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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.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
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; Colos. 2.3. this is that the Apostle implies, In whom, saith he, are all the treasures of wisdom and holiness; ⟨p. 67⟩and mark the value and worth of the phrase; he doth not say, great sums of holiness, and wisdom, and mercy, and the like, but the treasures, and not some treasures, but all: the richest men in the world, that have the greatest estates and treasures, one mans estate lieth in lands, another mans lieth in goods, another mans lieth in money, but no man hath all treasures, but in Christ are all the treasures of all mercy, and all compassion, of all grace and salvation, whatever is needful for us, and may be beneficial to those that believe in him, and rest upon him by a true and a lively faith; and however the soul may think this treasure may be spent, and this fountain of mercy, and compassion drawn dry, and can my sins be pardoned? and my corruptions subdued? Christ doth prevent this also; we may spend what we will, there is still enough to spend upon; Ephes. 3.8. There are insearchable riches in Christ; as who should say, Thou knowest no end, thou findest no bottom of the vileness of thy heart, that doth pollute thee and defile thee, why there is no end of the riches of Christ, no bottom of the Ocean sea of Gods mercy, that may comfort thee and relieve thee upon all occasions;