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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, to justify, it is a word of judicial proceeding, when in a legal manner the Judge doth pronounce a man free, and acquit him, and proclaim it as if he were, and saith the law hath ⟨p. 117⟩nothing to do with him, he doth pronounce he hath not offended the Law: now this is opposite and contrary to condemnation, and this I take to be the meaning of that place, and it is a pregnant one; but this gives us great light and insight into the place: he that justifieth the wicked and condemns the just, they are both an abomination to the Lord: to justify in the former sense, is to make a wicked man a good man; and is he an abomination to the Lord? this were a gross folly: no, but the meaning is this: he that acquits any man as guiltless that is guilty, this is an abomination to the Lord. Thus we see the first word opened, so that when we say God doth justify you, our meaning is not this, that God sends grace or holiness into you, for this is the work of sanctification; but God doth justify you, that is, he doth pronounce before his Tribunal, that his Justice and Law is fully satisfied, that he will lay nothing upon your score, require no satisfaction at your hands, but he will fully and freely discharge you of all your sins which you have committed.
Secondly, to justifie, it is a word of judiciall proceeding, when in a legall manner the Iudge doth pronounce a man free, and acquit him, and proclaime it as if he were, and saith the law hath ⟨p. 117⟩nothing to doe with him, he doth pronounce hee hath not offended the Law: now this is opposite and contrary to condemnation, and this I take to be the meaning of that place, and it is a pregnant one; but this gives us great light and insight into the place: he that justifieth the wicked and condemns the just, they are both an abomination to the Lord: to justifie in the former sence, is to make a wicked man a good man; and is hee an abomination to the Lord? this were a grosse folly: no, but the meaning is this: he that acquits any man as guiltlesse that is guilty, this is an abomination to the Lord. Thus wee see the first word opened, so that when we say God doth justifie you, our meaning is not this, that God sends grace or holinesse into you, for this is the worke of sanctification; but God doth justifie you, that is, hee doth pronounce before his Tribunall, that his Iustice and Law is fully satisfied, that hee will lay nothing upon your score, require no satisfaction at your hands, but he will fully and freely discharge you of all your sins which you have committed.