhould certaiuly ſee me with ſhame ſent |' 


Ow then inthe next place , for | 


the Angells fe8 downe and worſhiped | 


- * * 


HR 


py OI I ea gn . 


from Chriſts ſitting, Sc: 


thine enemies thy foot-ſtoole, You may Sect. 4. 


by the way ob erve, for the ilultra- 


t10n of this, How upon all the ſeverall come Go ! 


parcs of performance of his office, 


eicher God is browghe in ſpeaking to cane to hea: 


Chrift, or Chriſt tc> his Father. Thus 


whc<n he choſe him firſt to be our Mes brit tpake tc 


diator, he tikes an oath, Thou art a} 
Prieſt for ever after the order of Melchiſe- 
dec. Again,when Chriſt came ro take 
upon him our nature, the words he 
ſpake are recorded , Loe I 192 come to 
doe thy will , a body traſt thiu fitted me : 
ſo H:b.1o. out of che 49. Pal. Like 
wiſe when he hung npen the Crotſe, 


- » his words un:o God are recorded , 


Pſah. 22. 1. A Ged, my God, why h:ſt 
tou forſaken me ? In like manner, 
when he roſe againe, Gods woras uſed 
then to him are recorded, T hox « t my 
Sonne, this day bate [ begniten thee, 
Pal. 2. { which place is expounded 
of the Reſeer-eFion , As 13. 33 ) 
wiich is as much} as 1f he had ſaid, 
Tt:oa never appearedit like my Sonnz 
t i] now; for whereas I choſe a So0e 
ro ve glorified with power and Ma- 
Jeity, bhitherio thou haſt appeared 
oi.ly a0 4 Sons if 40 { Enaſh ſorry mm 1 | 
bithcro 1hox halt been male ſtrne , 
atld 


The triumph of Faith, 


|  Sett. A. and a carſe; pot like my Son, but 
haft appeared | io the /tkereſſe of [: ful 
ſb, and of a ſervant all beſmeared 
with blood; therefore this is the fs ſt 
day wherein I rnake account IT bavebe- 
gotten thee ; even now when thou firſt 
beginneſt to appeare out of chat ſinjul 
hue,and ljkenefſe of finfull fleſh : now 
I ownethee for m in nr ar I And 
in bim, hee owned us all, thus at his 
Reſurre&ion. And then Jaſt of all, 
when he comes into Heaven, the firſt 
word God fpeakes to him is, Son, ſit 
1004 at wy right band ; thou haſt done 
all m7 worke, and now I witl doe 
thine; (he gives him a qrieti eſt) reſt 
here; /7 fit bere till 1 make a'l thy cne- 
mies thy foot-ſtoole

~66 words

pleaſed God for 
. ever, and thereupon rooke up his 
placear Gods right hand, as an evz- 
dence of it; ſo polſefling the higheſt 
place in Courr, This ſetting him at 
Goda right hand, is a token: of ſpeci.l 
and higheſt favor. So Kings, whom 
they were meſt pleaſed with, they di4 
ſet ar their right bands , as Selomon di 1 
his other, 1 Kings 2.19, and (v 
Chriſt the Gburch his © «eene, Pſal.45, 
9. andit was a favor which God n.- 
ver a'ter voucſafed to apy. Heb.1. To 
which of all the Axgels didbee ſ:y , Sit 
theu on my right hand ? Therefore F bt', 
2, it1s not onely faid that hee exalted 
bim, but | ſuperexaltavit } bee bighly e- 
xalted bim,{0 as never any was cx.l:cc: 
ivr 


k —_ Lt 


from Chriſts ſitting, Ec. 


for hee was made thereby big her then the 


heavens, Thus much for the firlt 


Head. 


Ce 


CHAP. IV, 


Demonſtrates in the ſecond place what 
influenceCbriſtis Aſcenſion hath in a 
beleevers non-condemnation,upon that 


ſecond premiſed conſideration of 


Cb:iſts being a Common perſon fcr 
1. T be ſecurity tht Faith may bave 
from thenco, 


E have thus feenz what tri- 
umphing evidence and demon- 
ſtr-ation, beth Chriſts Aſcenſion, and 
ficting at Gods right hand, doe afford 
us forthis, that Chriſt being conſide- 
red 4 our Sxrety, hath therefore un- 
doubtedly ſubdued our enemics and 
ſins

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I am 
they muſt be; ) Ln Tamhere, anlam 
not co come alone, but to briug 20 gle» 
ry all the Children which thu haſt given 
me. They ſhall be all welcome (ayes 
God) there is room enough for them, 
[ many maſons: | lo that we need not 
feare, nor ſay inour hearts doubting 
and deipairing , #ho ſhall aſtend fp to 

eae 


from Chriſts fttivg, &c. 149 | 


toGod : I come not alone, I have SeF, 4s 


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150 
Sea. 


2. Thathe 


The triumphof Faith, 
He ven for u4, to bring us thicher ? ( as 
Rom,10.) Chriſt hath done it: Thar is 


che firſt thing, bur thatis not all. 
2+ He entred into Heven in ur very 


entredinour y.gmes, and {> is tob2 conlidered in 


very names 


and ftead, 


took poſſeſſi- 


O! 111 Our 


right, 


that at as a Commons perſor,{ a3 well as 
in h1s Death and Reſurrection) an4 
ſo repre enting us, and alſo taxing 
prſſefſion in our right, and we in him, 
as a Guardian takes poll-fi n for 
Heirs und:r age : Hb. 6.20. the fore- 
renner i for uw entred inco Heaven, 
the | fore-rur.xer for 9] chat 1s, our fo e- 
ruzner. A fore-ranrer 1s a fore-runner 
cf f.llowers, and of ſuch as fiay nor 
long behind-, and uſually goes be- 
fore as a harbinger, to provide, and 
take up lodgings for them that are 
ro come, and writes the names of 
thoſe who are to come , over the: 
Coores of ſuch and ſuch roomes, thar 
they may nt be taken upby any 0- 
ther, And ſo Heb. 12. 23. the wawes 
of the fi-ſt borwe are ſaid to be written 
iz Heaver , ur enrolled therez And 
I, Pet. 1. 5. their places or manſions 
in Heaven are faid to be [ reſerved for 
them, | they ſtandemp:y as it were, 
yer taken up, fo as non? ſhall take 
them from them 5 their names and 
ticl.s 


WW Go 


from Chriſts t1ting, &*c. 
titk.s torhem being entred and ſuper- 
ſerzzzd And fo he iruly entred | pro 
nos | fr ws, that is, 10 cur ſtead, 
and 1n our Names, as a Common perſon: 
and therefore the High Prieſt (in the 
Typc)enired intothe Holy of Hulics

~546 words

proportion obſerved, though with an 
equality ; weliron ( briſts # rong, 
but Hee only on his Fathers T hrove 

that 1 IS, Chriſt onely {its at Gods right 
bmd ; but wee on Chr iſts right band; 
And fo the Church is faid to be at |* | 
C'::riſts r79ht hand, Pſalme 4<. 9. Yea | | 
further, { and it mayaf. rd a farther | 


a 4 2& 


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= 
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kd 
0 4 


this repreſents, that atthe latter day | 
wee ſhall firas Aſſeſors on his Fudge- 
ment ſe :te tojudye the World with |. 
tim. So Mat.19.75. and Lake 22.30, |. 
Wizn the Son of man ſhall ſit in bi glory FA 
J: ,all fit upon 12 T hrowts, qusging the 
1 ribes of If adl. So as this our ſitring 


ment, & to giving the ſenteiice of it; not | 


a ſentence ſhall palfc without your 
. votes 


1 


from Chriiſts ſitting, &c. ” 


votes: So as you may by faich nor on! 'y Seft, 


laok on your ſ{clves, as already i ia hea 


761 
4s 


ven, ſi:ting with Chrilt,as a Comics Andi if ve 
perſon in your right;burt you maylouk > condem 


on your (elves as Judges alſo. Sothart 1. v 


It mulr 
Tos, Our 


ifany finne ſhould ariſe ro accuſe or 99Þe vors 


condemne , yet it mult be wi | hyour 
votes. And what greater {cu iry cn 
you have then this! for you mult con- 
&mne your ſelv.s, if yoube cord: 
ned :; yeu may very "well fay, Ibo 


frall accuſe? Ito ſhall Corndemn? for 


you Wiil never pronounce a fatal fcns 
tence upon your own ſelves. 


ard cor. SET 


As then Part iumyokcd here, ſo Therrinwph 


may w-e z for at the preſent wee {itin 
heaven with Ct: ritt, andhaveallorr 
encmiies under cur feete. As Tof 
made hi: ſervants ſet their feere onthe 
necks of thoſe five Kings; fo God 
a vs ave us by faith to doe the like 

0 a?] ours; f-r 6ne day wee ſhall doe 
t And it you fay, Fe ſee it not; Tan- 
ſfwer, as Heb. 3. the Arotle faith of 


ofÞ:aþ- 


| 
va Chrilt himſeife, | Now wh ret yet | 


ail things put und: bim,v .% £.| Now n nac 
under him? for ne now fe Sin heren, 
| and expe&ts | b y faith, when bis ene- 


mus ſpat! vern da: bis fi ate-j loole, as Hh. 


10012, 2tid 13 zer,) [7 ww e ſee] Oo 


: 2C 


of faith 


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162 
SER, A 


The triumph of Faith, 
the prefent ) Jeſus crowned with gl. 
@17 borout, Ver.g. and fo may be ſure 
that thething is as gvodas done; and 
we ray, infe<ing himcrowned, ſee 


cur ſelves ſtilzng with him, and quiet» 


fy wait and exted? Cas Chriſt himſeife 


dow} ll all be accompliſhed, and | 


Pur fa:vation finiſhed and fully per- | 


F:&cd, 
(His Iorer 

Iy to be ſpoken of, which yet will 

atford further contiderations to 

iirengiken our Fairh, His ſoting at 

Gods right hand noces out his power 0+ 

ver all, from God: But his Interceflion, 


all power and favour with God for us; '\' 


{> as to effe&t wur ſalvation for us, 
with Gods hizheſt contentment <3 

good will, and all yerfunher co (e- 
cure us. Who (hill contemn, 6, 


ceſiz»n now remaines on- | 


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A connextn of 1634 wito ihe former : 
ane bow this addes a furtber ſupport. 
T wo !hings out of the Text propewn- 
ded to be vandied, Firft, The con- 
currency of influence that Corifh in- 
terceſſion hatb snto owr Salustion,, 
Secondly , T be (ecutity that Faith 
may bave therefrom for our Juſtii- 
Cation. 


ago E have feene Chriſt ſee- 
ting at Geds rizht bind 
as a fudge and King, 
baving 2ll authority 
of ſaving or condern'= 
ning , in his 05-N

~316 words

the Types 
of the Law beld in force, and were nor 
to give way,till all the truth igniti>d 
by t:ieir Miniſtery was tully accome 
pliſhrz ard ſo, not untill Chriit 

vas gone mo heaven as a Prictt, 
and there had begun ro doe all 
thac which 1he  High-prieſt had 
dune in the Holy of hvlies, ad 
as 


PLA ERR ODA ITT} SR pr. 


