He Ascended into Heaven as a common person, for so it's said in Eph. 2.6. He hath raised us up, or exalted us together ⟨p. 442⟩with Christ. He sits at Gods right hand as a common person, for so it follows in the next clause, and hath made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. We sit there in our representative. And when he shall come again to Judge the World, the Saints shall come with him. So it is Prophesied, Zech. 14.6. The Lord my God shall come, and all the Saints with thee. And as they shall come with Christ from Heaven, so they shall sit on Thrones with him, judging, by way of suffrage. They shall be assessors with the Judge, 1 Cor. 6.2. This deserves a special remark that all this honour is given to Christ as our head and representative, for thence results abundance of comfort to the people o• God. Carry it therefore along with you in your thoughts throughout the whole of Christs advancement. Think when you shall hear that Christ is risen from the dead, and is in all that glory and authority in Heaven. How sure the salvation of his Redeemed is. For if when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God, by the death of his Son, much more being reconciled; we shall be saved by his Life. Surely it cannot be supposed but he is able to save to the uttermost all them that come to God by him: Seeing he ever lives to make intercession, Heb. 7.25. Think how safe the people of God in this world are, whose head is in Heaven. It was a comfortable expression of one of the Fathers encouraging himself and others with this truth in a dark day.1 Come (said he) why do we tremble thus, do we not see our head above water? If he live believers cannot die, Joh. 14.19. Because I live, ye shall live also.
He Ascended into Heaven as a common person, for so it's said in Eph. 2.6. He hath raised us up, or exalted us together ⟨p. 442⟩with Christ. He sits at Gods right hand as a common person, for so it follows in the next clause, and hath made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Iesus. We sit there in our representative. And when he shall come again to Judge the World, the Saints shall come with him. So it is Prophesied, Zech. 14.6. The Lord my God shall come, and all the Saints with thee. And as they shall come with Christ from Heaven, so they shall sit on Thrones with him, judging, by way of suffrage. They shall be assessors with the Judge, 1 Cor. 6.2. This deserves a special remark that all this honour is given to Christ as our head and representative, for thence results abundance of comfort to the people o• God. Carry it therefore along with you in your thoughts throughout the whole of Christs advancement. Think when you shall hear that Christ is risen from the dead, and is in all that glory and authority in Heaven. How sure the salvation of his Redeemed is. For if when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God, by the death of his Son, much more being reconciled; we shall be saved by his Life. Surely it cannot be supposed but he is able to save to the uttermost all them that come to God by him: Seeing he ever lives to make intercession, Heb. 7.25. Think how safe the people of God in this world are, whose head is in Heaven. It was a comfortable expression of one of the Fathers incouraging himself and others with this truth in a dark day.1 Come (said he) why do we tremble thus, do we not see our head above water? If he live believers cannot die, Ioh. 14.19. Because I live, ye shall live also.
- 1Nonne videnus capat nostrum super aquas? Greg.
