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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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just so it is with these cursed close hearted hypocrites, as the hairs and leaves grow, so they grow to the Lord Jesus, namely, the Lord vouchsafeth some sap and moisture, and some assistance to the performance of some services, but they never grow to the substance of a Saviour, they never grew to the holiness of Christ, they never had the Spirit of Christ powerfully prevailing with them: as it is with the wen, so it is with these glorious hypocrites, that can vent themselves very gloriously, they are wens in the profession of the Gospel, they look full bigly, and stare every man in the face, and to the appearance of the world, are men of great account▪ but if once the Lord take away his assistance from heaven, they are like leaves upon the tree, if they fall not, yet they wither away: I have observed sometimes, you shall have dry leaves stay upon an oak tree, till new ones come again: so these haughty hearted hypocrites, they will take up a kind of a dying course of profession in the way ⟨p. 20⟩of life and salvation, but they never come to be opposers and resisters of God and his grace, till there comes some to be wiser and stricter in a Christian course than they, and then he falls away.
just so it is with these cursed close hearted hypocrites, as the haires and leaves grow, so they grow to the Lord Jesus, namely, the Lord vouchsafeth some sap and moisture, and some assistance to the performance of some services, but they never grow to the substance of a Saviour, they never grew to the holinesse of Christ, they never had the Spirit of Christ powerfully prevailing with them: as it is with the wen, so it is with these glorious hypocrites, that can vent themselves very gloriously, they are wens in the profession of the Gospell, they looke full bigly, and stare every man in the face, and to the appearance of the world, are men of great account▪ but if once the Lord take away his assistance from heaven, they are like leaves upon the tree, if they fall not, yet they wither away: I have oserved sometimes, you shall have drie leaves stay upon an oake tree, till new ones come againe: so these haughtie hearted hypocrites, they will take up a kinde of a dying course of profession in the way ⟨p. 20⟩of life and salvation, but they never come to bee opposers and resisters of God and his grace, till there comes some to bee wiser and stricter in a Christian course than they, and then hee fals away.