_ , 


The triumph of Faith, 


* Se. 5. 35 his Type fore-lignified. And 
l 


nts is ptainly the meaning of what 
followes (in that Heb.$. zer,q.) asthe 
rexon or demonſtration why that 
Chri{t ſhould nor have been a Prieſt, 
if he had nor gone to heaven,(not on- 
ly asa King, bur as a Prieſt roo, as he 
affirmed, ver.1,) Secing (layes he) that 
there are Prieſts wpon earth, th 2t doe offer 
gifts according to the Law. The force 
of the Reaſon lyes thus: There are 
already Prieſts, and that ofa Tribe he 
was not of, that offer gifts onearth, 
before he came into the world. And 
therefore 1f thar had beene all his 
Prieſt-ho>d, tc be a Pri:ft on earth, 
they would plead polſſcfhion before 
him, having been Prieſts before hi-n, 
And then he further backs his reaſon 
by this, tha: 16.7 Prieſt: ſerved (as ir 
follows ver. 5.) mnt? the example and 
ſpadiw of bexventy things, And there- 
fore 1: is onely 2 real Pricſt-hood in 
Heaven which muſt pur then our of 
place ; and tl ſuch a Preſt-hood 
cores, they malt ſerve {t1.1, for the 
wrath (which thee ferved io ſhadow 
G12 )i nottill chen fulfilled. This you 
have allo, Ch. o.*. The fiſt Tabernas 
trwaio ing lun liaP ve it wont 11-20 


He twen, 


from Chriſts Taterceſſrog. 173 K 
Heaven, and did a that office there, Ge 5. 1 
So that if Chriſt will be a Prieſt alone, 
he mutt become a Prieſt interceding 
in Heaven or clfe High-pricſts ry 
come up again , and fþare rhar office 
with him, and fo he ſhould as good 
as fall from his office, and loſe all thar 
he had done. 

Yea, thirdly, this part of his Prieſt- 
hood is of the two the moreeminenr, 
yea thetsp,theheight of his Prizfthoad; 
And this 1s held forth ro us in the 
Types ot both thoſe two, orders of 
Prieſthood chat were before him

~358 words

that ſame 
clauſe (for ever) till comes in, in tie 


quotation and mention of Hfelchiſe- 


decbs Prieſthood in that Epiſtle z be- 
cauſe in refpect of that his continuall 
interceſſion in Heaven , AZelchrſedecb 


was properly Chriits rype. And ac- 


cordingly you may obſerve, P/al.r1o, 
when ts itthat that ſpeech comes in, 
[. Thow art a Prieſt for ever after tha or- 
der of Afelrhiſedech | bur then, when 


God had him firting at h7 right band, 


ver.l. Sornatasthetranſendent ex- 
ccJlency of Chriſt Prieſthi od was ty= 
pified out by 12lebiſeaechsrather then 
Aa' ens , as being the better Pri: it 
hood of therwo; ſo this , the moſt 
excellent part thercof, was typificd- 
out thereby , namely, thar which 
Chrilt 


ANGRY YEP TIER Py 


dd 


176 


The triumph of Faith, 


* SefF. 5, Chriſt for ever a&tech in Hraven, 


5c 4 the 
chiefe argu. 
men: of the thss Epiſtle to the 
eEpiſtlero the 
Fleb. 


And 3. To coofirmthis, you ſhall 
find this to bee made the cop n0t70n of 
Feb. and the ſcope of 
it chiefly ro diſcourſe of Chritts eccr- 
nal Prizltnond in heaven ; and to {he 
how therein AZelchifedec was aty;e of 
him. This js not only expreſſed birth 
in H:b.7.21.25, where this ſc mc[ for c- 
zer | is applied to his Interceſtion,ver, 
23. but moreexprefly in Cv:p. 8. 1. 
where the Apoſile puts rhe emphaſis 
upon this part of his Prieſthood, fay- 
ing, That of the things which wee h1we 
ſp1ken, or which are to be ſp1hen, (for the 
word & Teis a:youlers will beare 
elher) thiszs (faith he) the ſumme or 
argument of all : the word is #s7aatov, 
&ſignifies as well the h:ad,the chief the 
zop of all, and above all , as it do;h che 
ſamof all : And what is 1c that he thus 
profeficth ro be both the main ſubje& 
and argument: of chis Epiſtle, and the 
cop and eminent thing in Chriſt he jn- 
rends to diſcourſe of? It follows, That 
Fe: have | ſuch an bigh Prieſt | as is ſet 
amen at the right hand of the throne of the 
A1ajeſty in the beavers, And of the 
Prieſtly office he alone diſ{courſeth both 
before and after; and in the following 
verſes 


- from Chriſts Interceſſion. 


right band of the Majefly on high. 


Yeazro conclude this, 4{his Prieſt His oblation 
hood would have been incffeQuall , if 
he had nor a&ed rhe part of a Prieſt «call. 


in heaven,by Tnterceſſion

~228 words

ſuch nothing can 
be added. There needed no more, nor 
any other price to bee paid for us ; by 
that one offering hee perfecFs ws for ever ; 
as heb.10.14. and became bimſelfe per- 
fel thereby, beb,5,9., And Cap.6.v.1 2. 


T77/ 
verks calleth his Miniſtery or office (in Set. 5, | 
refpeCt ro this) A more excellent Mini- | 
ſtery,ver. 6. be being ſuch a Prieſt as was 
hegher then the beavens, as hee had ſec 
him out in the latrer part of rhe for- 
mer Chap, And therfore you may ob- 
ſerve,how in his Preface to this Epi- 
ſtle rorheHeb.c.1.v.3,he holds up this 
to our eye, as theargument of the 
whole, ſaying, BH hen bee had by hiniſelfe 


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The triumph of Faith, 
By bis owu b.'oud be cnired into the holy 
plece, | baving obtaived | aternall re= 
demmption for my. Marke how before 
he entred by his bloud into heaven, 
he had fully [obtained ]a redemprion, 
and thar eternal, that is, for ever ſufit- 
cient;zwhich done,he becamethrough 
bis Intcrceflion in heaven, ar applyirg 
can/c ofeternall ſalvation, as Heb.5. 
i©.I 1. hath it. Sothatf as in his death 
he paid the full ſurme we owed; un- 
ro which payment nothing can be ad- 
ded, ( nonutby himſelfe, though he 
would come aud dye againe; it was 
made at ther | orice | es perfef{ (that is, 
for an: oulations ) as ever bimiclte could 
make: ) But yer 11} by Gods ordina- 
tion there remainzg evother furcher 
attipn of anouer k'nde, that was to 
be aadcd to tisof objationg and enar 
i: 1 21ctcejſion, , ir praying for us it, beae 
ven : ctherwiſe gur falracion by 15 
death were nc perfected; tor if his 


. Priefit. 00d be tmp rieft, our ſalvati> 


on then muſt nec 's be fo. The vre- 
ſcatirig of chat bis Sacrifice in hea- 
ven,was the ceonſit.*256tion of ;- Pricſte 
bood

~151 words

performance of that part 
there, tne perfe(/7on of it, 


CHAP, 


from Chrifts Interceſſion. 


CnaeP. ITI. 


The ſecond: The ſpecial peculiar in- 
fluence that Intercefidn hath into 
ever Salvarion and ſuftification, and 


the Reatons why Ged appointed # to 
be added tothe former, 


6 Ju come now more particularly 
. to fſhew that proper and fpeciall 
influence that Jarerceiſion hath into 
our Salvation , and what it addes to 
the OQblation of Chriſts geath/though 
in its kinde pcrte&) in order, to the 
cffeing our alvariong and fo ſhew 
the more 1:3ward Reatons why God 
ordained (for upon his ordination a= 
lone rhis is ro be put) this work of [n- 
r: rcefſion in heaven cobe joyned with 
his death, And borh thele I ſhall pur 
promiicuoutl7 together ; for in s 
ing do wo che Reaſins why God thus 
014=red our ſuivation to be brovght 
abc-:tby it, that influence alſo which 
Inte: cſi bath inco our ſelvation, 
will cogether therewith appesre. 
The Reaſons either reſpe& 1, God 
bimſelfe , who will have us jo ſaved, as 
bimſelfe 


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' 180 The triumph of Faith, 
| _ &, himſelfe may be moſt glorifi:d ; Or 2. 
e's refit us Tl our any : God 
L_ «[[] rhe links of th golden 
cbaine of the { auſes

~515 words

and Finiſher of our 
Salvation, Beginner and Ender of our 
Faith and Juitifi-ation. \ 
The firft fore of Reaſons reſpeC&t 
God himſc]fe. 
1, In gene- TI, Ingenerall: God will bedealr 
rall- e400 Withall like himfelfe,jin and chrough- 
. with like outthe whole way of our ſalvation, 
bimifl' from firſt to laſt, and carry itall along 
as 2 Superiour wronged, and fo keep 
a diſtance berween himfelfe and {in- 
ners, whoſtill are to come #0 bim by 4 
Prieſt, and a Mediator, (as Heb.7, 25. 
' hathit;) upon whoſe mediationand 
interceflion for ever, (as there) (ar leaſt 


vation doth depend : and therefore 
though Chriſt in his diſpenſation of 
all to 14 downward, doth carry it asa 
King, as one having all powerto ju- 
ftite and condemme , ( as hath- been 
ſhewne) 


"LIFE 


ull ch2 day of Judgement ) their Sal- - | 


OM RAR RA Az o ns Th nas ar ng 


from Chriſts 1#terceſſaon. 181 
fhewne ) yer upward, towards God, he Se, -, 
carcies.it as a Prieſt who muſt ill in- | 

|  tercede to doe all-ihat which he hath ' 
power to doe as a King: Therefore 
. in the ſecond Pſal. after that God had 
) fer him up as King upon hes holy bill, 
ver. 6.namely,in heaven , and {o had 
committed all power in heaven and 
earth ro.hum ; then he mſi yer askall 
that he would have done ; Ak of me, 
and Iwill give thee , RC. ver. S, ſayes 
God to him-: For though he be a 
King, yet he is Gods Kin ;'T have ſe: 
[ Ay King | &c. and by asking him, 
God will be acknowledged ro bs a- 
bove him. But more of this hereafrex. 

