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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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Secondly, the other kind of leaving which the Scripture speaks of, is this; when the Lord takes away the sense and feeling of the sweetness of his love, and […] from the soul: in Psalm 27.9. David saith, Hide not thy face away from me, neither cast away thy servants in displeasure, put not a servant […] of doors. Here I demand of any ⟨p. 267⟩man, but especially of the Jesuits, whether of these two they will grant? God did not forsake the Lord Jesus Christ the first way; therefore he must do it this way, or none at all; and if any man grant this, then he grants the cause: for then there was not only the death natural, but the displeasure of the Lord seized upon his soul; and unless they do grant this, then this absurdity must needs follow upon it, that Christ was not at all forsaken of God: for he that was constantly assisted, and refreshed by the sense of the love and favour of God, he was no way forsaken: Joseph was in prison, but God was with him; and Daniel was in the Lions den, but God was with him: and in 2 Chron. 15.2. God is with you, while ye are with him: now if Christ had assistance from God the Father to strengthen him, and the sense of the sweetness of Gods love to refresh him, then he was no way forsaken, which is professedly contrary to this truth, and it is to give the good Spirit of God the lie; therefore away with those imaginations, so that the answer is clear, that God the Father did take away the sense and feeling of the sweetness of his love from our Saviour; and this made him to cry out, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? thus much to wipe away the cavils of the Jesuits. Now I come to show the right sense and interpretation of the words which we ought to receive; and here you may see the great work of Christ, and the love of Christ, and the comfort of a Christian: the text includes two things, which ⟨p. 266⟩[…] ⟨p. 267⟩[…] ⟨p. 268⟩contains the very dregs of the cup: First, that God took away the sense and feeling of his love and favour: Secondly, God the Father laid a curse upon him. There is a dereliction, and a malediction, in the words forsaking, and the curse: therefore add to this place but