3.  To the kingdom of the Father here; for here only is the door, John x.; and by his Spirit are we effectually called.

4.  To the kingdom of the Father above; for he alone hath opened that door, and is entered into the holiest of all, as our forerunner, and is gone to prepare a place for us.

5.  Through him alone must we address ourselves to the Father in our supplications, John xvi. 23.  Rev. viii. 3; in our thanksgiving, Rom. i. 8.  Col. iii. 17; and praise, Heb. xiii. 15.  Eph. iii. 21.

6.  Through him alone have we access and an open door to the Father, Eph. ii. 18; iii. 21.  Heb. iv. 16.

I shall only speak to one case here, viz.

CHAPTER XXIX.

HOW SHOULD WE MAKE USE OF CHRIST, IN GOING TO THE FATHER, IN PRAYER, AND OTHER ACTS OF WORSHIP?

In short, for answering of this question, I shall lay down those particulars: 

1.  There should be a lively sense of the infinite distance that is between the great God and us finite creatures, and yet more betwixt the Holy Ghost and us sinful wretches.

2.  There should be an eyeing of Christ as the great peacemaker, through his death and merits having satisfied justice and reconciled sinners unto God; that so we may look on God now no more as an enemy, but as reconciled in Jesus.

3.  There should be, sometimes at least, a more formal and explicit actual closing with Christ as ours, when we are going about such duties, and always an implicit and virtual embracing of him as our Mediator, or an habitual hanging upon him and leaning to him as our Mediator and peacemaker.

4.  There should be an eyeing of him as our great High Priest now living for ever to make intercession for us, and to keep the door of heaven open to us:  upon which account the apostle presseth the Hebrews to “come boldly to the throne of grace,” Heb. iv. 14,16.  See also Heb. v. 24,25.

5.  There should be a gripping to him even in reference to that particular act of worship, and a laying hold upon him, to speak so, as our master-usher to bring us by the hand in to the Father, conscious of our own unworthiness.

6.  There should be a confident leaning to him in our approaching, and so we should approach him without fear and diffidence; and that notwithstanding that we find not our souls in such a good frame as we would Wish, yea, and guilt looking us in the face.

7.  Thus should we roll all the difficulties that come in our way, and all the discouragements which we meet with, on him, that he may take away the one and the other, and help us over the one and the other.

8.  As we should take an answer to all objections from him alone, and put him to remove all scruples and difficulties, and strengthen ourselves against all impediments and discouragements alone, in and through him, so there should be the bringing of all our positive encouragements from him alone, and all our hopes of coming speed with the Father should be grounded upon him.