Put 2, more particalarly, God hath | 
ewo attribures which he would have Zante 
molt eminearly appear in their high- the glory of 
eſt glory by Chrilts effefting our pans, 6 
ſalvarion , namely, 7xſtice and Free- 
graces and therefore ha: h ſo ordered 
ihe bringing about of our falvarion, 
as that Cirriſt mult apply himſelte in a 
more cfpzciall manner unto each of 
theſe, by way of Sazrsfatiion to ine 
one, of E:tre:ty to the other : Juſtice 
wil: be known to be Juſtice,:nd dear 
with upon its own tearms; and Grace 

_ will be acknowledged to be Frec- 
IK Frace, 


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grace, throughout the accompliſh | 
ment of our ſalvation, You have both 


The triumph of Faith, | 


thele -joyned, Rom. 3. 23,5 4, 25- - 


Whichlooxs 
ro beapplied 
uncoina 


way o* en. Q 


-juſtice had had no farisfattion. Now . 


treary end 
Inr<ctcciſion. 


and being carried on, even in the ap- |. 


26. have it. I faid before, that God 


er of bs that beleeves. Here is bigheſt 
Fauſtice, and the freeſt Grace both mer 
ro ſaye us, and both ordained by Goa 
ro be declaredand ſet forth, as ver. 25, 


juſtifies and faves us through free 
race, ſo abſolutely, freely, as ifhis 


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Being juſtified | ficely throug buy grace] _ 
| | by Gl wa Es to # in Chriſt e- - || 
4 fur:That he might be| juſt | & the juſti- 


Ip- 


tnerefore cur falvation depending ' 


plication of it, by a continuation of 
Grace, in a free way, notwithſtanding 
ſatisfa&tion unto Jultice ; therefore 
this free grace muſt be ſoughtto, and | 
reared with like itfelfe, and applied 
un:oinall, and the ſoveraignty and 


ven as well as Geds 7uſtice had the 
tonour to be ſti; fred by a price paid 
:NtO it, that ſo the ſeverity of ir might | 
appeare and be held forth inour jal- 
vation. Thus God having 1wo attri- 

bates erminently to be dealt withall, | 
b1s fultice and his frue Grace , it was 


freeneſſe of ir acknowle'ged in all, e- ( 


meet |. 


Oro EW” 


bi 


from Chriſts Tnterceſſaon. 183 © 
meet thatrhere (ho 11d berwo eminent SeF, 5. 
| ations of Chrifts Prieſtboed, wherein ; 
1  heſhouldapply himlelfe ro each ac- 
cording to their kinde, and as the na- 
| ture and glory of each doth require

~234 words

hand for it; but by Graceallſo, -4 
and that mult be entreated,; and there- | 


fore when the Prieſt was within that 
holy place, he was ro make a Cloud oe 


ver the Mercie-ſear, { which cloud of 


Incenſe is Prayer, whereof Inccnſe 
was the Type,Reve2.5.) And thence 
it is, that Ghrift hath as much work 
cf it ſtil] in heavenasever, though of 
another kinde : He cealt with j#ſtice 
here lelow, to ſatisfie it , and here gor 
mony enough to pay the debt ; Þut in 
heven he deales with Mercy. T here- 
fore all the Grace he beitowes cn us, 
he i£ ſaid firit coreceire ir, even now 
ben in teaven. 4s 2,33. tris faid 
of him aftcr his going to heaven, and 
that hu was exalted, &c, that he recei- 
ved the promiſe of the Spirit, which 


70Þ, 1.4. 16, he tcid them he would. 


pray ſor, Ard thisis part of the mea- 
ning of thatin Pad. 61.18. He aſcended 
uh ou lign aud | received | gifts for men, 
{ay esthe Plalmiſt : The Apoltle ren- 
gers it, Fphe'.q. | gate | but youlce, it 
was by recezving them firit, as fruits of 
bis inicrceflion and asking after lis 
alccnding; He is taic. both to give, as 
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having power as a Kin; alio both ro 


4.. doeand beſtow all he doth ; and yer 
. withall he is aid to recezve all that he 
. gives , becanſe 2s a Prieſt he jnter- 


cedesforir , and a:ks it, Free grace 


requires this. . Ttits Is the firit 


thing. 


there was enough in Chriſthis death 
co ſaiisfie it; yer having been wroag- 
ed, it ſtood thusfar upon ir, (as thoſe 
to whoma debt is due, uſe ro doe) 
pamely , ro

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our ſalvation ; calling his 
death Medium impetrations , that 1s, & 
the meanes of procurement or obtaining _ | 
it for us z Bur his interceſſion, fed:- 
em Spplicationz,the mzanes of zpp!ying 
all «40 59, Chriſt purchaſeth ſalv as 
ticn by the one , bur poſſeſſeth us of ir 
by the other. Some have artribured 
the Applicition of Faſtification to his 
Reſurreion; but 1t 1s much more pro- : 
per to aicribe it ro his Interceſſion ; 
( and whac caſuall influence his 

K 4 Res, 


from Chriſts Interceſſaon. f27 


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The triumph of Fa#th, 


Sect. 5, RefierreQzon hath inro our Juſtifice- 


t70n, hath been afore in the third $c- 
fon declared.) Bur that his ecernall 
PrieRboad in heaven, and the work of 
its Interceſſion, is the applying canſe of 
oureternall ſolvation, inall the parts 
of ir, firſt and laſt, ſeemes ro metro be 
the refulr of the connexion of the 8,9, 
and 10, verſes of the 5. Chop. to the 


Hebrewes : For having ſpoken of his 


obedience and ſufferingr unto death, 
zer, $, and how he thereby was made 
perfef, ver.g. he ſayes, And being (thus 
firſt) made perfe@F, he became [ tbe Au- 
#bor | (or applying cauſe, a7n& ) of 
_ eternall ſalvation , wnto all ihemthat 0« 
b:y bir, and this by his being become 
an erernall Prieft in Heaven, after he. 
was thus pcrfcQted by ſuff. rings: for 
fo it tollows, ver. 10, Calledef God an 
High-pri-ft , after the order of Ielchiſe+ 
cech ; And Adeichiſedechs Priefth»od 
was principally the rype of his Prieſt 
bsed in heaven, as was betore declared. 
 Cne leading inſtance to ſhery thar his 


7. Tnterceſſion was ro be the ayplying

~643 words

to that end it was thathe pla- 
ced yy as his Remembyaacerfor us, 
fo neere him, totake up his thoughts 
ſo with his obedience,.chat our finnes 
mighr nor come into minde: nor thac 
God need: d this heIp-ro'purt himſelfe 
in mird;bur only fori formality fake, 
thar things being thus FeANY carried 
berweer God and Chriſt for us » 2C> 
cording t9a way ſuing whh Our ap- 
prehenfiens,cnr farrl! mighr be fret g- 
therted' +Saint &l} fuppoſitions and 
fearee” of afrer reviving our email e, 
Look th erctc re, aSGu d ordained the 

Rawborv in the heay en?, that whenhe 
looks 


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Wage a9 


Set, >L 


' The triumph of Faith, 

lookt en ir, he might remember his 
Covenant never to deltroy the world 
againe by water; fo he hath ſer Chrilt 
as the Rain-bow about his Throne. 


. And look as the Bread and Y/ne 1n the 


Lords Supper are appointed on earth 
to ſhew forth Chriſts drath , as a Res 
membrancer to us; lo is Chriſt b;mſelfe 


' appointed in beaver to ſhew forth his 


death really, as a Remembrancer there- 
ofto his Father ; and indeed, the one 


| Is correſpondent to the other : Onely 


the Papiſts have perverted the. uſe 
of the Lords Supper, by making ic on 


carth a commemorative ſacrifice to God, 


- when as it is but a Remembrancer 


thereof ro men: and belides, their 
Prieſts therein doe take upon them- 
ſelves rhis very office of preſenting 
this ſacrifice co God . which is proper 
oncly ro Chriſt in Heaven; Bur Gued 
whcn he wou!d make ſure not to be 
ter pted ro remember our ſinxes .any 
mire,nor trouble himfelife with ther, 
bath ſer his Chriſt by him. co put him 
io minde of his ſo pleaſing an off-- 
ring. .So the High-prictts going into 
the Holy of holics,was for @ memoriall, 
and therein the Type of Chriſt. An 4 
chi: 15 plainly and expreſly made the 

Lice 


from Chriſts 1»terceſſion. 
ule of this execution of his Prieſtly 
office in Heaven, Heh, $. wherethe 
Apoltle having diſcour'e.1 of that pare 
ot his office (as the chiefe thing he 
ayncd at inthis Epiltle, ver. 10. and 
of the neceſſity of it, ver. 3,4, and 5, 
and excelleney of it , in this reſpe&, 
ver, 6.)he then ſhews,how from thence 
the new Covenant of pardon came to 
be ſurc and ſtediaft, thar God will res 
member our ſins n0 more, ver. I2, Which 
he there brings in as the proper uſe of 


this dorine & part of his Prie{theod, 


2. As by reaſon of Interc<ſhon,Gu 


give all oldlins paſt tor «ver, ſo as ne- 
ver ro remember them-more, yet new 
ones would break forth, and he could 
not but take notice of- them : and ſo, 
fo long as fin continucsgthere isneed of 
a continaing iruterceſſion, Therefore tor 
che ſecuring us 19 this, it 1s ſaid, Rem. 5, 
I, T pat sf when we were enemfes , we 
wererecongi ed to Go by the death of 0:8 
$.,n; much more being reconciled we ſhell 
Le javed{ by bis life, | where we lee thas 
} 1: death is in ſome more ſpecia' maner 
ſid coprocere rectneilt tio at fi: jitor tins 


Fo 


2. Topre- 
, —=> vent the ac- 
remembers not v1d finncs, fo likewiſe cuting and 
conden:1iing 


ke is nat provoked by new. For zliough 1; by 2” 
God when he jurtifies us, ſhould for- /i»»c: tor 


rtmes to 


come, 


195 
Sect. 5. 


FARS.: APPRIENY ib poet” + CONSODPUGE OT EU TER HOU Ye IIa > a 


RCA. ate. Ad [ens cha tedii be Bk 4 20 "0% Pet 1 vs * 
wake ens on eas RE 


Sect, >L 


"The trin;mph of Faith, 

lookt en ir, he might remember his 
Covenaat,never to deltroy the world 
againe by water; fo he hath ſer Chrilt 
as the Rain-bow about his Throne. 


