A25470:1450
The Morning exercise [at] Cri[ppleg]ate, or, Several cases of conscience practically resolved
The Morning exercise [at] Cri[ppleg]ate, or, Several cases of conscience practically resolved by sundry ministers, September 1661.
London: printed for Joshua Kirton and Nathaniel Webb, 1661
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
3. He had the Names of the Tribes engraven on his breast or heart. Christ pleads the love he bears to his People. Three places the names of the Saints are written in, out of either whereof nor men nor Devils can blot them out, viz. in the Book of Life, on the palms of his hands, and on the heart of Christ. I may add the fourth thing the High-Priest did when he entered into the Holy Place, viz. he went in ⟨p. 344⟩with all his rich Priestly Garments, to show we should be clothed with the rich Robes of Christs Righteousness, for what the High-Priest did, he did not in his personal but in his public capacity. Now the efficacy of his Intercession was not only from the wonderful Love God bore to Christ, from the unparalleled Interest Christ had in the Father, by these means we may expect all acts of favour, but we have Justice on our side, for favour is an arbitrary thing, therefore Christ is our Advocate, 1 John 2.1.2. he presents our case not by way of Petition, but by way of pleading; for Advocates do not petition but plead.
3. He had the Names of the Tribes engraven on his breast or heart. Christ pleads the love he bears to his People. Three places the names of the Saints are written in, out of either whereof nor men nor Devils can blot them out, viz. in the Book of Life, on the palms of his hands, and on the heart of Christ. I may add the fourth thing the High-Priest did when he entered into the Holy Place, viz. he went in ⟨p. 344⟩with all his rich Priestly Garments, to shew we should be clothed with the rich Robes of Christs Righteousnesse, for what the High-Priest did, he did not in his personal but in his publick capacity. Now the efficacy of his Intercession was not only from the wonderful Love God bore to Christ, from the unparalleld Interest Christ had in the Father, by these means we may expect all acts of favour, but we have Justice on our side, for favour is an arbitrary thing, therefore Christ is our Advocate, 1 John 2.1.2. he presents our case not by way of Petition, but by way of pleading; for Advocates do not petition but plead.