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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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yet observe this by the way, our Saviour was not deprived of this work of any of his abilities, but only they were called off from all other employments, and they wholly betook themselves to bean the wrath of the Lord, as the main work which now did lie upon them: and this may be done, and was done by our Saviour, and yet without sin. As it is with a clock, a man may sto• the wheels upon force, and make them stand still, though there be no distemper in the wheels causing it, but only the hand which stops it: So it was with Christ, there was no infirmity in the mind or memory of our Saviour; but the hand of God was so heavy upon him, and the wrath of God so seized upon him, that all other actions ceased, and he attended to no other thing, but to this, how to bear the wrath of God; the Evangelist in Matthew 26.38. shows the explication of both these, My soul is exceeding heavy, tarry ye here and watch with me; my soul is ⟨p. 254⟩heavy even unto the death: that is, my soul is besieged and beset, and beleaguered with sorrows, in every part, and I would express it thus: our Saviour Christ knowing Gods counsel and the hour approaching, and the thrones of justice prepared, and God as an angry Judge sitting thereon, with all the books brought forth, and all the sins of all the world there laid open, and God the Father as a Judge saith, these are the sins of those, for whom thou hast undertaken to die, and if thou answer not for them they must be damned; and there he saw the sins of Manasseh and David, and Peter and Paul, appear before the Lord, and withal, he saw the glorious attributes of God all coming out against him; and mercy pleads, I have been despised; and patience pleads and saith, I have been despised; and justice pleads and saith, I have been wronged by these men in the time of their ignorance: and therefore mercy, and patience, and goodness, and holiness, and long suffering, and all these that have been wronged, they all come to the Father for justice, and say, These have been opposers of thy grace, and spirit, and they have wronged us, if they be saved, Christ must be punished; and he seeth the wrath of the Lord making a breach against him, and seizing against him, and not only so, but even all the Devils, and all the Jews and Gentiles; God lets them all in upon our Saviour: