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Five sermons on several subjects. I. A birth-day sermon, preached on the day when…
Five sermons on several subjects. I. A birth-day sermon, preached on the day when the author attained to the eightieth year of his age. II. A dying testimony to the sovereign grace of God in the salvation of his elect, containing three sermons. III. Believers encouraged to pray from the consideration of Christs interceding for them, and with them. / By Increase Mather, D.D ; [Six lines of quotations]
Boston: printed by B. Green for Daniel Henchman, 1719
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2. The Elect of God considered as Converted and brought home to God, as made Believers on the Lord Jesus Christ, are in a most peculiar manner the Subjects of His Intercession. Christ Prays for them, Joh. 17. And He says, ver. 8. They have Believed. Christ Intercedes for them, Heb. 9. 24. He is entered into Heaven it self, to appear in the presence of God for us, to be an Intercessor an Advocate for us; namely, for us who Believe. And in the Text before us, it is said, He does offer Incense, for all Saints; that is, for all true Believers in Christ; for all Saints are true Believers in Christ, and all true Believers, are Saints; they are Sanctified in Christ Jesus for these Christ is concerned as an Intercessor; and what does He intercede for?
PROP. III. The Lord Jesus Christ, Does Intercede for Believers, that their Prayers may be answered; that God would ⟨p. 108⟩give to them the things they humbly Pray and seek unto Him for. We find when the People were Praying without the Sanctuary, then the Priest was Offering Incense within. Luk. 1. 10. We Read of Zechariah the Priest, that he did offer Incense on the Altar; and that then the People were Praying without. And doubtless there is an Allusion to that in the first Verse of this Eighth Chapter of the Revelations, where it is said, There was silence in Heaven for the space of half an hour. Thus it was among the Jews, when they were offering Sacrifices, there was not silence; but the Temple rang with Music while the Sacrifices were offering; but after they offered Sacrifice, Incense was offered, then all was silent. So then, Christ in Heaven is Interceding for His People, that their Prayers may be heard. When they are Praying on Earth out of the Holy Place, then He is Interceding with God before the Throne in Heaven; and the very things they Pray for, Christ does desire on their behalf, that those things may be granted to them. He desires they may have those things which