And look as the Bread and Ye 1n the 


Lords Supper are appointed on earth. 
to ſbew forth Chriſts drath , as a Re- 
membrancer to us; lo is Chriſt b:1mſelfe 


appointed in beaver to ſhew forth his 


death really, as a Remembrancer there- 
ofto his Father ; and indeed, the one 
is correſpondent to the other : Onely 
the Papiſts have perverted the. ule 
of the Lords Supper, by making ic on 
carth a commemorative ſacrifice tg God, 
when as it is but a Remembrancer 
thereof ro men: and beſides, their 
Prieſts therein doe cake upon them- 
ſelves rhis very office of preſenting 
this ſacrifice co God . which is proper 
oncly ro Chriſt in Heaven; But Gud 
whcn he wou!d make ſure not to..be 
ter pted to remember our ſinxes .any 
mre,nor trouble himſeilfe with ther, 
tath fer bis Chriſt by him. ro put him 
io minde of his fo pleaſing an off-- 
ring. -So the High-prieſts going into 
the Holy of holics,was for @ memoriall, 
and therein.rhe Type of Chriſt. -An4 
chi: 15 plainly and expreſly made the 

TH: 


from Chriſts Interceſſiog. 
uſe of chis execution of his Prieſtly 
ofticein Heaven, Heh, 8. wherethe 
Apoltle having difcourſe1 of that pare 
ot his office ( as the chiefe thing he 
ayncd at inchis Epiſtle, ver. 10. and 
of the neceſſity of it, ver. 3,4, and 5. 
and excelleney of it, in this reſpe&t, 
ver. 6.)hc then ſhews,how from thence 
the new Covenant of pardon came to 
be ſurc and ſtediaft, thar God will re» 
member our ſins #0 more, ver- 12, which 
he there brings in as the proper uſe of 
this dodrine & part of his Prie{theod. 

2, As by reaſon of Interceflion,Goud 
remembers not vId finncs, ſo likewiſe 
ke 75 not provoked by new, For though 


195 


Sect. 5. 


2. Topre- 


vent the ac- 


cuting and 


condemning 


us by mew 


God when he jutifies us, ſhould for- /ixc: tor 


give all oldſins paſt tor c ver, ſo as ne- 
ver to remember them-more, yet new 
ones would break forth, and he could 
not bur take notice of: them : and fo; 
fo long as ſen continuesthere isnced of 
a continming interceſſion, Therefore tor 
che ſecuring us 1n this, it 18 ſaid, Rome. 5, 
I-. T vat sf when we were enemtes , we 
wererrecongi ed to Gog by the death of 018 
Sn; mucy more being reconciled we ſhell 
Le faved; by bis life, | where we lee thas 
} i= deatbisinſome more ſpecia' maner 


r1mes to 
Come. 


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196 The triumph of Faith, 
Seft.. 5 of wnregeneracy, and to bring us to 
Chriſt ; bur then b1s life and Interceſ- 
{ton', or living to intercede , is aid eo 
keep Gud and 4 friends , that wee may 
never fall out more. Whar Chriſt did 
on earth, doth more eſpecially procure 
reconciliation or ſimnes which wee doz 
. inthe ſtate of nature; ſo as notwith=e 
ſtanding them, God reſolves to turn 
us from that ate, and draw us ro 
Chriſt : But fins which wee commir 
T——_— afrer converſion (though pardoned a!- 
Farended tor [0 by his death) yer the pardim- of 
fines after them 1s more efpecially artributed to 
convcrion. 
his life and interceſſion, as a daily pre- 
ſervative, a- continuall plaiſter ( as 
ſ->me call it ) roheale ſuch finnes, So 
thacic would ſeeme, 'thar God out of 
his ererna}l love doth bring us 9 
Chriſt, and draws us to him throuzh 
the beholding the reconciliation 
wroughtby his death, and ſo cives. 
ns at firſt converſton, unto Chriſt, 
and we being troughr to him, te -. | 
(Orinkles us with his blood 5 and then 
God ſayes to him, New doe you look * 
to them , that they andTI fall ourno 
more, And to that end Chrilt ral c3 
our cauſe in hand by that etcrnall p 
Uriefihood of his; and from that tim? | 
beg: [5 


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froze Chriſts 7:terceſſrog. 197 
begins more eſpecially co intercede Seq, s; 
for us. And thus ſinnes after che ſtate 
of grace, ma" bee ſaid more eminente 
ly ro bee takei: away by that part of 
his Prieſthood, watch be now in hea- 
ven performes, That place alſo, 

1 706.2,1,2. ſeemes to make this the 
great end of Intercefion, [ 1f any man . 

finne, (that is, ifany ofthe company 

of. beleevers, ro whom alone hee 

wrote

~81 words

whom be glory for 
ever. Sothat we are to look upon our 
Mediator, CHRIST, as doing as 
much work for us in Hezver ac this in- 
ſtant, as ever hedid on Earib : here 


ſuffering , but there praying, and pre- 


ſenting his ſufferings. All his worke 
was not done,when he had done here: 
that work here was indeed the harder 

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The triumph of Faith, 


Ge&. «, piece of the two,yer ſoon diſparched; 
- F as his work in heaven,though ſwee- 


ter far, yet lies on his hands for ever : 
therefore let us leave out none of 


theſe in our bzlieving on him. 


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T he ſecond Head. T he

~173 words

is ordained by God. to effeft. 
2, From the end cf Jeſus Chriſt 
himſelfe, who hver in Heaven on pur- 
poſe to #ntercede for 9. Qur falvation 
1s both Fin operzs, the end of the 
work, and fins ipfius cperantit,in ſome 
reſpe& the end of Chriſt hiniſelfe rhe 
Int. rceder ; and both theſe doe Jay 
the greateſt engagement that can be 
upon C hrift toaccompliſh our ſalva- 
tion thr: ugh his mmterceſſion. | 
1- For the work ic ſelf; Interceſli« 
- on you haveſcene1s apart of the of- 
frice of Chriſts Prieſthood, as well as 
 kis dying,and offering himſclfe : now 
all the works of Chriſt areand muſt 
be perfeC& in their kind (even as Gods 
are, of which ſayes Aojes, Dera. 32. 4. 
His work xs perfef? ) for otherwiſe he 
ſhould nor be a perf & Prieſt. Now 
the perfc&ion of every worke lies in 
order 


204 


Seto 5» 


The triumph of Faith, 
order to itsend for which ir is ordai- 
ned; fo as that work is perfeCt rhat at- 
raines to ſuch an end as it is ordained 
for, and thar imperfe& which doth 
not. Now the immediate dire& end 
of Chriſts Intercefſion, is the aQuall 
{alvation of Beleevers, Ele&, and per- 
ſons whom he dyed for. The end of 
his dearh is Adeptio zzerzs, purchaſing 
aright unto ſalvation; bur of Intec- 
ceſlion, procuratioif ſims ſalutzy, the ve= 
ry ſaving us aftually, and putting us 
in poſſeflion of Heaven. To this pur- 
pole, obſerve how the Scripcure 
ſpeaks concerning Chritts

~350 words

the end and ſcope of [nterceſii- 
Cn there;& that phra'e [1s TO TANTERLS | 


zo the utmoſt, ores out a ſaving indeed, * 
adoing it(not by halves,bur) Wholly, 


and throughiy , and compleatly : ers 72 
T4yTEM5 3$TO lave altozctber , to give 
our 


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from Chriſts 1#terceſſzon. 205 
our ſalvation irs /aft at and complic- Sect, 5. 
ment , thar is the true torce of rhe 
phraſe, cvcarto effect it, tothe Jait of 
it, all tharis to be done abont ir, Thus 
allo Row.s. 9, and 10, Ye are juſtified 
by has death , but | ſaved | { namely, 
compleatiy) by hu life, (taat 1s, ) is (te 
Um; to 1 #ercede SQ £:3AT the VEeIY ilalyas 
tion of Kelicvers is ic (hatiathe work 
[ rhe 72 8gyev jof Chriſts Jaterceſtiun, 
Now whar f{ecuricy dath this at- 
ford? forty be juvid is more then £0 hr one. 


r:ry Us ate 


be juſtified, for ic 18 tite attuall Pulict jyrus, 
{ing us ot heaven, Sou then, doe but 

granc thar Chriſts [zterceſſion 13 3s 

perfect a work 1n i:s tin, as Clitilts 

ceach Is in its kind g and you muit 

needs be ſaved. The pertcation of 

Cirilts death, aid the work ffiureor, 
wherein Jay it Cas on Ciirilts par. to 
be rertormed } bur 1601S, that he 
ſrould lay downa Ranfore fulticiunt 
t purchaſe faivatiun for 1c and 
fact: Pericis as (od Woliid fave? aid 
{0 toe DEFiectLON VsIT LS FOWENWErh 
and ſe fficiency 017, tollatendtityas 
Creamed tir 11 Cj a pericet izcr 
fice in ut felt->, ab ro rurchaltereryna 
redemption ror us, 6G tom © iS f t- 


ry MPN WO? CR og 0g ES Hs 3 
Paul ag ail al {GS and the ds 


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NE Ee CO OT EO Ce OE I TT Pn” 
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206 


T betriumph of Faith, 


Sect. 5- merits of them, and c© give us right 


© j 4 &, 


SR 


ro Heaven : and ha4it wanted a grain 
of this, it had then been in-perte&, 
Nw chen anſwerably, for intercellt- 
on, the comfort ot our ſoules 1s, that 
the proper work that lies upon Chriſt 
thercia, is the compleat ſaving thoſe 
ver 7 pcrſons,and the poſſeſſing them of 
Heaven, this is the 73 #70», the pro- 
per work thereof, To outvie the de- 
meritsof our finnes, was the perfe- 


tion of his death; bur ro ſave owr ſouls 


1sthe end ard pert. Aion of his neer= 
ceſſion; Our ſens

~338 words

of which we might 
be diipoſſctled. Now theretore upon 
chis ground, if Chriit ſhould failo of 
our foules ſalvation, yea, bur of 
any one degret of glory ( purchaſcd 
by his deat! to any 1cule ) which that 
foule ſhould want, this work cf his 


would then want & fall i} ort fo much 


ctirs pcric@ion. Thar place in Heb.7, 
{az cs not only ti:atChriſt will doe his 
ULT.O!t to fave, but ſuve 10 the utmoſt, 

You may ſay, My infidelity & ob- 
ſtinacy may hinder ir, though Chriſt 


doth what in himlies, Well, }- 


ee oe * = a at a: an» 


from Chriſts Tnterceſſion. 


