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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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It was that which made the holy Prophet so marvellously confident in Isaiah 50.8.9. and to throw down the gantlet saying, He is near that justifies me, who will contend with me? see whether you can set your foot to mine, vow for vow, and word for word: who is mine adversary, let him come near: behold the Lord God will succour me, who will condemn me? lo they all shall wax old as a garment, the moth shall eat them up, they shall vanish, and shall not be able to appear at the day of accounts; nay the moth shall eat them up, nay the wicked shall say in hell as the wise man saith, We fools thought this mans life madness, and we past our judgements upon these precise fellows that must ever and anon be in a corner ⟨p. 145⟩to weep for their sins; but we find now that we are the fools that have neglected grace, and salvation, and happiness, which now they enjoy for ever. If a man had a case to be tried in the Chancery, if the Lord Chancellor were his friend, he need not fear any thing, for the Lord Chancellor would suffer nothing to come in against him, but would cast them all out, and hear none of them: so you that are believers, and have a friend, and a Father that sits in the high Court of Chancery in Heaven, howsoever there are many which would be meddling with you, yet your Father is the Judge of the Court, and he will dishonour all those that seek to dishonour you: It is the ground of that blessed boldness which the Apostle concludes with himself, not only that the thing should not be carried against him, as Rom. 8.33. but that all should be for him: Who shall lay any thing to the charge of Gods chosen? it is God that justifieth: Let the gates of Hell be set open, and Beelzebub and all the Devils come roaring out against him, and let the wicked come that bear him ill will, and let all his sins come and his own conscience too, yet he need not fear any thing: the ground is hence, because it is God that justifies; he doth not say, they shall never prevail against Gods servants, but they shall not plead against them: and he doth not say, they shall not condemn them, but they shall not accuse them: as he said, Acts 19.38. The Law is open, and there are Deputies, let them accuse […] ⟨p. 148⟩