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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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Again, when did our Saviour suffer pains in his soul? To this I answer, our Saviour did suffer these pains, partly in the garden, and partly upon the cross this will be plain if you compare Matthew 26.37. with John 19.30. in Saint Matthew he saith, that Christ took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and he began it […] sorrowful, and to be grievously troubled: he began to be sorrowful, this sorrow and heaviness was the pains of his soul: here he did begin it; and in John 19.30. when Jesus had received of the vinegar, he said, now it is finished: what is that? there are many interpretations upon it, but I will follow that which I conceive to be most seasonable, as thus; it is finished, that is, the cup is •ver, the heavy indignation of the Lord that did pursue we, and lie upon me, is now over; and remember this blo•d finished, doth argue that it had a beginning. There was a time when our Saviour begun to crapple with this wrath of God, and now it is finished: this is the meaning of it, for it could not be meant of all the Prophesies that were of Christ all which were not fulfilled, and though some were fulfilled, yet some were not; and therefore it could not be meant of them, as namely of this Prophecy: as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whales belly, so shall the Son of man be three days ⟨p. 248⟩and three nights in the heart of the earth: therefore, the text saith, that he began to be in an again in the garden, and when he cried, now it is finished, the•• was ended: that is, now the fit is over, and the indignation of the Lord is past: this shall be made good in the third question wherein it shall appear that he did suffer grievous pains in his soul: But before I come to the third question, give me leave to promise some cautions, that so you may see how the way lies; and the cautions are three
Againe, when did our Saviour suffer paines in his soule? To this I answer, our Saviour did suffer these paines, partly in the garden, and partly upon the crosse this will be plaine if you compare