The souls exaltation A treatiseThe soules exaltation A treatise

Use 3 Thirdly, hath Christ done all this? then stand amazed at that endless and boundless love of the Lord Jesus Christ, but only that the Scripture cannot lie, and God hath said which is faithful and true, and cannot be deceived, and is infinite in all his works; otherwise, man that is sensible of his sins and wants could not believe it, but yet Christ hath done it, and it is worth the while to weigh it, and to consider of it in a holy admiration: although we are not able to walk in any measure answerable thereto: had our Saviour only sent his creatures to serve us, and had we only had some Prophets to advise us in the way to Heaven, or had he only sent his holy Angels from his chamber of presence to attend upon us, and minister to us, it had been a great deal of mercy; or had Christ come down from the heavens to visit us: It had been a peculiar favour, that a King will not only send to the Prison, but go himself to the lungeon, and ask, saying, is such a man here: a man would think himself strangely honoured, and the world would wonder at it, and say, the King himself came to the prison to day to see such a man, certainly he loves him dearly; or had Christ himself come only and wept over us, and said, Oh that you had never sinned, and oh that you had more considered of my goodness, and the excellency ⟨p. 306⟩of happiness; oh that you had never sinned, this had been marvellous mercy; but that Christ himself should come and strive with us in mercy and patience, and we slight it; and not only to provide the comforts of this life, but the means of a better life, and to give us peculiar blessings; nay, that the Lord Jesus should be so fond of a company of rebels, and hell-hounds, that he thinks nothing good enough for them; he hath prepared heaven for them, and he gives them the comforts of the earth for their use too: nay he hath given them his blood and his life, and all, and yet you are not at the highest: what do you talk of life? he was not only content: to part with life, but he was content to part with the sense and sweetness of Gods love, which is a thousand times better than life it self, as David saith, The loving kindness of God is better than life it self: He was content to be accused, that we might be blessed; he was content to be forsaken, that we might not be forsaken;

Vse 3 Thirdly, hath Christ done all this? then stand amazed at that endlesse and boundlesse love of the Lord Jesus Christ, but onely that the Scripture cannot lie, and God hath said which is faithfull and true, and cannot be deceived, and is infinite in all his workes; otherwise, man that is sensible of his sins and wants could not beleeve it, but yet Christ hath done it, and it is worth the while to weigh it, and to consider of it in a holy admiration: although wee are not able to walke in any measure answerable thereto: had our Saviour only sent his creatures to serve us, and had we onely had some Prophets to advise us in the way to Heaven, or had hee onely sent his holy Angels from his chamber of presence to attend upon us, and minister to us, it had beene a great deale of mercy; or had Christ come downe from the heavens to visit us: It had beene a peculiar favour, that a King will not onely send to the Prison, but goe himselfe to the lungeon, and aske, saying, is such a man here: a man would thinke himselfe strangely honoured, and the world would wonder at it, and say, the King himselfe came to the prison to day to see such a man, certainly he loves him dearly; or had Christ himselfe come onely and wept over us, and said, Oh that you had never sinned, and oh that you had more considered of my goodnesse, and the excellency