Well, bur interceſſion undertates Seq, 5, 
the work ablolutely: For Chriſt prays Rep, 


not conditionally in Heaven , If mer 
ſp1ll beltzve, G&c, as we doe here on 


earth ; nor for propofictons only, but 


for perſons z and therefore he prayes 
ro cure that very infidelity. Now as if 
a Phyſitian undercakes to cure a mad 
man ( if he knows what he doch ) he 
conſiders the madneſſe of his Patient, 
and how he will ccare off what is ap- 
plyed, and refuſe all Phyſick z he 
therefore reſolves to deale wich him 
accordingly,and fo toerder biltm as he 
ſhall nor hinder that help whaci he is 
about to afford him ; and fo upon 
tnoſerearms heundertakes the cure : 
even ſo doth Chriit , when by intcr- 
ceſiton he undercakes ro fave us fin» 
ners; he conſid. rs us what we are,and 


how it is with us, what unbelicte is For Chriti 
diem 

: | [touJd not 
ſo to ſave us is the ſcope an: end 5} be as pert 
this biz work, which it he ſhould n« aan. 1 


accompliſh, he after all this ſhould as he was in 
notbea perfe& Pricſt. Ic was the fault 335: 


in us, yet undertakes the matter; and 


that Ged iound wibhthe 0d Preeſtbood, 
that it made no; {in perfet, Heb. 7.19, 
and therefore ver, 12. the Law was 
cLanged,and the Prieſthood was changed 
: L. 2 tQ= 


The triumph of Faith, 


Sect; 5; together with it, (as there you have 


it.) Now in like manner Chriſts 
Priefthood thould be imperfe&, if ir 
wadenoc the Ele perfeC&, and then 
Go. muit yer ſeek for another Cos 


v<nanr, and a more perfeCt Pricit; for | 


this would be found faulty, as the 0- 
ther was. Sothen our comfcrr is, if 
Chriit approve himlſelte to be a per 
jc

~186 words

deny any thing which he ſha! 

atke, = OWED! 
Now firrſt for the greatneſſe of 7. Os 

CErift the Intercel] or, that is, þ1s Chrins pe:- 

gre anefſe with God the Faure, This og NY 

18 often urged in. this E; iſtle to the 60d ito fn» | 

Hebrews , to perſvwade confidence in © 

vs, in this very point in hand : thus 

Fleb. 4. 14, 16. Secing we hate 4a 

[great | High-prieſt, let wa come boldly: 

| And 


T92 
Se, 5, And whiltt Grear and Pricft are tus 


T he trinmph of Faith, 


zoyned together , the more comfort 
and boldnefſe re may have, the grea- 
ter heis: For ke is a Prieft tn relati- 
on to his dealing with God fcrour 
pardon ; as keis a Priett, he deales in 
no:ihimg elſe; and che Freater oe _ 
ſon is who uſeth his intereſt here 
the berier, the {Tony he wil = _ 
And he is there faid to be Great, bee 
cauſe great with God, in prevailing 
CHAS 301; and ins iecdly great, as 1t 15 
:mac THE ie but re tr 1d f revaile, Ic 
w:sthe greatnes of bis perſon Wick 
did and doth put fuch an influcace 
into his acath , that it vas (.: is YOU 
SY A a Price, MOre ten enLugh, to 
ſatisft2 Tullie, even to o!, <rflowing: 
And "oy: ref :rc #7 po ſhell congemne ? Tt 
76 Chriſtth.t a) cd, Andrh: grean ol © 
of Tis peribn maſt-acecs Dae as mie 
ih ence 10 nake bz rerceliton prev 
ieut. Inamaticro! B7ICFCC iN , L312 
perſon that NIerceacs prevailes It, 
rijen any Other Cc nliacraiion wh ;A7 
i.ever. We ice what great f:: 
doc pr: cure oktentimes WI. bh It a 
word iceaking, even Kat whici: mo- 
n2y, 200970 ny 0437 e'4 cou'd have 


chtained, Now Ir "-10 mult necds 


be 


DIET - a ww a 


from Chriſts Totereeſfion T9 z | 


be great with Gud, in many r= Seft. 5, 
ſoclts. Dcronſire- 
Firſt, inreſpe& of ih» necrneſſe of ks _ 

his alliance to kim, He is the natal 
Sun

~310 words

God, God of God, and theres a Te of bis. 
fore cerraine to prevaile with him. or 6a 
This is diligently Rl! pur 10, almoit natural Sem 
in all places, where this part of his 
Pricſizocd (his Intercefiion) 1s men= 

tioned, inthe Epiſtle to the Heb, So 

in ihe 4 of tne ſame Epiſtic, ver. ! 4. 

IJc rave a great Fligh» -priefe entred 5430 

the b:ayens , Teſus, { the Sow of God. } 

Co Ficb. 7. 25. and 2%, ver, compared 

the Ao ute having fa! 'd, ver, 25.1 NG 

Fle is ave to fave the # moſt, ſeeing te 

ever {yes ia make Tre: cefſſion s be dof 

ver, 72, devolve this ability cf his to 

ſave (ultjmare iy) upon h:sbeingthte 

Some: thusinthe 23.,verje, mthe end 

of thar About , this is made 25 :iie 

Baſis of ,1i;f The Law (farcth be) males 

men gbep: "7eſts 3F11Cb Dave infir nic T 

(v9 hichinfirmiry or 145) ny of hs Irs 

25 Pati ned in oppOiicion LIRO AE 

he bad 31: befure: token of OL THC greAL 

ability of this our High-prieft in his 
interceding , ver. 25 .inthoſe-v0; ds, 
He is | ae ] to ſecs, to tre reernuſt, ) 
Tho Prielis whom the ceren.on...1 
Law. 


att: The triumph of Faith, 
Set. 5* Law made, (Aro and his fon nes)are 
unable to fave , they hav? infirmity: 
New whatis it in him that makes this 
difference, and him fo able above 
what hey were? The word of the Oath 
makes the | Son ] (layes be) who 25 per- 
felted ( a8 you have ic intheGrecke, 
and margent) for evermore. He menti- 
onsthis his Son-thip principal! v In re- 
larontohis Imerceſſion;which thre 
he had difcouried of, Incerceſſion is 
a Carry iii? ON cur falvation ina way 
of Prace 2nd favuur , as his dexth wis 
by way «of ſat!sf ion, And anſwera- 
bly it may be obf{-rved in the Scrip< 
For Sreit: ture, iHar as the all-ſ» ffi-iency of the 
this bah:n- {.2t5: Bon of hits death, 18 631] put up- 
— ad «0 : Lis b ing God; and fo uron the 
| iequevalerr. greatzeſſs of b23 Pe fan conſidered in re- 
ſp-& of his nat;tre r ſence, name ly, og 
Goa bead; Yo in likes ma pn.r,th2t the 
prevalcncy cf bis Tntercefſion 18 __ 
ded upon the reerreſſe. of his rl tion 
unt: God, his alliance ro him, ard rhe 
Ps his Senne.. Thrns f.r the ne

~893 words

6.And 
of him he fayes; Thi 6Yy wel}:belobed 


Sonne 


222 The triumph of Faith, 
Sea. 5. Sonn: in whom Iam well ple iſed, heare 
| him. God bids us therefor. arid upon 
that reſpe& to beare bis; ans tar 
ſpcech was bur the« cci;zo of his owne 
heart, in that he Limfclte is {5 well 
pleaſed with him for this, that he 
15 his Sonne, as he him{elte will h-are 
him in every thing; yea, .and is fo 
pl-zſed with him, as that atl- 
though Chriſt had never dyed, nor 
obeyed the Law ; yet imply, becauſe 
| he is his Sonne ;, he hath G tuil an 
acquieſcencie of all deſires iv him, 
and complacencie of delights, rhar 
he could deny him vothinz. . How 
prevalent- then muſt Chriits inter- 
cellion needes be , tFeugh there 
were nothiag elſe to be conſider» 
ed? 
Thar Gol And thar God hall indeed this as 
wthiscon one maine conſid-ration,upon whic!: 
1GCET2TION © 4 . . 
his being his he made him a Prieſt thus to inter- 
pore, wacy cede, thoſe words doeteſiific, Hev.5. 
him a Prieſ# 5, and 6. He that ſaid anto bim, T hot 
_— art my Sonne, thus day bave Toegotter: 
would fir thee z As hz ſaith alſo in another place, 
—_—_ this T hou art a Prieſt for ever , after th: or- 
aer of AMelchiſedech : Theſe Jaiter 
words are not onely a Paraphraſc 
( as l ome thinke) micerly ro ſtew thar 


[He ] 


| 


from Chriſts Interceſſon. 223 TP 
| He ] that ſaid, (hriſt was bu Soune, Se, 5. 4 


ſaid aifo, Hewasa Prieft ; but it is to 
ſhew the fuundation of his call to taat 
office. The great conlidcration ihat 
fiiced him iorir, was, -that he was 
Gods Sonne ; eſpecially that fieted 
him ſor that part of his Prieſ-hood 
which was to remaine for ever, ( of 
which thar rio. P/al, and the Eviftle 
to the ev. do eſpecially ſpeak.) Nei- 
ther is the meaning of the fore-cited 
place onely to ſhew , thar in thar he 
was Gods Sonne, it was his birth- 
rigit co be a Prieſt;zſo as it God would 
have any Prieſt at all, ir mul! bebe 
and fo upon that conlideration , he 
thar ſaid co him, Thou art my Sonne, 
ſaid, Thox art a Prieſt; ana that being 
his right, he there'ore called himto 
it, becauſe he was hx Sonne , ( fur ac- 
cording to the Law of Nature, the 
eld:(t in the family was to be Prieſt; 
and ſo Chriſt, even as Goi-man , be- 
ing ite firſt-borne of every creature, and 
the naturall firſt-bepotten Sonne of 
God, h:d right to be the prime lea- 
der of thar-grear Cherry in thet e- 
ternill worſhip in heaven: ) Thar 
(I fat) is not all the meaning of 
thoſe words , nor all that God 

CON» 


' 220 


DE. 5» 


