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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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Quest. 3 In the third place I ask, how doth the Spirit of man come to close and to be one with the Spirit of Christ in the promise?
Quest. 3 In the third place I aske, how doth the Spirit of man come to close and to be one with the Spirit of Christ in the promise?
Answ. I answer, are your own hearts able to do this? ⟨p. 37⟩or is nature, or your wits, or parts able to do this for you? No, the good Spirit of the Lord wrought upon, and fitted, and framed the hear• hereunto, and put this temper upon it, as the workman gives a temper to the knife, and another makes iron draw iron; and he doth it thus, he draws the magnet or load-stone over the iron, and the virtue thereof makes it able to draw iron to it self; so the soul saith, Alas, I do it not, it was the Lord that wrought this heart in me, I have seen the day, when I could have been as well content to hear the Minister preach plainly, as to have a knife run to my heart, but the Lord wrought my heart to it, therefore the Spirit puts that magnet stone of the mercy and grace of Christ upon my heart, he puts this temper upon my heart, and makes it able to close with it self in the promise: in 2 Corin. 5.5. when Paul there had disputed of his desire to lay down his life for the Gospel, and to put his body upon suffering for the Gospels sake, he was even weary of the world, and would fain have been gone, how gat he this temper? why? the text saith, Now he that hath wrought us for the same thing if God, who also hath given us the earnest of his Spirit; it is a great while before we can be brought to this temper, when all the Ministers tongues are even worn to the stumps, and the wicked will be wicked still, yet the Lord doth work it: so then you see, that the Spirit of God by the promise works upon the soul, and leaves a dint upon the heart, and so brings the soul by the Spirit to ⟨p. 38⟩