{"number":48,"question":"What Fruit doth the Ascension of Christ into Heaven bring unto us?","answer":"First that he maketh Intercession to his Father in Heaven for us; next that we have our Flesh in Heaven, that we may be confirmed thereby, as by a sure Pledge, that it shall come to passe that he who is our Head will lift us up, his Members, unto him: thirdly, that he sendeth us his Spirit instead of a Pledge between him and us, by whose forcible working we seek after not earthly but heavenly things, where he himself is sitting at the Right-Hand of God.","segments":[{"text":"First that","proofs":["1 John 2:1–2","Romans 8:34"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 John 2:1–2","osis":["1John.2.1-1John.2.2"]},{"printed":"Romans 8:34","osis":["Rom.8.34"]}],"note":null},{"text":"he maketh Intercession to his Father in Heaven for us; next that we have our Flesh in Heaven, that we may be confirmed thereby, as by a sure Pledge, that it shall come to passe that he who is our Head","proofs":["John 14:2","John 20:17","Ephesians 2:6"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 14:2","osis":["John.14.2"]},{"printed":"John 20:17","osis":["John.20.17"]},{"printed":"Ephesians 2:6","osis":["Eph.2.6"]}],"note":null},{"text":"will lift us up, his Members, unto him: thirdly, that","proofs":["John 14:16","John 16:7","2 Corinthians 5:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 14:16","osis":["John.14.16"]},{"printed":"John 16:7","osis":["John.16.7"]},{"printed":"2 Corinthians 5:5","osis":["2Cor.5.5"]}],"note":null},{"text":"he sendeth us his Spirit instead of a Pledge between him and us, by whose forcible working we seek after not earthly but heavenly things, where he himself","proofs":["Colossians 3:1","Philippians 3:20,&c"],"refs":[{"printed":"Colossians 3:1","osis":["Col.3.1"]},{"printed":"Philippians 3:20,&c","osis":["Phil.3.20-Phil.3.21"]}],"note":null},{"text":"is sitting at the Right-Hand of God.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"section":1,"relations":{"aoc1680-modernized":["48"],"apostles":["6"],"heidelberg":["49"]},"diffs":[{"source":"heidelberg","type":"earlier","segments":[{"text":"maketh Intercession to","position":null},{"text":"for us; next","position":null},{"text":"that we may be confirmed thereby,","position":null},{"text":"by","position":2},{"text":"it shall come to passe that","position":null},{"text":"who is our","position":null},{"text":"lift us","position":null},{"text":"unto him:","position":null},{"text":"instead of a Pledge between him and us,","position":null},{"text":"forcible working","position":null},{"text":"after not earthly but heavenly things, where he himself is sitting at","position":null},{"text":"Right-Hand","position":null}]}],"page":null,"leaf":null}