John Trapp on John 17:23

Verſe 23. I in them, and thou in me] Chriſt was the only fit Mediatour: as being God for the buſineſſe with God, and man, for the buſineſſe with man. He is the bridge that joyneth Heaven and Earth together, ſaith Gregory. He is that ladder of aſcenſion to God: faith firſt laies hold upon Chriſt, as man: and by it, as by a mean, makes way to God; and in it embraceth the Godhead, which is of it ſelf fire conſuming. We may ſafely fail through Chriſts bloud into the boſom of the Father.