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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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Quest. 1 For the former, why doth the description say, it is an act of God the Father?
Answer. I answer, it is an act of the Father, not excluding the Son, or the work of the holy Ghost, which must both be understood: it is an act of God the Father upon the believer, but it is through Christ: there are these two grounds or reasons, why it is given to the Father.
Answer. I answer, it is an act of the Father, not excluding the Sonne, or the worke of the holy Ghost, which must both bee understood: it is an act of God the Father upon the beleever, but it is through Christ: there are these two grounds or reasons, why it is given to the Father.
Reason 1 First, because the Father was the party that was properly offended: the Father is the first person in the Trinity, and he was directly offended by Adams sin; it is true, the Son and the holy Ghost were offended too, as being friends with the Father, and having a relation to the Father, and a sweet fellowship with the Father; but the sin was directly against the Father, and indirectly against the Son, and the holy Ghost. The ground of the point is this, it wronged that work of Creation, wherein the manner of the work of the Father appeared in a special manner, and the manner of the work of the Son appeared in redemption, and the manner of the work of the holy Ghost appeared in sanctification: so that God the Father was the first in the work of the Creation, the Son second in the ⟨p. 136⟩work of redemption, the holy Ghost third in the work of sanctification: Now creation being the work wherein the power of the Father did most show it self, Adam falling away from this, did principally wrong the Father, for his manner of work appearing herein: therefore Adam did herein go directly cross to God. Excellent is that phrase,