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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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There is now to word, no praying, no hearing, no conference, no mercy, nor salvation to be hoped for, and so the soul looks no more for any good, because the Lord hath so peremptorily set down his do•me; thus the soul breaks under the wrath of God, and is not able to satisfy, and the wrath of God can never be removed, the fire will ever burn, and the worm will ever gnaw, and now the soul casts off all hope; and this is the meaning of those phrases, 2 Pet. 3.7. and in the 6. verse of the Epistle of Jude, where speaking of the devils, the text saith, They are reserved in everlasting chains under darkness, to the judgement of the great day: the devil is hopeless, he hath no hope of good, nor shall never receive any good: but our Saviour Christ that was able by the power of his God-head to suffer this wrath of God, and to satisfy justice, and to support himself under this wrath, and to come out from it, he hath a certain hope to please God the Father, and to have everlasting bliss and happiness with him; there is hope with our Saviour, because he can bear and satisfy, and come from under this wrath. Take a basin ⟨p. 231⟩of water, and cast it upon a few coals of fire, and it will put them clean out, but throw the same basin full upon a great fire, and though it may damp it a little at first, yet it cannot quench it, but rather increaseth the flame, and makes it burn the faster: whats the reason of this, that it quenched the little fire, and not the great f•re? it was not firstly and nextly because of the coldness and crossness of the water to the fire, for the same water was as cold upon the great fire, and as crosse• the nature of the great fire; but the little fire was rob weak of it self to bear the coldness of the water, and therefore it was quenched; but the great fire was able to bear the coldness of the water, and therefore it was not quenched: so it is here, the wrath of God is like this water, as David saith, All thy waves and billows have passed over me; that is, the waves of Gods indignation, and the ocean sea of Gods wrath: •hen this falls upon a poor weak sinful creature that cannot bear this, but breaks under this wrath, and cannot take off the vengeance of the Lord, but sinks under it;