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A Catechisme of Christian Religion, with the Arguments and Use

Question 49

On Heidelberg Catechism (1563) Q. 49

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What fruit doth Christs ascending into heauen bring vs?

First, that he maketh intercession in Heuen vnto his Father for vs. Secondly, that we haue our flesh in heauen, that by this, as by a certain pledg we may be assured, that he who is our head, wila lift vp vnto him, vs that are his mēbers. Thirdly, that heb sendeth vnto vs his spirit, as a pledg betwene vs, by the working whereof, we seeke not things on earth, but thinges that are aboue, where heec sitteth at the right hand of God.d

The vse.

As that maketh for our comforte, that hee sendeth his spirit vnto vs, so againe, hauing receaued this pledg of the Spirit, we are warned, not to seeke for the thinges on Earth, but the things that are aboue, for to that end, did he asscend into heauen, and from thence, bestowe his spirit vpon vs, that by the power thereof, shed abroade in our hartes, we might bee lifted from these earthlie, present, and carnall things, to long after things heauenly, things to come, and thinges spirituall. Hereupon sayth Paul, Seeke those things that are aboue,e where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God: set your mind on things aboue, and not on things on earth.f

Proofs

Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.

  1. a1 John 2:1–2; Romans 8:34
  2. bJohn 14:2; 20:17; Ephesians 2:6
  3. cJohn 14:16; 16:7; 2 Corinthians 1:22; 5:5
  4. dColossians 3:1; Philippians 3:20
  5. eJohn 16:11
  6. fColossians 3:1

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