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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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Reason 1 First, that which the Lord Jesus Christ did willingly yield and subm• himself to without sin, that God the Father might lay upon him without any wrong, and might charge it upon him as due debt; I say, what the Lord Jesus Christ did willingly submit himself to, without any dishonour to himself, that God the Father might justly charge upon him; but our Saviour did willingly submit himself to the divine Justice of God the Father, to take their sins, and to bear their sorrows, and to be in the room of a sinner, he came voluntarily in our room, and therefore being under the Law, and being our scapegoat, the Father might justly lay and charge our debts upon him, because he had taken them upon himself: he that will enter into bond with ⟨p. 177⟩the creditor, and free the debtor, it is very equal that the creditor proceed against him, as against the debtor.
Reason 1 First, that which the Lord Jesus Christ did willingly yeeld and subm• •imselfe to without sinne, that God the Father might lay upon him without any wrong, and might charge it upon him as due debt; I say, what the Lord Jesus Christ did willingly submit himselfe to, without any dishonour to himselfe, that God the Father might justly charge upon him; but our Saviour did willingly submit himselfe to the divine Justice of God the Father, to take their sinnes, and to beare their sorrowes, and to bee in the roome of a sinner, he came voluntarily in our roome, and therefore being under the Law, and being our scapegoat, the Father might justly lay and charge our debts upon him, because hee had taken them upon himselfe: he that will enter into bond with ⟨p. 177⟩the creditor, and free the debtor, it is very equall that the creditor proceed against him, as against the debtor.