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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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now a tyrant when he wins a city, he swears all to his laws: so sin will swear thy soul to his laws; pride saith, I will have thee proud; I will have thy heart unchaste, saith uncleanness; I will have thee intemperate, saith drunkenness: now by the Law of the Spirit of life God will free us from the law of sin: the Spirit of Christ in the promise, it takes away the power of the law of sin; the Law of the Spirit of meekness, takes away the law of the spirit of pride; the Law of the Spirit of purity, takes away the law of the spirit of uncleanness; the Law of the Spirit of holiness, takes away the law of the spirit of profaneness; and so in all other distempers of this nature, this only shows us how to run over all. Gather up now, and so conclude this passage: Eye the promise daily, yield thy soul to the Spirit of the Lord in the promise, let that have his full sway, resist not those good motions the holy Spirit puts into thee, and that is the way to have all grace, and help and assistance communicated unto thee: and thus much may suffice to have been spoken in the general touching this conveyance of grace into the heart: we come now to the scanning of the particulars.
now a tyrant when he wins a citie, hee swears all to his lawes: so sinne will swear thy soule to his lawes; pride saith, I will have thee proud; I will have thy heart unchaste, saith uncleannesse; I will have thee intemperate, saith drunkennesse: now by the Law of the Spirit of life God will free us from the law of sinne: the Spirit of Christ in the promise, it takes away the power of the law of sinne; the Law of the Spirit of meeknesse, takes away the law of the spirit of pride; the Law of the Spirit of puritie, takes away the law of the spirit of uncleannesse; the Law of the Spirit of holinesse, takes away the law of the spirit of prophanenesse; and so in all other distempers of this nature, this onely shewes us how to run over all. Gather up now, and so conclude this passage: Eye the promise daily, yeeld thy soule to the Spirit of the Lord in the promise, let that have his full sway, resist not those good motions the holy Spirit puts into thee, and that is the way to have all grace, and help and assistance communicated unto thee: and thus much may suffice to have beene spoken in the generall touching this conveiance of grace into the heart: we come now to the scanning of the particulars.