The triumph of Faith, 
conſidered in ic, when he thus ordai- 
ned him to bea Prieft; bur he had a 
further and more peculiar reſp-C un- 
corhis efpcciall part of his Pricthood, 
Þ183 Interceſſion, (as that clauſe ſor erer 
imports) as that which, he bctng his 
nacurall Son , ſo neerly aliied co him, 
would tranſcendently fic him,and give 
ich an omnipotenr prevalency and 
efetualneſle ro his requeits, that he 
would be the moſt abfolute perfect 
Prieſt for ever, ( in this reſpect) rhac 
could be : That as God himieite is 
periect, and his power irreftab.e, {0 
515 Pricihoced through rhis reiation 
nrght be perfeCt alfo, and his requc {ts 
undeniable, Thus did God order 1c 
tro ſtrenghthen our faith. And that in- 
dezd God did conſider this rdaticn 
of tis to him to this very end, 18<vi- 
dent by that of the 2, Pſal, (our of 
which that ſaying | T hor art my Son | 
is cired) ver.7, and 8. T hox art my $7, 
this day have Thegotten thee : and whar 
tollowes? Ak of we, and Twill gice 
the, Ec. He conneRs both theſe to- 
gcrher,namely,Incerceſlion (har part 
of his Prieſtly office of asking)with his 
Sor-ſhip, for that is it which moverh 
God to grant all that he asks. God 
loves 


from Chriſts Interceſſzon. 22T 
loves Chriſt as he loves him'elfe , and Sect. 5 
therefore can deny him nothing, as he 2 
cannot deny hiny:1fe, And fo by the 
way , this cleares th2 groundof the | | 
Apoltles quoring thoſe words of the | 
2. Pſal. inthe5. iothe Hebrews, asa 
proote of Clrilts call co the Priett= 
hood, which Interprerers.have been 
troubl: dhowto make out; for (as 
you have feen) that { (pecch [ T hou art 
my Sen, ak, &c. | is all one as ifhe 
| had faid, T how art a Priefs; and ſo was 
as fit and fuil a place to prove tis be- 
ig a Pricit tz te holy Ghoſts intenr, 
as is that 0:her quoted With it, GUT Of 
Le I10. Pjul. thougn uttered in noce 
Fm words, Thou art a Prieſt {\1 
ver; Borh ipe eciini cone to one F in 
borh pl laces; the holy Ghoſt eſpecia;ly 
ain: g in borh, «t that part of |:1s 
Priciczeod in heaven, his Interceſlior, - 
11 We CNe fpea KINg 'of hi 1 af; an ls a 
fetupcn Gods 014, As 'Ki ing; (S: ) PJat. 2, 
vers.) andinive other, <fier be 79 ſet 
( down a! Gods ricut wand z(-0 P{z',110. 
| "O8. I; 2 } Yea, and this ns favuur 
With js b TLUSE and Intercullion a- 
lone, miFhe kave procurcd Pardon 
for us lion: rs, by: that Gods will was 
G Lave Jus Bice fatistied, 
Accu 


226 The triumph of Faith, 
Sect. 5. And ſecondly, he intercedes not 
2 His poren- Onely as a Sunne, ( and in that re- 
Ir ſpe a Prieſt perfeQ enough for ever) 
ving been to but al{o'as a Sonne who hath beene 
obedievt 4 qhedient to his Father , and hath done 
Sorne- : h 

at his requeſt , and for his fake, the 
greateſt ſer» ice for him, and

~221 words

an High-prieſt for 

ever, &c. Tharthercfore which makes 
him yer more porent, (that he may be 
ſure to prevaile ) is his obedience, 
and fervice done; and this alone alſo 
were cnuuph ro carry any thing. 
Ard both theſe confiderations of h:s 
Sonne-ſhip and Obedicnce , as gi- 
ving an efficacy to his Intcrcefſion, 
you have alſt in that Hev. 7. from ver. 
26,0 29, hehad ſpoken of the power 
of Interceſſion, to. 24,23, how he 
was alle to ſure totieutmoſt; and then 
in the following verſes he ſhews the 
ercurd of it , tirft in his fore-paſt 
obedience, were 26. 1. Alt.vz, For ſuch 
an Iigh-pricff became ws , mbo wa 
| holy, harmleſſe, undefiled, | And 
juch a Pricſt he was, and therefore 
ablerthus ro fave by his Interceſſion : 

Forſuch an one who was holy, harm- 
lefſe, and no guile found in bz 
month , what.requeſts come our of 
ſich lips, muſt needs be accepred. 
Then, Sccondly, he mentions his 


Paſſme 


Sect. 5- 


. a. 
TY hu the —— J 
»* . ” * 
. . 4 - 
Wa #595 IF 1s I 0 Y 
£ & G 4 t 4 


yo A ' The triumph labor $ 
P afſrue obedience \ Ver. 27. He offer up 
Sect. 5" him ele once , and Pane 6 made ſo full 
a {ari:faftion, as he needed not to doe 
n Wu once;?nd inthe ſtrength of both 
ele he incercedes : for tothar Pur- 


Deb dorh the mention of boch theſe - 


there come in. And then he addes 
char other which we before inſiſted 
on, that he is:the Some, which follows 
in thenext words, 267.21 And accor- 
dingly you ſhall trade Chrilt himiſelfe 
OG

~157 words

The blood of a man 
{flunc doth cry, though the man 
remaine dead ; even as of «bel it. 
1s faid , (: hough to another puLe 
pole) ther b ing d. ad he yet ſpraketh, 

Heb. 11. but Chiiit livech and 13- . 
pearcth : Vivit, &;, ince/nm cal 
rum venit ; He follows the fut, pur- 
ſacs :he hue and cry of his tlood 
hiafclt:, His betng wive, puts a life 
into us feath, Itis not in this as it 
Was inihat o:her, tac firk Adams 
fe and difobedieace. e Adam ab- 
thouzh he runſelfe had ben anntht- 
Itcd whenbed: ed, yet he having ' 
ſet the ſteci.e of o8 nature a go- 
ing in provagation of Children, 
his 5 Gans would yve defied nd 


C0;- 


5 } 
: 4 
? 
(| 
F 

E 


Ra, K 


224.0 


The Trinmptrof Faith 
condemned them to the end of the 


world; and the ferce of it to con- 
demne is neither furthered nor 


 lefſen*d by bis ſubſifting and be- 


ing, or his not being : it recerves 
no :ffitance from his pertona!l 


| life, one way or other. And the 


realcn 1s, becauſe his finne con- 
'gemnes us ;n a _naturall and neceſ- 
fary way : But the death of Chriſt 
and his ood ſhed , theſeſaving us 
in away of grace and favour unto 
Chriſt binz{elfe and for his ID that 
very being alveof Chriſt,that ſhed 
this blood, adds an infinite accep- 
tation toit with God , moves hin 
the more to heare the cry of it, and 
to regard it. Ina matter of fayeur 
to bedone fer the ſake of another 
aan, orinaſwt, or matter of ju- 
Rice that concerns another, who is 
intereſted in it , that mans being is 
$574

~210 words

being alive, puts a life in- 
fo the cauſe, If David would have 
reſpect to [ozathan (when dead ) in 
his children, . he would much more 
if-lygiſclfe had been alive. God 
made a Covenant with e4brahaw, 
d/axc, and Jacib, to remember their 
feed after themzAnd why? They are 
alive, 


F 


from Chrifts tnterceſs:0n. 24at IJ 

alive, and were to live for ever; Sect, 5. 
and though dead, ſhallriſe againe. | 
So Chriſt reaſoneth from it, Matth. 
22. 32. 1 am the Godof Abraham, 
Iſaac, and Jacob : God #5 the God of 
the living, (layes he) and not of the 
dead : and ſo, though Abraham be ig- 
nerant of his children (as the Prophet 
ſpeaks) and ſhould not intercede 

or them, yet becanſe Abrahams 
ſoul lives, and is not extinR, (as the 
Sadduces thought) but ſhall live a- 
g4inc at the Refarre&isn ; therfore 
God remembers and reſpe4ts his 
covenant with them;for he ts a God 
of the living, and fo his Covenant 
holds with them whilit they live. 
The old covenant of the firft Teftg= 
ment ran inthe names of Abraham, 
Iſaac, and 7acob, [ The Godof Abra- 
hams, Iſaac, and 7acob |) but this new 
covenant runnes in the name of 
Chriſt, The God and Father of owr 
Lard Jeſus Chrift;lo Eph 1.3. and fo 
he becomes our God and our Father 
1 him. And God being thus our Fa- 
ther, becauſe Chriſts Father, and 
Chrift (in whoſe name the Cove- 
nant mans) being alive, and God by 
* Covenant the God of a hiviog, — 


Set. 5, 


242 


The Triumph of Faith 
of a dead Chriſt ; This therefore 
works eff-ually with him to re- 
ſpe his :lood & hear the cry of it; 
and rhis,though Chrift were abſent, 
much more then whea he is preſent 
alto, and on purpoſe appeareth in the 
preſence of God for us ; as it is Hzb.g. 
24. He is alive,and fo,avle to follow 


his own fuit, and w:ll be ſure to (ee - 


to it, and to ſecond

~557 words

he, over and above, to honour his 
mand, Father, will aske all that himſclfe 
bach power to doe, what will not 
be done ? £3 ropat, & imperare 
poteft, He that can, and doth.com- 
mand what ever hee would have 
done, and it is ſtraight done ; it hee 
fall ask and intreat, what will not | 
be done ? Asa King who ſues for 
Peace, backt with a potent Army 
which 1s able to win what he in- 0 
treats for, muſt needs treat more 
eftectualiy : So doth Chriſt ſuc for 
every thing,with power to cffeAtit. 
Remember that hee is ſaid here in - ” 


the || 


from Chriſls taterceſsion. 347 
the Text, firſt tobe at Gods right Sect, 5+ 
hand, and then to intercede. Hee 

treats the ſalvation of ſinners, as a 

mighty Prince treats the giving up 

ſome Towne to him , which lyes 

ſeated under a Caſtle of his, which 
"commands that Towne : he ſtands 
treating with the Governour, ha- 

ving his Ordnance ready for the 
battery , and to bring all into ſub- ds 
JcAion, as 2 Cor. 10.4. And this mes 
18 a conſideration that God himſelf on upon 
tooke, L1 that 2. Pſalm, when hee _ moo 
made him that promiſe, ( cArke and nothing. 
I will give thee) why hee made ſo 

large a grant : He had faid before, 

ver. 6., 1 have ſet my King upon my 

holy kill of Sion , (which made him 

(one would thinke) paſt asking 

and above the condition of an In- 
terceflour, Now God ayes of hum, 

Heis dy King, notin reſ>e& of 

kis commanding God, (that were 
blaſ»hemy to thinke) but i: 1s fpo= 

ken in reſpe&t of commanding all. 

below him. God having fet him in 

bis Throne, to doe as much as hee 
himſelie would(or meanes)to have 

done, fayes, He is my King to rule 

all,not ſg much under meas for - 

ang 


oo 248 
|  $e&.5. 


The Triamph of Faith, 
and in my ftead ; yet abſolutely, 
and in himfclfe, The Father judgeth 
no wan, Now when the Father had 
firt made and conſtituted him thus 
ercat a King, then hee bids him 
Aske, to whom hee had firſt given 
this abſolute power to command. 
We may (without blaſphemy) fay 
of this God-man, that God hath 
(not onely not the heart, as being 
his Father, but) not the power to 
crofle any thing he doth. Thus faſt 
bath he God unto him. Onely hee 
(who in reſpe& of this his power 
15 to be honoured as the Father, as 
fobn 5.23+yet) to honour his Fa- 
ther, who gave this power original- 
ly to him as Mediatour ; He is to 
aske for that which of himſclfe he 
yet can doe. And therefore (faycs 
God) though thou art a King, (ſo 
Ferſe 6.) and all my Kingdome, 
even the utmoſt ends of the earth are 
thine inheritance by a naturall right, 
now that thou art my Sonne, (as 
ver/e 8. ) yet becauſe thon art MH 
K#*9, of my appointing, and 7 have 
ſet thee on the' Throne, (as- the 
word 1s, verſe 6.) and (thou art my 


Sos, and 1 have begotten thee) there- 


fore 


from Chiiſts Imterceſs/on. 
fore acknowledge my grantin all, 
Askg of me, and 1 will groe thee the ut= 
20ſt ends of the earth for thy inheri- 
fance : I cannot deny thee, but I 
would have thee aske ; And ther- 
fore Chriſt asks. Yet {till wichall 
remember, that

~294 words

hands, and command all in 
Heavenand earth? Therefore Zach. 
2. you have Chriſt the Angel of the 
Covenant, brought in interceding 
with the Father for his Church, 


and hee ſpeakes abruptly as one - 


ful 


mm &—The Triunphof Faith 


| 
. 


