CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

Impetration is that whereby he doth obtain at Gods hands the right and claim to all those privileges he hath purchased for his people, Such are Remission, Justification, Adoption, and Glorification; These transcendent mercies which are not in the power of the world to bestow, are obtained by him, ⟨p. 226⟩and indeed had it not been for this his Mediatory power, there had been no such things in rerum naturâ, Reconciliation and Peace with God had been a mere Ens rationis, men might have imagined such a thing as they may golden Mountains, but there had been no existency of them, so that it was of infinite concernment to Believers, to obtain of God, that there might be such privileges, They cost him dear; It was not only prayers with tears, but with blood also, but Impetration is not enough, for if it had been as Arminians say, That Christ as Mediator obtained only a possibility of Salvation, or made a way for such mercies, but then the application to arise partly from mans freewill and power; This would be to hold That Christ might have died in vain, That notwithstanding all that love of God sending his Son into the world, and all the wrath that he did undergo, Not one man might have been saved: This must needs be very derogatory both to the Father and to the Son, but Christs Prayer is for the application and actual bestowing of all those benefits he hath obtained, and for this end he sends his Spirit into our hearts, Rom. 8 and that is a Spirit of prayer and supplication: So that we have a twofold bottom to stand upon, Christs Prayers and the Spirits Intercession in us; Oh the strong Consolations that may be received hence! for the godly soul may think, Though Christs prayer be prevalent, yet I must pray also; He that asketh not shall not receive: Now my prayers are weak, dull, sinful; See therefore the goodness of Christ that gives his Spirit to us, to help us against all the Infirmities of our prayers, both to know what to pray and how to pray; It's not then enough to hear that Christ by his Prayer doth obtain all good things at Gods hand, unless he vouchsafe them to us, and make us partaker of them. Oh then let not the Godly soul say, how can I ever be at peace with God, how can I ever have power over such strong corruptions? This is to say, God will not regard or answer Christs Prayer.

Impetration is that whereby he doth obtain at Gods hands the right and claim to all those prieiledges he hath purchased for his people, Such are Remission, Justification, Adoption, and Glorification; These transcendent mercies which are not in the power of the world to bestow, are obtained by him,