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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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why then keep thy soul under the hand of the Spirit, and thou shalt be guided by the virtue of that Spirit of God, and moved and enabled to accomplish the good pleasure of the Lord, and receive what ever grace thou standest in need of. I have observed it sometimes upon the Sea; look as it is with the mariner that is going down the stream, if the wind be fair, will any ⟨p. 111⟩man pull down his sail and set it up again? why no, for he doth but trouble himself, and turmoil and wearieth himself, and troubleth the boat too with keeping such a pother, and misseth the gale of wind and all; therefore a wise mariner, he will set up his sail, and hold out his sail, that it may take the gale of wind fully, and so go on speedily; all that he hath to do is to keep his sail spread, and to catch the wind: your only course is to set up the sail, and attend the gale of the Spirit to comfort you, attend the gale of the Spirit to assist you; hold thy heart, and spread to the Spirit, that it may catch the gale of grace, that it may blow upon thy soul, and by the virtue and power thereof thou shalt be transported comfortably, and carried on cheerfully to walk in that way which God chalks out before thee: as for examples sake; Imagine thy heart begins to be pestered with vain thoughts, or with a proud haughty spirit, or some base lusts and privy haunts of heart, how would you be rid of these? why you must not set up and pull down, and set up and pull down, quarrel and contend, and be discouraged: no, but eye the promise, and hold fast thereupon and say, Lord, thou hast promised all grace unto thy servants; why therefore take this heart, and take this mind, and take these affections, and let thy Spirit frame them aright according to thine own good will; by that Spirit of wisdom, Lord inform me; by that Spirit of sanctification, Lord cleanse me from all my corruptions; by that Spirit of grace, Lord quicken ⟨p. 112⟩and enable me to the discharge of every holy service, thus carry thy self and convey thy soul by the power of the Spirit of the Lord, and thou shalt find thy heart strengthened and succoured by the virtue thereof upon all occasions: Rom. 8.26. the Text saith, The Law of the Spirit of life hath freed me from the law of sin and death: the meaning is this, you must know that sin is a tyrant;