The souls exaltation A treatiseThe soules exaltation A treatise

Use 1 First, are the souls of the faithful come thus near to Christ, not only to believe in him, and to embrace him, but to be one Spirit with him? then this may be a use of instruction, and it shows to us that the sins of the faithful are marvellous heinous in Gods account, and exceeding grievous to his blessed Spirit that hath come so near to us, and brought us so near unto himself; every sin is as a mountain, or as a wall of separation, but the sins of the faithful are no less than rebellion, not only because of mercies, bonds and engagements, which the believer hath received, but because a man is come so near to Christ, and now to commit sin and vex him, it must needs be a marvellous provocation to the Lord Jesus Christ, and to his good Spirit: he that ⟨p. 46⟩should entertain a friend into his family, or the King into his house, or a woman to entertain a loving husband in matrimony with her, all base dealing by any of these a man can hardly brook it; It was one of my own subjects, saith the King; it was my wife, saith the husband, and it was my friend, as David saith, that did eat at my table; but now to entertain a profest enemy, or a traitor into the bed-chamber with the King, and to lodge them both in one bed, this were abominable; and so the wife not only to entertain a whoremonger into the house, but also to lodge him in the same bed, this were not to be endured: Oh how his blood would rise against it, as the King said of Haman, Esther 7.8. What, will he force the Queen before my face? Now therefore, brethren, go home to your own souls and behaviours in particular: dost thou through Gods grace and mercy receive this favour at the hands of God, that thou art become one Spirit with the Lord Jesus Christ, and wilt thou then receive a company of base lusts, and that in the very face and sight of the Lord Jesus Christ, and lodge an unclean spirit, with the clean Spirit of the Lord? the holy God cannot endure this, nay, he will not bear it at the hands of those that belong to the election of grace: 1 Sam. 2.17. The sons of Ely were great sinners before the Lord, saith the text, and why? because they waited upon the Lord, to do the work of the Sanctuary; for where the ordinances of the Lord are, there is God himself:

Vse 1 First, are the soules of the faithfull come thus neere to Christ, not onely to beleeve in him, and to embrace him, but to bee one Spirit with him? then this may bee a use of instruction, and it shewes to us that the sinnes of the faithfull are marvellous hainous in Gods account, and exceeding grievous to his blessed Spirit that hath come so neere to us, and brought us so neere unto himselfe; every sinne is as a mountaine, or as a wall of separation, but the sinnes of the faithfull are no lesse than rebellion, not onely because of mercies, bonds and engagements, which the beleever hath received, but because a man is come so neere to Christ, and now to commit sinne and vex him, it must needs bee a marvellous provocation to the Lord Jesus Christ, and to his good Spirit: he that