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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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The third thing is this, as the Lord doth communicate what is fit, so he doth preserve what he doth bestow and communicate, and give to the believing soul; he doth not give grace to the believing soul, and there leave him, and let him manage his estate, but when he hath wrought grace in the soul, he preserves it, and nourisheth his own work; Psal. 16.5. there the Prophet David saith, The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance, and he maintaineth my lot; he doth not only give him his lot, but he maintains his lot: it is a comparison taken from the children of Israel, when they came into the land of Canaan, it was divided to every tribe by lot; now God did not only bring them into the land, and give them their lot, but he maintained that lot, he defended them, and relieved them from the fury and rage of their adversaries, that went about to take away that which God had bestowed upon them; now the Psalmist saith, The Lord is my portion, and he maintaineth my lot; every believing soul hath a lot and portion in Christ, so much grace, and holiness, and so much assurance; now the Lord doth not only give this, but when you are weak and feeble, the Lord keeps your grace, and preserves your grace which he hath bestowed upon you; therefore Christ is said to be the preserver of his Church, Jude 1. To you that are called, and sanctified, ⟨p. 74⟩preserved by Jesus Christ; Christ is not only the giver of grace, but he is the preserver of his Church, and that is the meaning of that phrase, when our Saviour had implanted grace in the heart of Peter, he did not only plant it by his Spirit, but he watered it by his prayers, that it might not wither away, I have prayed, that thy faith fail not, he did not only give him faith, that was not enough, but he watered his faith by his prayers, that it might not wither, and dye, and decay; 1 Pet. 1.4. hence it is said, that he preserves us by the power of God through faith unto salvation; and faith keeps the soul, and Christ keeps faith, faith is the hand that lays hold upon Christ, and Christ lays hold upon faith, and we have a kingdom preserved for us, and he preserveth us for it, and this is the pith of that phrase, Psal. 1. the text saith, The righteous man is like the tree planted by the rivers side, that brings forth fruit in due season, whose leaf shall not fade;