, 


4 


+. 


from Chriſts raterceſiion. 251 


full of complaints, and in an ex- SeR. 5. 


ſtulating way , ['O Lord of Hoſts, 

ow long, wilt thou not be mereifull ta 
Hiers/alem and the (ities of Fudah?] 
and ver.13.Zachary {aith that he ob- 
ſerved, thatthe Lord anſwered the 
Anoel with good words and comfor 
table, God was faine to give him 
good words (as we uſe to fir) that 
15, words that might pacifie him as 
words of comfort to us, ſo good 
words inreſpe@ tothe Angels come 
plaint. And you may obſerve, how 
in the anſwer God returnes upon 
it , (which he bade Zachary write) 
God excuſeth it (as it were) to 
Chriſt, that his Church had been 
ſo long and ſo hardly dealt withall ; 
as if beyond his intention, he layes 
the fault on the inſtruments, wes 
but a little difpleaſed, but they belpt 
forward the affiiftion, ver, 15, This 1s 
ſpoken and carried after the man- 
' ner ofmen, toſhew how tender 
God is of diſpleafing Chriſt our In- 
terceſlor : that when Chriſt hath (as 
it were) beene a long while lilent, 
and let God alone, and his people 
have been 1l dealt withall;he on the 
Uddajn inthe end intercedes & co. 
plains 


Wn bl» ond Ry OV PRRETIAORST TO PR OCT Ts oe ER 


Po «OOF RY. Of to 


OE k: Triowpbof Fajch 


Seh, <, plainesof it, andit is not only in- * 
m5 antly redreſſed, but excuſed for 


times paſt, with good words, and come 
fort«bie words, Chiifts father will 
not diſpleafe him , nor goe againſt 
him in any inting, 

Afarher

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he was on 
Earth ;. and Gods owne word alſo 


. declared,fince Chriſt came to Hea- 


+ ——_ 


ven» The 1. in the 11, of John, — * 


whuylt 


Ko OW 


LES, AE or 2. 
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had not as then fully performed that 
great ſervice which hee was to fi- 
niſh, which ſince he having done, it 
muſt needs ingraciate him the more 
with God his Father. When LZaz- 


74s WaS now foure dayes dead, 


AHartha, to move Chrilt to pity 
her, firſt tells him, that if hee had 
been therebefore her brother dyed, 
that then he had not dyed: and then 
( as having ſpoke too little) ſhee 
adds, yea thou canft ( ifthou plea- 
{eſt ) remedie it yet. But I know 
( fayes ſhe, ver.22.) that even now 
(though he be ſo leng dead ) what #- 
ver thou wilt aske of God,God will gove 
it thee. Here was her confidence 1n 
Chriſts interceſſion, though this 
were a greater worke then ever yet 
Chriſt had done any. And Chriſt 
ſeeing her faith in this, hee con- 
firmes her ſpeech when he came to 
raiſe him, and takes a ſolemne oc- 
caſion to declare, that God had ne- 
ver denyed him any requeſt that 
hee had ever put up to him, 
firſt thanking God particularly 
that hee had heard him in thus, 


= w- Verſe at. Father I thanks thee ,, that 
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Chriſt was here on earth;and SeR. 


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260 —_ The Trinmphof Faith 
Ye thox haſt heard me « He had(it ſeems) » 
a. prayed for the thing at her entreaty; 
and now, before the thing was 
done , he (being aſſured his prayer 
was heard) gives thankes; ſo contt- 
dent was hee of his being heard. 
And then ſecondly, ſhews upon 
what this his confidence at this 
time was grounded, his conſtant 
experience that God had never de- 
nyed him any requeſt ; for it fol- 
lowes, 287.42. And 1 know that thou 
heareſt me alwaics,(8& therefore was 
{o bold, as to exyreſſe my confi- 
dence inth:s, before the thing was 
done) but bicauſe of them who ſtood 
by, [ſ/atdit. As if hee had faid, 
Though T gave this publick thanks 
for being heard onely in this one 
miracle, and at no time the like ſo 
pubLctly; yet this 1s no new thing, 
but thus jt hath beene alwaies hi- 
therto, in all the miracles I have 
wrought , and requeſts I have pat 
up , which made mee ſo to give 
thankes before-hand : ard thus is 
not the firſt time that God hath 
. heard me thus; which I ſpeake, 
that they might beleeve. Thus he 
was never denyed on earth , _ 
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but it ſhall be granted; and this  *' 
fpeake once for all, as a boone and *) 

a grace granted you upon your 
birth-day, as the ſolemneſt celebra- 
tion of it (for ſuch was his Reſur» 
re&ion, and Aſcenſion, and fitting 
at Godsright hand) The day have / 
begotten thee; Arke of me and I will 
give thee. So fall of joy was his Fa- 
thers heart,that he had his Sonne in 
Heaven with him, whom he had 
begotten from everlaſting, and ot=- 
damed ro thzs glory, who was lately 
dead, andina manner loſt, and 
therefore now (as it were) new 
begoiten. Gods heart was ſo-full, 
that he could not hold from expreſs 
ſing it in the largeſt 'favours and 
grants. And whereas Kings upon 
their owne birth-dayes, uſe to 
grant ſuch favonrs 'to their favous- 
rites : So Herod on his Girth- day to 
the Daughter of Herodias, promiſed 
w than oathto give hor whatſoc- 
ver the would aske, AZarth.14.7. 

| Gol! huniclt; bay.ng uo bitth-day , 
; . Nor 


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from Chriits Interc:ſiion, 263 © 
nor being of himſelfe capable of it, Se. 5.- 
yet haviiga Sonne who had , hee _ 
honours him with that grace upon 
that day; and if Queene E/ther 

(a SubjeAtyeay a ſlave in her origi- 

% nall condition). was ſo prevalent 

' for the Jewes her People and Nati- 

on, When their caſe was deſperate, 
and when there was an irrevocable 

* decreepaſt ( and that not to be al- 
tered) for their ruine and deſtructi- 
on

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when the Holy Ghoſt ſhould bee 

ſhed upon them ; for through- 

out his diſcourſe, hce ſtill ſpeakes 

of the fruites of his Rr 

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from Chriſts Interceſsion. 2 65 ? 
and of giving the Comforter,which geg, Fo 4 


was done upon his aſcending, and 
was the firſt fruits of his Prieſtly 
office in Heaven. Thus Peter in- 
formes us, ets 2.33. Hee being 
(fayes he) exalted by the right hand 
of God, and having received (namely 
by asking, Aske and I'will give thee) 
of the Father the promiſe of the holy 
Ghoſt, he bath ſhed forth this, which 
- you now ſee and heare. Now of that 
time, When he ſhall bein Heaven, 
| heſayes, I ſay not that [ will pray 
for you ; which 1s not meant, that 
Chriſt prayes not for us in Heaven, 
but rather thoſe very words are 
the higheſt intimation , that hee 
would and doth pray forus, that 
can be. When men would moſt 
ſtrongly intimate their purpoſe of 
a kindneſle they mean to do for one, 
they uſe to ſay, [I donot fay that 
Tlove you, or that I will doe this 
or that for you; which is as much 
as to ſfiy,. I will {urely doe it, and 
doe it to purpoſe. But Chriſts ſcope 
here

~715 words

at his hands, which they ſhall 
but aske in his name ; ſoas he needs 
not pray for them, and yet he will 
too. But now in caſe that he him- 
{elfe pray for them, and they them- 
ſelves int his name, and bothunto a 
Father, who of himſelfe loveth 
them, and who hath purpoſed to 
ant all, before either he or they 
Thould aske ; what hope muſt there 
needs be then of a good ſucceſic # 
This 1s both the meaning of this 
ones and a great truth to be con- 
dered on by us, to the purpoſe in 
hand : That it is the meaning of 
the place, the manner of Chriſts 
ſpeech _— [1 ſay not that [ 
will the Father for you, for the 


ra 
 Fatier fimſelfe toveth you. ] It 1s ſuch 


a ſpeech as Chrift uſed upo1 a 
cleane contrary occaſion, fehn 5. 
45 - Doe not thinke (ayes he) rhat 1 
will accu/e you to the | ather , there 
exc who accu/uth yor,ever. Moſes, Co. 


He there threatens the obſtinate es 


and 


frem Chriſts Interceſsion, 


and accurſed Phariſees with con- Sect. 5. 


demnation : Never ſtand thinking 
that it 1s I (layes hee) who:am 
your onely enemy and accuſer, that 
will procure your condemnation 
and fo proſecute the matter againſt 
you meerely for my own interelt z 
no,I ſhall notneed to doe it:though 
I ſhould not accuſe you , your owne 
Moſes in whom you truſt , hee 1s 
enough to condemne you ,..he will 
doe your errand ſathciently', you 
would be ſure to be damned by ts 
words and ſayings ; I ſhall not 
need: to trouble my ſelfe to come 
in and enter my a&ion againſt you 
too, Hoſes and his Law wonld 
follow the fait, and bee enough 
to condemne you to Hell. So as 
this Speech doth not imply that 
Chriſt will not at all accuſe them x 
no, he meanes to bring in his adtt- 
on againſt them too : for he after 
fayes, if he hadnor fpoke to th-m, they 
had had no fine , av therefore hee 
me .nt to bring the greatelt accuſact- 


'- on of all. Now 1n a1 oppoſre 


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may fave you,T whoyour ſelves ſhal 
ſee will dye for.you, I ſay not that I 
will pray for you,not I. But though 
IT ſpeake this to infinuate in the 
higheſt manner, that I will; (for 
7 I ſpend my blood for you, will I 
not ſpend my breath for you?) yet 
the truth is , that the caſe ſo ſtands, 
that but for Gods own ordination, I 
ſhould not need to doe it, for the fa- 
ther himſelfe loves you : (that is) the 
Father of his own motion, and 
proper good will taken up of him- 
{elfe towards you,and not wrought 
m him by me, doth-leve you, and 
beares ſo much love to you, as hee 
can deny you nothing, - for hee is 
your Father as well as mine. How 
much more then (hall you be ſaved, 
when I ſhall ſtrike intoo, and uſe 
all my intereſt in him for you? 
Chriſt on purpoſe uſeth this ſpeech, 
ſo to daſh out of their hearts that 
conceit which harboureth in many 
of ours wholooke upon God in the 
matter of Salvation, 2s one who 
15 hardly intreated to come off, to 
fave ſinners, and with whom Chriſt 
{throngh the backwardnefle of 
&#5 heart) bath ſo mucb adoe ; and 
we 


