A fourth volume containing one hundred and fifty sermons on several texts of Scripture…

(2.) Then for Intercession, the other Act of his Priesthood. He that intercedes with God, must be God, to know our Wants and Necessities; as the High Priest had the Names of the twelve Tribes upon his Breast and Shoulders, Exod. 20.12, 29. so Jesus Christ hath the Names of all the Elect; he knows their Desires, Wants, Conflicts; he is to negotiate with God in behalf of all Believers, that he may dispatch Blessings suitable to their State. Now who can do this but God, who knows the Heart and tries the Reins? Who could know our Needs, our Wants, our Thoughts, Sins, Prayers, Groans, Desires, Purposes throughout all the World? ⟨p. 152⟩Who can wait upon our Business day and night, and continually interpose, that Wrath do not break out upon us, but such an All-sufficient Saviour as he is?

(2.) Then for Intercession, the other Act of his Priesthood. He that intercedes with God, must be God, to know our Wants and Necessities; as the High Priest had the Names of the twelve Tribes upon his Breast and Shoulders, Exod. 20.12, 29. so Jesus Christ hath the Names of all the Elect; he knows their Desires, Wants, Conflicts; he is to negotiate with God in behalf of all Believers, that he may dispatch Blessings sutable to their State. Now who can do this but God, who knows the Heart and tries the Reins? Who could know our Needs, our Wants, our Thoughts, Sins, Prayers, Groans, Desires, Purposes throughout all the World? ⟨p. 152⟩Who can wait upon our Business day and night, and continually interpose, that Wrath do not break out upon us, but such an All-sufficient Saviour as he is?

Secondly, That he is God, and so fitted for this Work. In times of Delusion it is good to settle Foundations, and give you Grounds of Faith. It may be, a Discourse upon the Godhead of Christ Men may think unnecessary;