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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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Object. To this argument the Jesuits reply, it needed not, say they, that that curse which Adam did deserve, should be suffered by the second Adam, which is Christ, for, say they, God might have pardoned all the sin of Adam without any satisfaction, or else by his infinite wisdom and power he could have provided another way, and therefore if Christ suffer but in part, it may suffices
Object. To this argument the Jesuites reply, it needed not, say they, that that curse which Adam did deserve, should bee suffered by the second Adam, which is Christ, for, say they, God might have pardoned all the sinne of Adam without any satisfaction, or else by his infinite wisedome and power he could have provided another way, and therfore if Christ suffer but in part, it may suffices
Answer. To which I answer, it is a foolish, nice, and ⟨p. 286⟩silly curiosity to inquire of Gods absolute power what he might have done, and what he had power to do, when we see what he hath done: For as he will save the humble mercifully, so he will preserve his justice in the salvation of man, Isaiah 53.10. The will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand, and Psalm 40.8. I desire to do thy will, oh my God: It is the will of God that Christ should come and should suffer for our sins; he hath revealed what his will is, and it is folly to inquire what God might do, when we see what he hath done: and besides, this I take to be an everlasting truth, that none of all the attributes of God can ever interfere or cross one another, it cannot be, for then God should not procure nor maintain his own glory, for when he should procure the glory of his justice, he should wrong the glory of his mercy, and when he should procure the glory of his mercy, he should wrong the glory of his justice; and the glory of his justice must be preserved as well as the glory of his mercy magnified; the mercy of God cannot wrong justice, nor the justice of God cannot overpower mercy: therefore hence I infer thus much; if there were no means in the world whereby the justice of God (which had received wrong) could be satisfied, but only by the sufferings of him who was God and man; then it was against the will of God, and against the will of Christ which was both God and man, and against their glory and dignity to devise another way or means to pardon sin without