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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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I answer, true the Lord doth justify a man by his faith, but he doth not justify him for his faith; that is, faith is the hand that lays hold upon the obedience and merits of Christ, and it is for his merits, not for our faith, though by our faith we are justified: a man lives by faith, not that faith nourisheth him.
I answer, true the Lord doth justifie a man by his faith, but hee doth not justifie him for his faith; that is, faith is the hand that layes hold upon the obedience and merits of Christ, and it is for his merits, not for our faith, though by our faith wee are justified: a man lives by faith, not that faith nourisheth him.
As we use to say, a man lives by his hands, not that his hands nourish him, but his hands labour, and his labour procures money, and his money provides meat, and by his meat he lives: but because his hands are the means to get it, his hands are the means to obtain it, therefore we say he lives by his hands: Just so it is here, a man is justified by faith in Christ, not that faith will acquit any man under Heaven, but because Christs merits are through faith received and applied to us, and so through Christ we are justified: so then we hear the meaning of the point: Phil. 3.9. mark the Apostles two phrases, That I may be ⟨p. 119⟩found in him not having mine own righteousness which is of the Law, but that which is of the righteousness of faith in Christ, which is of God by faith: there is but these two righteousnesses in the world. First, a mans own righteousness which he hath wrought, and God hath given him, and the duties which he performs and this is the righteousness of the Law; now Paul doth profess that he is not justified by this, but only by the righteousness of God, that righteousness which is in Christ, that righteousness which is imputed to him from Christ, he labours to be found in that righteousness, for by that he shall be justified.