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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. › PartTHE SOVLES BENEFIT from Vnion with CHRIST. › Part
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Secondly, as there is a fullness of all grace and mercy in Christ to fulfil all the wants of his poor Saints, so Christ doth supply unto them whatsoever he seeth may be most fit and convenient for them, whatsoever is most proportionable for a poor soul, and for the place which God hath called him, for the condition in which he hath set him to carry him through the discharge thereof, shall be bestowed upon him: look as it is in the body of a man, every member hath so much spirits and blood in it, as is fit and necessary for it, but the finger hath not so much as the arm, nor the arm so much as the leg; just so it is here in the body of Christ; some Christians are legs, some are hands, some again are but fingers, in the Body of Christ: the Ministers of God, and the Magistrates they have need of a great deal of grace, abundance of mercy, abundance of sufficiency to help them in the discharge of their great and weighty duty, but every one shall have what is fit for him.
Secondly, as there is a fulnesse of all grace and mercy in Christ to fulfill all the wants of his poore Saints, so Christ doth supply unto them whatsoever he seeth may be most fit and convenient for them, whatsoever is most proportionable for a poore soule, and for the place which God hath called him, for the condition in which he hath set him to carry him through the discharge thereof, shall bee bestowed upon him: looke as it is in the body of a man, every member hath so much spirits and blood in it, as is fit and necessary for it, but the finger hath not so much as the arme, nor the arme so much as the leg; just so it is here in the body of Christ; some Christians are legs, some are hands, some againe are but fingers, in the Body of Christ: the Ministers of God, and the Magistrates they have need of a great deale of grace, abundance of mercy, abundance of sufficiencie to helpe them in the discharge of their great and weighty duty, but every one shall have what is fit for him.
Thirdly, as Christ hath grace enough for all, bestows enough upon all, so he maintains the grace which he doth bestow, he doth not only give what we want, but maintains what he gives.