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 far eſpecially reſolution to do that which none but they that cannot hinder ſhall oppoſe. Why, this is the caſe, the reſolution of our interceſſor is that we be preſerved to glory: yea and this reſolution he pleads in his interceſſion: Father, I will that thoſe which thou ha given me be with me where I am, &c. Muſt it not therefore now be ſo?

4thly. He alſo in the laſt place in this his interceſſion urges a reaſon why he will have it ſo namely, "That they may be hold my glory which thou halt given me; for thou lovedit me before the foundation of the world."

And this is a reaſon to the purpoſe. It is as if he had ſaid. Father. theſe have continued with me in my temptations, theſe have ſeen me under all my diſadvantages, theſe have ſeen me in my poor, low, contemptible condition, theſe have ſeen what ſcorn reproach, ſlanders and diſgrace I have borne for thy ſake in the world; and now I will have them alſo to be where they ſhall ſee me in thy glory. I have told them that I am thy Son and they have believed that; I have told them that thou loveſt me, and they have believed that; I have alſo told them that thou wouldſt take me again to glory, and they have believed that: but they have not ſeen my glory, nor can they but be like the Queen of Sheba, they will but believe by the halves, unleſs their own eyes do behold it. Beſides, Father, theſe are they that love me, and it will be a great increaſe of their joy if they may but ſee me in glory; It will be as an heaven to their hearts, to ſee their Saviour in glory:" I will there- fore,