A65285:827
A Body of Practical Divinity
A body of practical divinity consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster : with a supplement of some sermons on several texts of Scripture / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692
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3. He never dies. The Priests under the Law, while their Office lived, they themselves died, Hebr. 7.23. They were not suffered to continue by reason of death: but Christ ever lives to make Intercession, Hebr. 7.25. He hath no Succession in his Priesthood.
Quest. Who Christ intercedes for?
Resp. Not for all promiscuously, John 17.9. but for the Elect. The efficacy of Christ's Prayer reacheth no further then the efficacy of his Blood; but his Blood was shed only for the Elect, therefore his Prayers only reach them. The High Priest went into the Sanctuary with the Names only of the Twelve Tribes upon his Breast; so Christ goes into Heaven only with the Names of the Elect upon his Breast. Christ intercedes for the weakest Believers, John 17.20. and for all the sins of Believers. In the Law there were some sins the High Priest was neither to offer Sacrifice for, nor yet to offer Prayer, Numb. 15.30. The Soul that doth ought presumptuously shall be cut off. The Priest might offer up Prayer for sins of Ignorance, but not of Presumption: but Christ's Intercession extends to all the sins of the Elect. Of what a bloody colour was David's sin, yet it did not exclude Christ's Intercession.