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The souls exaltation A treatiseThe soules exaltation A treatise
The souls exaltation A treatise containing the souls union with Christ, on I Cor. 6. 17. The souls benefit from union with Christ, on I Cor. 1. 30. The souls justification, on 2 Cor. 5. 21. By T.H.The soules exaltation A treatise containing the soules union with Christ, on I Cor. 6. 17. The soules benefit from vnion with Christ, on I Cor. 1. 30. The soules justification, on 2 Cor. 5. 21. By T.H.
London: printed by John Haviland for Andrew Crooke, 1638London: printed by Iohn Haviland for Andrew Crooke, 1638
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Now if you ask me which of these judgements I follow; I answer, because I love not to be as a man that is here, and there, and no where in truth, but I love to be as a man that dwells at home, for I am not ignorant that many Divines wise and learned, whose parts and gifts I reverence, they follow the former opinions; and for my part I leave a judicious hearer to take which side he will; but in truth the two last arguments have prevailed with me, that the heart of a poor: sinner believes, and stays it self, firstly, upon the Godhead, and Deity, and afterwards upon the Humanity: and me thinks the two former arguments seem not to compel any mans understanding: for be it granted, that the former Scriptures do reveal the Lord Jesus Christ, and ⟨p. 44⟩mention him often as man, yet it is as true they reveal him to be God, and mention his Godhead, not mentioning at all his humanity; but whensoever they do mention his humanity, firstly, it is for good reason, partly by way of prophecy to foretell of Christ, what he should be, and partly by way of story and relation to relate of Christ what he was; yet this reason infers not that faith must therefore firstly lay hold upon the humanity before the deity; but when the Lord is pleased to reveal Jesus Christ to the soul in the way of conversion, then we must apprehend Christ, as God and Man in the point of conversion, and then let the question be this: whither the soul shall go for that which it wants? Now I see no reason why the soul should firstly go to the humanity for what it wants and seeks: hence it is that when the Scripture comes to speak in the way of conversion, the Godhead is set first: as in the 2 Cor. 5.19. God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself; as God in Christ reconciles the world unto himself; so God reveals himself to his faithful Ministers, and so they reveal him to the people; it was the Godhead that was offended, and must first of all be pleased, and unto that God we must first go for what we want; so Jeremiah 33.16. In those days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall be saved, and this is the Name whereby they shall call him the Lord our righteousness: so said the Angel, they shall call his Name Emanuel, which is by interpretation, God with us: this is to the first reason; now to the second argument I ⟨p. 45⟩answer thus;