B36604:408
Preparation for sufferings. Or The best work in the worst times Wherein the necessity,…
Preparation for sufferings. Or The best work in the worst times Wherein the necessity, excellency, and means of our readiness for sufferings are evinced and prescribed; our call to suffering cleared, and the great unreadiness of many professors bewailed. By John Flavel minister of Christ in Devon.Preparation for sufferings. Or The best work in the worst times Wherein the necessity, excellency, and means of our readiness for sufferings are evinced and prescribed; our call to suffering cleared, and the great unreadiness of many profesours bewailed. By John Flavel minister of Christ in Devon.
London: printed for Robert Boulter, 1681
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4. From the prevalent intercession of Jesus Christ in the Heavens, for all his Saints, in all their trials here on Earth. From hence the Apostle infers the certainty of our Perseverance, Rom. 8.34. and a pregnant instance of it you have in Peters case, Luke 22.32. So Heb. 7.25. speaks fully to the case. To strengthen this, consider 1. Who it is that intercedes: It's Christ, whose Person is most dear and ingratiated with the Father, John 11.42. 2. What he intercedes for: Surely for nothing but what is most suitable to his Fathers will. The Will of Christ, and his Fathers, do not clash, John 16.26, 27. yea, what he prays for, he prays not for gratis, or asks upon any dishonourable terms to the justice of his Father; but they are all mercies purchased and paid for; and therefore fear not the failing of your Graces.
4. From the prevalent intercession of Jesus Christ in the Heavens, for all his Saints, in all their tryals here on Earth. From hence the Apostle infers the certainty of our Perseverance, Rom. 8.34. and a pregnant instance of it you have in Peters case, Luke 22.32. So Heb. 7.25. speaks fully to the case. To strengthen this, consider 1. Who it is that intercedes: It's Christ, whose Person is most dear and ingratiated with the Father, John 11.42. 2. What he intercedes for: Surely for nothing but what is most suitable to his Fathers will. The Will of Christ, and his Fathers, do not clash, John 16.26, 27. yea, what he prays for, he prays not for gratis, or asks upon any dishonourable terms to the justice of his Father; but they are all mercies purchased and paid for; and therefore fear not the failing of your Graces.