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 fore, that thoſe which thou haſt given me be with me where I am that they may behold my glory." This therefore, is a reaſon why Chriſt Jeſus, our Lord, intercedes to have his people with him in glory.

3. I come now to the third thing namely, To then you what is to be inferred from Chriſts making interceſſion for us.

1ſt, This is to be inferred from hence. That ſaints (for I will here ſay nothing of thoſe of the elect uncalled) do oft-times give occaſion of offence to God, even they that have received grace: For interceſſion is made to continue one in the favour of another, and to make up thoſe breaches that any time ſhall happen to be made by one, to the alienating of the affections of the other. And thus he makes reconciliation for iniquity. For reconciliation may be made for iniquity two ways: Firſt, By paying of a price. Secondly. By inſiſting upon the price paid for the offender, by way of interceſſion. Therefore you read that as a goat was to be killed, ſo his blood as by the prieſt to be brought within the veil, and in a way of inrerceſſion to be ſprinkled before and upon the mercy ſeatː "Then ſhall he kill the goat of the ſin offering that is for the people, and bring his blood within the veil; and do with that blood at he did with the blood of the bullock, and ſprinkle it upon the mercy-ſeat and before the mercy-ſeatː and he ſhall make an atonement for the holy place, becauſe of the uncleanneſſes of the children of Iſrael, and becauſe of their tranſgreſſions in all their ſins. And