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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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The second thing considerable, is the manner how it is done, and the quality of this union: and this we will discover in three particulars;
The second thing considerable, is the manner how it is done, and the qualitie of this union: and this we will discover in three particulars;
First, it is a real union, but it is spiritual, you must not conceive it grossly, as if my body were ⟨p. 7⟩joined to Christ; but there is a real union which is spiritual: there is a union between the nature of Christ, God and man, and a true believer: that which I desire to declare is upon this ground, to difference this union from that which Divines are deceived in; viz. that it is an union more than it bare notion and apprehension of the mind; for what ever a man conceives, his understanding closeth with it; as whatever I apprehend, I close with that; there is a conveyance of the thing into my mind, and I close with it: now the union of a believers soul with Christ is more than this: it is not a bare apprehension, a wicked man will go far in the apprehension of Christ; but this union is somewhat more, and I call it a real union, because there is a knitting and a closing, not only of the apprehension with a Saviour, but a closing of a soul with a Saviour.
First, it is a reall union, but it is spirituall, you must not conceive it grosly, as if my body were ⟨p. 7⟩joyned to Christ; but there is a reall union which is spirituall: there is a union betweene the nature of Christ, God and man, and a true beleever: that which I desire to declare is upon this ground, to difference this union from that which Divines are deceived in; viz. that it is an union more than it bare notion and apprehension of the minde; for what ever a man conceives, his understanding closeth with it; as whatever I apprehend, I close with that; there is a conveyance of the thing into my minde, and I close with it: now the union of a beleevers soule with Christ is more than this: it is not a bare apprehension, a wicked man will goe farre in the apprehension of Christ; but this union is somewhat more, and I call it a reall union, because there is a knitting and a closing, not onely of the apprehension with a Saviour, but a closing of a soule with a Saviour.