A03604:163
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
THE SOULS BENEFIT from Union with CHRIST. › PartTHE SOVLES BENEFIT from Vnion with CHRIST. › Part
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 a fullness of all grace in Christ, whereby he is able to supply whatsoever is needful to all those that belong unto him; it is not with Christ as it was with Isaac; when he had blessed Jacob, Esau came and said, hast thou but one blessing my father, bless me, even me also my father: no, there is enough in Christ for all believers: that mercy which pardoned Manasseh, stubborn Manasseh, idolatrous Manasseh, that mercy is still with Christ; that mercy that broke the heart of the bloody Jailer, that stood it out to the last; the earth shook, and the bolts brake in sunder, and the prison doors flew open, and yet the ⟨p. 98⟩heart of the bloody Jailer stood still, was not moved one jot; at last the Lord made him tremble too, and his heart shook as well as the earth shook; why the same mercy is still in Christ to pardon thy sins, as well as Manasseh sins, the same Spirit can humble thy soul, as well as it did break the heart of the cruel Jailer.
The first is this, there is a fulnesse of all grace in Christ, whereby hee is able to supply whatsoever is needfull to all those that belong unto him; it is not with Christ as it was with Isaac; when he had blessed Iacob, Esau came and said, hast thou but one blessing my father, blesse mee, even mee also my father: no, there is enough in Christ for all beleevers: that mercy which pardoned Manasses, stubborne Manasses, idolatrous Manasses, that mercy is still with Christ; that mercy that broke the heart of the bloody Jailor, that stood it out to the last; the earth shooke, and the boults brake in sunder, and the prison doores flew open, and yet the ⟨p. 98⟩heart of the bloody Jaylour stood still, was not moved one jot; at last the Lord made him tremble too, and his heart shooke as well as the earth shooke; why the same mercy is still in Christ to pardon thy sinnes, as well as Manasses sinnes, the same Spirit can humble thy soule, as well as it did breake the heart of the cruell Jaylour.