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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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Answer. I answer, this act carries three things in it, or God brings about the work by a threefold act.
Answer. I answer, this act carries three things in it, or God brings about the worke by a threefold act.
First, God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ made a mutual decree and purpose, that so many should believe, they should be saved: And they did not only purpose this, but they did make a mutual agreement between themselves, that the Lord Jesus Christ should take the care of those souls to make them believe, and to save them by believing, and the Lord Jesus Christ undertook the work according to their compact, God the Father said, I will have these children saved, and Christ saith, I will take the care of them: John 10.14, 15, 16. Its strange to see, how our Saviour there speaks of his Office, in the 14. verse, he saith, I am the good Shepherd and know mine, and am known of mine, that is, I know those that are committed to my charge and knowledge, even as the shepherd knows his sheep: but how doth the Lord Christ know, who God the Father will have to be saved? look verse 15. As the Father knoweth me, so know I the Father. and we have agreed amongst our selves, that so many shall be saved: The Father hath said, I will have so many souls saved, and Christ saith, those souls shall be my care and charge: and in the 16. verse, he saith, Other shee• I have also which are not of this sold, them also ⟨p. 171⟩must I bring, and they shall hear my voice: when the Father hath revealed, that so many in such a place, and so many in such a place shall be saved, then the Lord Christ undertakes the care of them, and he calls at such a door, and saith, I must have that poor drunken creature, and he must be humbled and broken hearted, and he must believe, and he calls at such a door, and finds the adulterer in the arms of the harlot, and he saith, I must have that unclean wretch, I must humble him for his sins, and I must make a separation between him and his sins: A good shepherd will have a care of his sheep, and will fetch them wheresoever they be; as it was with David, He did fetch his prey from the mouth of the Lion: so though there were never so many baits to allure a man, yet if the Lord Christ intend to save him, he will fetch him out of the mouth of the Lion; and he saith, that poor soul is mine, I have taken the charge of him, and therefore I must have him, and he must hear my voice, nay he shall hear my voice: