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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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Answer. It is a conceit for a Jesuit, and not for a Christian; for faith and the want of feeling may go together: Christ longed after mercy, though he saw nothing, and he cried, my God, my God; though he had no sense of Gods love, the strongest faith may stand where no sense is; Isaiah 50.10. He that walketh in darkness, and hath no light, that is, he that is altogether in misery, and sorrow, and anguish, and seeth no light of comfort and consolation, what must he do? must he cast away all hope? no, let him stay himself by the power of faith upon his God. So then Christ may have, and had confidence, to say, my God, my God, and yet he was deprived of the sense of Gods love, and the feeling operation of his mercy and favour; and: God the Father might take away the sense and sweetness of it, without any weakness on our Saviours part, because this withdrawing of the sweetness of: Gods love, brings only a punishment upon the soul, and takes to grace nor holiness from the soul of our Saviour.
Answer. It is a conceit for a Jesuite, and not for a Christian; for faith and the want of feeling may goe together: Christ longed after mercy, though hee saw nothing, and hee cried, my God, my God; though hee had no sense of Gods love, the strongest faith may stand where no sense is; Esay 50.10. Hee that walketh in darknesse, and hath no light, that is, he that is altogether in misery, and sorrow, and anguish, and seeth no light of comfort and consolation, what must hee doe? must hee cast away all hope? no, let him stay himselfe by the power of faith upon his God. So then Christ may have, and had confidence, to say, my God, my God, and yet hee was deprived of the sense of Gods love, and the feeling operation of his mercy and favour; and: God the Father might take away the sense and sweetnesse of it, without any weaknesse on our Saviours part, because this withdrawing of the sweetnesse of: Gods love, brings onely a punishment upon the soule, and takes to grace nor holinesse from the soule of our Saviour.
Now we are come to the bottom, now our Saviour foresaw all the mercy, goodness, and compassion of God the Father going away from him, and he panted after it, saying, my God, my God, mercy is gone, and compassion is gone in regard of the sense of it. Now that you may see the weight of the sufferings of our Saviour, consider thus ich; that the […] away the self