A discourse of the work of the Holy Spirit in prayer with a brief…

(1.) A Sight or prospect of God as on a Throne of Grace. A prospect, I say, not by carnal Imagination, but spiritual Illumination. By Faith we see him who is invisible, Heb. 11. 27. For it is the Evidence of things not seen, making its proper Object evident and present unto them that do believe. Such a sight of God on a Throne of Grace is necessary unto this Delight. Under this consideration he is the proper object of all our Addresses unto him in our Supplications, Heb. 4. 16. Let us come boldly to the Throne of Grace, that we may obtain Mercy and find Grace to help in a time of need. The Duty of Prayer is described by ⟨p. 97⟩the subject matter of it, namely Mercy and Grace, and by the only object of it, God on a Throne of Grace.

And this Throne of Grace is further represented unto us by the place where it is erected or set up; and that is in the Holiest, or most Holy Place. For in our coming unto God as on that Throne, we have boldness to enter into the Holiest by the Blood of Jesus, Heb. 10. 19. And hereby the Apostle shows, that in the expression, he had respect, or alludes unto the Mercy-Seat upon the Ark, covered with the Cherubims, which had a Representation of a Throne. And because of Gods especial Manifestation of himself thereon, it was called his Throne. And it was a Representation of Jesus Christ, as I have showed elsewhere.

And this Throne of Grace is further represented unto us by the place where it is erected or set up; and that is in the Holiest, or most Holy Place. For in our coming unto God as on that Throne, we have boldness to enter into the Holiest by the Blood of Jesus, Heb. 10. 19. And hereby the Apostle shews, that in the expression, he had respect, or alludes unto the Mercy-Seat upon the Ark, covered with the Cherubims, which had a Representation of a Throne. And because of Gods especial Manifestation of himself thereon, it was called his Throne. And it was a Representation of Jesus Christ, as I have shewed elsewhere.