A Body of Practical Divinity

Branch 4. Though Jesus Christ is so highly exalted in Glory, yet he is not forgetful of us on Earth: some when they are raised to Places of Honour, forget their Friends; when the Chief Butler was restored to his Place at Court, then he forgot poor Joseph in Prison: But it is not so with Christ; though he be exalted to such Glory in Heaven, yet he is not unmindful of his Saints on Earth. Our High-Priest hath all the Names and Wants of his People written upon his Breast-plate: Art thou tempted? though Christ be in Glory he knows how to pity and succour thee, Heb. 4.15. We have not a high-priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmity. Dost thou mourn for sin? Christ though in a glorified State, he hears thy Sighs, bottles thy Tears.

Branch 4. Though Jesus Christ is so highly exalted in Glory, yet he is not forgetful of us on Earth: some when they are raised to Places of Honour, forget their Friends; when the Chief Butler was restored to his Place at Court, then he forgot poor Ioseph in Prison: But it is not so with Christ; though he be exalted to such Glory in Heaven, yet he is not unmindful of his Saints on Earth. Our High-Priest hath all the Names and Wants of his People written upon his Breast-plate: Art thou tempted? though Christ be in Glory he knows how to pity and succour thee, Heb. 4.15. We have not a high-priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmity. Dost thou mourn for sin? Christ though in a glorified State, he hears thy Sighs, bottles thy Tears.

Branch 5. Christ being exalted at God's right hand, this is for the Comfort of Believers, that they shall one day be exalted to that Place of Glory where he is: Christ's Exaltation is our Exaltation. Christ hath prayed for this, Joh. 17.24. Father, I will that all those whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am. And he is said to go before to prepare a place for Believers,