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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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THE SOULS BENEFIT from Union with CHRIST.THE SOVLES BENEFIT from Vnion with CHRIST.
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Secondly, the reason why Christ is made so unto us, and why he will communicate thus unto us.
We will first begin with the former, wherein lieth the marrow and pith of the point: we have said, that all blessings belonging to life and godliness, the common salvation of Christ, belongs to all believers, but how shall we perceive this? how is this conveyed to those that believe in the Lord Jesus Christ? now the tenure of this conveyance discovers it self in several particulars, there are five or six of them in number:
We will first begin with the former, wherein lieth the marrow and pith of the point: we have said, that all blessings belonging to life and godlinesse, the common salvation of Christ, belongs to all beleevers, but how shall wee perceive this? how is this conveyed to those that beleeve in the Lord Jesus Christ? now the tenure of this conveyance discovers it selfe in severall particulars, there are five or six of them in number:
The first is this, there is fully enough in the Lord Jesus for every faithful soul, that whatever grace, or whatever mercy he shall stand in need of or want, there is no scarcity, there is no kind of scantness in the Lord Christ this way; in all other graces in this world, in all temporal things, when any estate is to be imparted, it is but in some particulars, either money must be paid such a day, or land must be possessed when such a party dies, but there was never any man could make such tenure, as if a man should make a feoffment to his wife, of long life, and peace, and grace, and salvation, it is in no mans power to do this; some men have a great deal of good things in this world, and many have little besides; and again, all men have not an all-sufficiency to supply and succour a man according to all his necessities; but here is the excellency of this dowry, that whatever it is the soul wants or stands in need of, the Lord hath it in himself, and will communicate it to the soul for his good;