The Fountain of Life Opened

Fifthly, His sanctifying himself for our sakes speaks the strength of his Love, and largeness of his heart to poor sinners, thus to set himself wholly and entirely apart for us. So that what he did, and suffered, must all of it have a respect and relation to us. He did not (when consecrated for us) live a moment, do an act, or speak a word; but it had some tendency to promote the great design of our Salvation. He was only, and wholly, and always doing your work, when consecrated for your sakes. His Incarnation respects you, Esa. 9.6. For us a Child is born, to us a Son is given. And he would never have been the Son of man, but to make you the Sons and Daughters of God. God would not have come down in the likeness of sinful flesh, in the habit of a man, but to raise up sinful man into the likeness of God. All the miracles he wrought were for you, to confirm your Faith. When he raised up Lazarus, Joh. 11.42. Because of the people which stand by, I said it: that they might believe that thou hast sent me. While he lived on earth, he lived as one wholly set apart for us. And when he dyed, he dyed for us, Gal. 3.13. He was made a curse for us. When he hanged on that cursed tree he hanged ⟨p. 73⟩there in our room, and did but fill our place. When he was buried, he was buried for us. For the end of it was, to perfume our Graves, against we come to lie down in them. And when he rose again, it was (as the Apostle saith) for our Justification, Rom. 4.25. When he ascended into glory, he protested it was about our business. That he went to prepare places for us. And if it had not been so, he would have told us, Joh. 14.2. And now he is there, it is for us that he there lives. For he ever lives to make intercession for us, Heb. 7.25. And when he shall return again to Judge the world, he will come for us too. He comes (when ever it be) to be glorified in his Saints, and admired in them that believe,