(3.) This is not all: the Lord Christ goes farther yet; he doth not leave us so, but follows on the work to the utmost. Rom. iv. 25.“He died for our sins, and rose again for our justification.” He rose again to carry on the complete work of purchased grace, — that is, by his intercession; which is the third rise of it. In respect of this, he is said to be “able to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them,” Heb. vii. 25.