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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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Reason 3 Thirdly, the love of the Lord Jesus was such, that of necessity it must be so, and those that think, that the Lord Jesus suffered nothing else but only the death of the body, they wonderfully wrong the love of the Lord Jesus Christ: the like love was never seen, for had he suffered only the death natural, then some of Gods people had showed greater love than ever Christ did: as Paul, Romans 9.3. I could be content to want the sense of the love of Christ, for the people of the Jews, &c. Now if our Saviour had only suffered the death natural, then Paul could have been content to do more than Christ did: Thus you see the nature of this forsaking of Christ.
Reason 3 Thirdly, the love of the Lord Jesus was such, that of necessitie it must bee so, and those that thinke, that the Lord Jesus suffered nothing else but onely the death of the body, they wonderfully wrong the love of the Lord Jesus Christ: the like love was never seene, for had he suffered only the death naturall, then some of Gods people had shewed greater love than ever Christ did: as Paul, Romans 9.3. I could bee content to want the sense of the love of Christ, for the people of the Iewes, &c. Now if our Saviour had onely suffered the death naturall, then Paul could have beene content to doe more than Christ did: Thus you see the nature of this forsaking of Christ.
Secondly, there was also a curse which befell our Saviour, which here is intimated, but is fully expressed Gal. 3.13. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the Law, why? because he was made a curse for us; how doth he prove that? because it is written, cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: He proves the truth by the Type, the curse lay in this, that Christ did suffer whatsoever was due unto us: So the Apostle reasons, that whatsoever curse was due unto us, that our Saviour did suffer: the curse was this, the Father did not only withdraw the sense and sweetness of his love and favour from the Lord Jesus Christ, but he also let in his heavy indignation, and wrath into his