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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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so that the first stroke of this union is not from my self, but it comes from Christ; the hand of the Spirit lays hold on me, and draws me to him: hence in the ⟨p. 33⟩third place, the union draws somewhat nearer; so that we see, first there is a holy Ghost in the promise, and secondly, we see that the Holy Ghost leaves a supernatural work upon the soul, and brings it home to Christ.
so that the first stroke of this union is not from my selfe, but it comes from Christ; the hand of the Spirit layes hold on me, and drawes me to him: hence in the ⟨p. 33⟩third place, the union drawes somewhat neerer; so that wee see, first there is a holy Ghost in the promise, and secondly, wee see that the Holy Ghost leaves a supernaturall worke upon the soule, and brings it home to Christ.
Conclus. 3 The third conclusion is this, the Spirit of grace in the promise working thus upon the heart, it causeth the heart to close with it self in the promise: the Spirit of God by the promise so works upon the soul, that it makes the soul close with the promise, and with it self in the promise: and this is to be one Spirit, and this I take to be the meaning of that place, Philippians 3.12. Paul saith, that he was apprehended of Christ, as if he should say, I was not so much apprehending, as apprehended: not so much that he did it, but Christ in him, and upon him, and by him; for I told you the work of the Lord in the work of conversion, is upon us, by us, to bring us to himself. The Spirit of the Lord is in heaven, and it is in the promise, and that Spirit in the promise comes to the soul of a believer, and leaves a spiritual work upon the soul of a believer, and the soul is moved by virtue of that Spirit, to close with that promise, and with that Spirit that is in the promise: I would express my self by these two comparisons; look as it is with the moon, the natural Philosopher observes, that the ebbing and flowing of the sea, is by virtue of the moon, she flings her beams into the sea, and not being able to exhale as the sun doth, she leaves them there, and goes away, and that draws them, and when