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> © |= "Mmeanes to commend or ſet forth 


from Chriſts Interceſsion, 


we arc apt to thinke that when hee 
doth come off to pardon, he doth it 


only and meerly at Chriſts entreaty, 


and for his ſake, having otherwiſe 
no innate motion in himſelfe ſutti- 
Cient to encline his heart to it ; but 
that it is in this tranſaction by Chrilt 
with him, as a Favourite procures 
a pardon for a Traitor, whoſe per- 
ſon the King cares not for ; only at 
his Favourites ſuit and requeſt hee 
grants 1', which elſe he would ne- 
ver have done. Youare deceived, 
ſayes Chriſt ,it is otherwiſe: my Fa- 
thers heart is as much towards you, 
and for your ſalvations, as mine is : 
Himſelfe of himſelfe loveth you

~656 words

out of his pure love: 


cO US. - 


The Interceſſion therefore: of 


Chriſt muſt needs ſpeed, when Gods 
heart 


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-'-  thatthe kings heart was tawards Abſa- 


from Chriſis Interceſsion, 

heart iFthus of it ſelfe prepared to 
us. In Eſay 53-10. it isfaid,Theplea- 
ſwre of the Lord ſhall proſper in his 
hand: Tf our faivation be in Chriſts 
hand, itis ina good hand ; but if 
It ve the pleaſare of the Lord tooy 
it muſt needs proſper. Ir is ſaid 
of our hearts and prayers, that 
Hee prepareth the heart , and heareth 
the prayer ; much more therefore 
when bis owne heart is prepared 
to grant the ſuit, will hee eaſily 
heare it. When one hath a minde 
to doe a thing , then the leaſt hint 
procures it of him : Soa father ha- 
ving a minde to ſpare his childe, he 
will take any excuſe, any ones me- 
diation, even of a ſervant, altran- 
ger, oran enemy, rather of none. 
Now when Chriſt ſhall fpeake for 
us, and ſpeake Gods -owne heart, 
how prevalent. muſt thoſe words 
needs be ? Davids ſoul longing to go 
forth unto Abſalom, (2 Sam.13.u1t.) 
whom notwithſtanding (for che 
honour of a Father, anda Kings 
State-policy , and to fatisfie the 
world )ke had baniſht the Court for 
his treaſon;when foab perceived its 


lom, 


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The Triumph of Faith 

loy (Cha. 14.1.) and that the King 
onely needed one to ſpeake a good 
word for him , he ſubornes a wo- 
man, a ſtranger (no matter whom, 
for 1t had been all one for ſpeeding) 
with a made tale to come to the 
King ; and you know how eaſily 
it tooke and prevailed with him, 
and how glad the Kings heart was 


of that occaſion : even ſo _ 
d 


table it was to him, that 7gab co 
not have done him a greater kinde- 


nefſe ; and that Jeab knew well 


enough. Thus it is with Gods 
hearttowards us, Chriſt aflures us 
of 1t, and you may believe himin 
this caſe : For Chriſt might have 
tooke all the Honour to himſclfe, 
and made us beholding to himſelfe 
alone four all Gods kindeneſle to us ; 
but he deals plainly, and tels us that 
bis Father 1s as ready as himſelfe ; 
and this hee-doth for his Fathers 
honoftr and our comfort ; And 


therefore it is that, oh. 17. in that. 


this prayer ſo often cited in this diſ- 
courſe, he pleads our eleftion, 7ohr 
C7. 6. Thine they were,and thou gaveſt 
them me ; thou commendedfſt them 
unto mee, and badeſt mee pray for 
them, 


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hs. Mili 4 
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from Chriſts Interceſ3ion. 
them , and I doe but commend the 
ſame to thee againe. In the High 
Prieſts Breaſt-plate when he went 
into the Holy of Holes, were ſet 
twelve ſtones,on which were writ- 


tenthe names of the twelve Trives: 
the myſtery of which 1s this, Chrift 


bears us and our names in his 


Heart, when hee goes to God : 
and moteover we are Gods jewcls, 
precious in his owne account and 


| Choice. So God calls them, Mal.3. 


17. Made precions to him out of his 
love. So [(ai. 43. 4. So that God 


273 
Se. 5.. 


loves usas jeweis choſen by him, 


but much more when he beholds us 


ſet and preſented unto him 1n the. 


breaſt-plate of Chriſts heart and 


Prayer. 


To conclude therefore, we have 
now made both ends ofthis Text to: 


meet, Gods love, and Chriſts inter- 


ceſſlion. The Apoſtle began with 
that, #/ho foall accuſe ? it is God 
that juſtifies, and he being for us, 
who can bee againſt us ? The Father 


timſelt loves us as he is our Father: 


- Andthen heends with this, Chriſt 


zntercedes, namely, with our Father 


= & his Father,who then fhall condemn ? 


Who, 


4 274 Oo The Triumph of Faith 


| Se. 5. 


Who, or what can poſlibly cons 
demne, all theſe things being for us, 
the leaſt of which were alone e- 
nough to ſave us? 
, Let us now looke round about

~530 words

Apoſtle ſpeaking of 
the very aime of the heart in com- 
ming, he therfore on purpoſe men- 


tions Chriſts ability to /ave; | He is 


| able to fave.] 
! 2", Here are many encouragemets 


to ſucha faith as 1s not yet growne 


 upunto aſſurance of Salvation. 


- T.Here is the moft ſuitable object 


{ propounded nnto 1t, natnely, (Þrsff 
| 45 interceding;which work of inter- 


ceſſion, becauſe it- remaines for 
_ Chriſt as yet rodve for a ſoule that is 
to be ſaved, and whichhe is every 
day adoing for us;therfore it is more 
peculiarly firted unto a Recrmbents 
| faith. For when ſuch a ſoule comes 
and caſts it ſelife upon Chrift, That 
thing in Chriſt, which muſt needs 
moſt ſuit that kinde of A; is that 


Þ+ which is yet to be done by Chriſt for 


that foule, Now for that {cule to 
| Q 2 : Co” 


poore ſoule is a pt to thinke, that in Sea: ws 


Sect. 5. come to Chriſt to die for it, and of- 


' TheT riuzph of Faith 


fer up himſclte a Sacrifice, (as Sin- 
ners did uſe to come tr the High- 
Prieſt to ſacrifice for them) this | 
were bootlefle, for (asit is ver.27.) 
hee hath at ;once doze that already. | 
And as for what # already paſt and | 
aone, {uch a believers faith is often- ! 
times, exceedingly puzled , what 
manner of a& to put forth towards: 
Chriſt about it : as (for example)F 
when it 1s abou; to come unto God, ! 
& it hears of an Elcfion of ſomeun- * 
to falvation from alleternity made | 
by him;becauſe this is an aRalready 
paſt vy God , the ſoule knows it to! 
Le in vain to caſt it ſelte upon God j 
far Election,or to come unto himto 
ele& and Choolc it ſelfe. And ſo in 
like manner, when the ſoule lookes 
upon Chriſts Death ; becaule it is: 
done. and paſt, it knowes not how, 
totake itin in believing, when it} 
wanceth aflurance that Chriſt ay-1 
ed for it , (though it ſhould come 
to Chriſt to be ſaved by vertue of| 
his death.) But there this is one | 
work that remaines (till to be done; 
by him for us, and which he is} 
daily a doing ;'and that is, [nter-| 
hes ceding,| 


} from Chriſts Taterceſsiof, 281 
ceding*, for he lives ever to Interceds, Soft, if 


or to pray for us in theſtrength and 
merit of that his Sacrifice once of 
fered up. This therefore is more 
direQly and peculiarly fitted unto a 
Faith of Recymbency, or of Comming 
xuto { briſt : the proper a& of ſuch 
a Faith (3s't1s diſtinguiſhed from 
Faith of Aſſurance) being a caſting 
ones ſelfe upon Chriſt for ſomething it 
would have done or wrought for one. 
Hence Interceſſion becomes a fit 
objed for the aime and errand of 
ſuch a Faith, in this its coinming-to 
Chriſt, as aiſo [ robe /aved}Jis, it 
being a thing yet to bee wrought 
and accomplitht for me by Chriſt, 
is therefore a fit marke for ſuch 
a Faith tolevell at in its comming 
to Chiſt. Thoſe As of God and 
Chriſt which are paſt, Faith of A/- 


ſarunce doth more eaſily comply 


with : ſuch a Faith takes in with 
comfort rhat Chriſt hath dyed for 
mee, and ifen againe , and doth 
now Tztercede for ine, and fo 1 ſhall 
certainely -bee ſaved : but ſo-can- 
not this weake faith doe. Come 
thou

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all in Heaven and earth can doe : 
and what 1s there then which wee 
may net hope to obtaine through 
his Interceſſion? | 

And wouldſ thou knfty whe- 

-- "Y ther 


Moo.  ThetriomphofFatth 
| Sc. 5, ther he hath andertaken thy cauſe, 
8 and begun to intercede for thee? In 
| a word, Hath he put his ſpirit into. 
1 thy heart,and ſet thy own heart on 
work to make incefſant Intercefſi- : 
ons for thy ſelfe with groans unntte=. \ 
rable? (asthe Apoſtle hath it, Row. - 
8.) This is the Eccho. of Chriſts. . 
Intercefonfor thee in heaven. 
= - 5. (And laſtly) Tf fuch a ſoule: - 
| ſhall further obje&,. But will hee: : 
not give over ſving for me ? may 1 * 
a not bee caſt out of his prayers. 
through my unbeliefe?Let it here be 
conſidered, that hee lives [ever] 
to intercede :: And therefore if hee 
onceundertake thy cauſe, and. get-. 
| teth thee into his prayers, he will 
s | never leave thee out night nor day. 
5 Hee Intercedeth ever, till he hath 
accompliſht and finiſhed thy ſalva- 
tion. Men have beene caft out of 
good and holy mens prayers,as Saxl: 
out of Samuels., and the People of 
Iſrael owt of Feremies.y but never out 
cf Chriſts prayers; the /moake of he. 
Trcenſe aſcends for ever, and he will 
m:crcede to the utmoſt, till he hath 
laved t to the utan i. Hee 
Willncver;gtve over, but wililyein 
the 


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70m IE Ce]5 107, ny 
the duſt for thee, or he will perfe& Sect, 
and procure thy Salvation. 
Onely