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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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Quest. 3 The third question follows, and that is this: whether our Saviour did suffer in body alone, or in soul alone, or in both:
Quest. 3 The third question followes, and that is this: whether our Saviour did suffer in body alone, or in soule alone, or in both:
Answer. The answer apparently and punctually is this: Christ did properly and immediately suffer the wrath of God in his soul, as well as he did the pains of death in his body; he did not only ⟨p. 250⟩suffer by communion and consent between the soul and the body; as namely, therefore the soul is pierced, because the body is pierced, no, but he did properly and immediately receive and suffer the wrath of God in his soul, as well as his body did death. The Scripture doth express it this way, and the Prophet foretold this in Isaiah 63.10. God shall make his soul an offering for sin: you know every offering implies a full payment; they did use to confess their sins over the sacrifice, and then to slay it, intimating that the sacrifice was to undergo whatsoever punishment was due unto their sins: and so did Christ do in bearing our sins, nay Christ himself saith so: Matthew 26.38. My soul is very heavy and sorrowful, even unto the death: and that this must needs be the meaning of the text, it shall appear by further explication, and therefore give me leave to handle all the particulars of the sufferings of our Saviour: and for our proceeding herein, that I may be plain, and that this doctrine may drop as the dew, and that every spire of grass may receive some sap and sweetness, and spiritual moisture there from, let me do two things, wherein I will show you that the sufferings of our Saviour were done partly in the garden; and partly upon the cross; and for his agony in the garden, let me do two things:
Answer. The answer apparantly and punctually is this: Christ did properly and immediatly suffer the wrath of God in his soule, as well as hee did the paines of death in his body; hee did not onely