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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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First, every believer may and should under the authority of mercy, challenge mercy, and in the virtue of the death of Christ he should boldly lay down his life. 1 Thes. 4.16. The dead in Christ shall rise first; that is the value of the phrase, in the virtue of the death of Christ we die also; that as he died, & by his own power rose again: so also we die, that we may rise again. The Saints of God die that they may be like to Christ, and be raised again, and so be for ever happy with Christ; this is the particular good that the death of Christ communicates to the faithful ones, 1 Cor. 15.36. Thou fool, that which thou somest, it is not quickened, unless it die; it must first be corrupted, that it may grow again into an ear of corn: the meaning is, a man therefore dies, that he may rise again, the body must lie down in the dust: 1 Cor. 15.53. This corruption must put on incorruption; and this mortality must put on immortality: Now corruption cannot put on incorruption, ⟨p. 209⟩nor mortality cannot put on immortality, so long as we are here: the body of Adam could not be made immortal of it self, the frame of it would not afford so much, for Adams body needed meat, and had it; but immortal bodies need no food, but live by the power of Gods Spirit: therefore Christ took down the frame of this nature, that he might make it a more excellent frame. It is therefore said, that a Christian dies rather in the authority of mercy, than justice; that as Christ died and rose again, so Christ will have all his servants die, that he may of a corrupt nature, and a mortal body, make an immortal body; he will make it immortal, which nature it self, no not in its perfection, could not do: this is the first privilege.
First, every beleever may and should under the authoritie of mercy, challenge mercy, and in the vertue of the death of Christ he should boldly lay downe his life. 1 Thes. 4.16. The dead in Christ shall rise first; that is the value of the phrase, in the vertue of the death of Christ wee die also; that as he died, & by his owne power rose againe: so also wee die, that wee may rise againe. The Saints of God die that they may bee like to Christ, and be raised againe, and so bee for ever happy with Christ; this is the particular good that the death of Christ communicates to the faithfull ones,