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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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Secondly, a poor creature bearing Gods anger, he hath not only Gods anger se•ing upon him, but also it overwhelms him, because he is not able to bear it: the plague prevails against him, not only the wrath of God lies upon a sinner in hell, but it crusheth him there, that he can never go from it: and this Divines call the absolute damnation, such a damnation as overturn• a sinner in hell, and crusheth him there for evermore. The reason why a sins never comes out of hell, is this; because his sufferings are not infinitely satisfiable, according as his sins have been infinite to provoke God; for as Adams sin was infinite and provoking because it was against his Godhead, so the sufferings must be infinite; now the sufferings of Christ were of infinite value, but Adams sufferings were not of an infinite nature: Christ bore the wrath of God and wrestled with it, and overcame it, and came out from under ⟨p. 226⟩the […] displeasure of God, and why? because the• were able to satisfy an infinite God, who was thus infinitely wronged by the sin of man; therefore the sufferings must be of an infinite satisfying nature, as you shall conceive thus: a finite sin of Adam committed against God, was infinitely provoking, but the sufferings of Christ were infinitely satisfying, and so answerable in proportion to what divine justice required; this was the meaning of that place i• Acts 2.24. Whom God raised up and loosed the sorrows of death, because it was not possible that he should be holden down of death; and it is the meaning of that place, 1 Cor. •5.54. Death is swallowed up in victory, Christ endures […] and overcomes it; and John 1•.20. Christ will convince the world of sin, and of righteousness; why of righteousness? for I go unto the Father; and why doth he go to the Father? because he hath paid the debt to the uttermost: he did satisfy justice to the full, for had he not satisfied justice, he had been kept in the gra•e till this day, and we had been condemned; but now he hath borne and satisfied all, therefore he must come forth to immortality and glory. Remember these conclusions, and think thus, hath my Saviour done all this for me? well, I will remember it, and think upon it, and I will lay it by me for ever.