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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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when his conscience was awake, and thus wrath of God began to seize upon it, and that Lion began to roar upon him, then his heart begun to shake within him, and he departed and went away and hanged himself, his sin made way for it: and thus it will be with every wicked man in the world. Howsoever now you have del• once to cozen others, and you have your unjust measures, and you can carry it away bravely; your corruptions are now asleep but that covetousness out of thy shop, and that adultery out of thy chamber, it will one day roar upon thee: look upon the hands of Christ, and they will say, there hands were pierced by sins, and it was sin that hath filled this soul with astonishment. Oh all you that see and hear the good word of the Lord this day, see what sin hath done with our Saviour, and expect the like effects from sin, if you still continue in it.
when his conscience was awake, and thus wrath of God began to seize upon it, and that Lion began to rore upon him, then his heart begun to shake within him, and hee departed and went away and hanged himselfe, his sinne made way for it: and thus it will be with every wicked man in the world. Howsoever now you have del• ons to cozen others, and you have your unjust measures, and you can carry it away bravely; your corruptions are now asleep but that covetousnesse out of thy shop, and that adultery out of thy chamber, it will one day rore upon thee: looke upon the hands of Christ, and they will say, there hands were pierced by sinnes, and it was sinne that hath fild this soule with astonishment. Oh all you that see and heare the good word of the Lord this day, see what sin hath done with our Saviour, and expect the like effects from sinne, if you still continue in it.
Now we come to the second part, that is, his sufferings upon the cross, where we shall have much to do with the Jesuits. You see what he suffered in the garden, now follow him to the cross, for when he was in the garden, he only tasted of the cup; but when he was upon the cross, he drunk the cup quite off; in the garden he only sipped the top […] it, but now he drunk the dregs of it, and the bottom and all. For the opening of this, look