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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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Collect. 2 Secondly, hence it comes to pass, that the person of the believer may be knit to the person of the Lord Jesus Christ: the foot is knit to the head by the continuance of the order of the body, and ⟨p. 39⟩the members thereof, as the foot is knit to the leg, and the leg to the thigh, and the thigh to the body, and so to the head, this is the (meaning of that phrase, John 6.56. our Saviour presseth this hard upon the Disciples, and saith, My flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed, he that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and in him; then they begun to wonder at it, and to say, How can this be? and yet Christ saith, what if you see the the Son of man carrying the body of his flesh into heaven, you will think it more hard to eat my flesh then, yet you must eat my flesh then too; how? it is the Spirit that quickeneth, the flesh profiteth nothing, the words that I speak, they are Spirit and life; as if he had said, my good Spirit is in the word and promise, close you with my Spirit, and then you draw my Spirit, my flesh and my blood down into your whole natures; the words that I speak, they are Spirit and Life; that is, my Spirit is in the Word of the promise, though my body be gone up into heaven; therefore close you with my Spirit in the promise, and then you close with my flesh spiritually. Thus much for the manner of the union.
Colect. 2 Secondly, hence it comes to passe, that the person of the beleever may bee knit to the person of the Lord Jesus Christ: the foot is knit to the head by the continuance of the order of the body, and ⟨p. 39⟩the members thereof, as the foot is knit to the leg, and the leg to the thigh, and the thigh to the body, and so to the head, this is the (meaning of that phrase, Iohn 6.56. our Saviour presseth this hard upon the Disciples, and saith, My flesh is meat indeed, and my bloud is drinke indeed, hee that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my bloud, dwelleth in me, and in him; then they begun to wonder at it, and to say, How can this be? and yet Christ saith, what if you see the the Sonne of man carrying the body of his flesh into heaven, you will thinke it more hard to eat my flesh then, yet you must eat my flesh then too; how? it is the Spirit that quickneth, the flesh profiteth nothing, the words that I speak, they are Spirit and life; as if he had said, my good Spirit is in the word and promise, close you with my Spirit, and then you draw my Spirit, my flesh and my blood downe into your whole natures; the words that I speake, they are Spirit and Life; that is, my Spirit is in the Word of the promise, though my body be gone up into heaven; therefore close you with my Spirit in the promise, and then you close with my flesh spiritually. Thus much for the manner of the union.