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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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When the Lord would establish the heart of Abraham, he took an oath; as it is among men, an oath puts an end to all controversies: so if the ⟨p. 156⟩Lord once swears, it is done in Heaven, never to be altered more, and therefore ask them this question: What are they, and what may we think of them that God swears against? certainly they are unbelievers, God must make a new Gospel, and must forswear himself, or else none of these unbelieving persons shall ever come to Heaven. Hence it is that the Apostle makes the thing almost impossible, That God cannot save an unbeliever: Rom. 11.23. And they also if they abide not in unbelief, shall be grafted in; for God is able to graft them in again: as if he had said, the poor dispersed unbelieving Jews may also be saved, and receive sap and sweet from the grace of Christ, if they abide not in their unbelief: It is as much as to say, if they do abide in their unbelief, God is not able to graft them in; and the Apostle saith, God cannot deny himself, he will not cross the course of his providence, for never an unbelieving wretch under Heaven: He hath said it, and if there be ever a Devil in hell, thou shalt be one, if thou continuest as thou art: Therefore you that are convinced in your consciences, that you obey not the Gospel, nor submit to the grace of God in Christ, consider with your selves whether it be good continuing in that estate or no: when the wrath of God hangs over your heads ready to fall upon you: see your misery therefore you poor souls, and take up that lamentation of Reuben, Gen. 37.29. when his brother Joseph was sold to the Ishmaelites, the child is not yonder, and I, whither shall I go? so say ⟨p. 157⟩thou, my comfort is lost, I am an unbeliever; and therefore I, whither shall I go? and I poor soul, whither shall I go? If I go to the Law, that condemns me; and if to the Gospel, that I have abused; if I go to God the Father of mercies, he will not acquit me: and therefore whither shall I go? I can go no whither but to hell, if I remain still in my unbelief, therefore be any thing rather than unbeliever, for if thou art so, and continuest so, the Lord hath sworn thy misery and destruction: