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Samuel Bolton
The dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in several treatisesThe dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in severall treatises
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A TREATISE OF THE LOVES OF CHRIST TO HIS SPOUSE.
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THE Dead Saint Speaking, TO Saints, and Sinners Living: In several TREATISES.VIZ.TheSinfulness and greatest evil that is in Sin, On 2 Sam. 24.10.Loves of Christ to his Spouse, On Cant. 4.9.Nature and Royalties of Faith, On John 3.15.Slowness of Heart to Believe, On John 1.50.Cause, Signs and Cure of Hypocrisy, withMotivesHelpsto Sincerity, On Isaiah 58.2.Wonderful Workings of God for his Church and People, On Exod. 15.11.Never before Published.BY SAMUEL BOLTON, D. D. Late Mr. of Christ College in Cambridge. Prepared for the Press •• himself, during Life.Oh wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this Death! Rom. 7.24.But God commended his love towards us, in that whilst we were yet Enemies, Christ dyed for us. Rom. 5.8.LONDON: Printed by Robert Ibbitson, for Thomas Parkhurst, and are to be sold at his Shop at the three Crowns, over against the Great Conduit in Cheapside, 1657.THE Dead Saint Speaking, TO Saints, and Sinners Living: In severall TREATISES.VIZ.TheSinfulness and greatest evill that is in Sin, On 2 Sam. 24.10.Loves of Christ to his Spouse, On Cant. 4.9.Nature and Royalties of Faith, On John 3.15.Slowness of Heart to Beleeve, On John 1.50.Cause, Signes and Cure of Hypocrisie, withMotivesHelpsto Sincerity, On Isaiah 58.2.Wonderfull Workings of God for his Church and People, On Exod. 15.11.Never before Published.BY SAMƲEL BOLTON, D. D. Late Mr. of Christ Colledge in Cambridge. Prepared for the Presse •• himself, during Life.Oh wretched man that I am, who shall deliver mee from the body of this Death! Rom. 7.24.But God commended his love towards us, in that whilst wee were yet Enemies, Christ dyed for us. Rom. 5.8.LONDON: Printed by Robert Ibbitson, for Thomas Parkhurst, and are to be sold at his Shop at the three Crowns, over against the Great Conduit in Cheapside, 1657.Title page of The dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in several treatises, London, 1657

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The dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in several treatisesThe dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in severall treatises

The dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in several treatises ... : never before published / by Samuel Bolton ...The dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in severall treatises ... : never before published / by Samuel Bolton ...

Samuel Bolton 1606–1654London: printed by Robert Ibbitson for Thomas Parkhurst, 1657

[34], 420 [i.e. 455], [2] p. : port. · 221k words · Wing B3518 · ESTC R7007

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A TREATISE OF THE LOVES OF CHRIST TO HIS SPOUSE.

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2. Because she is adorned with his beauties. She is beautiful, Cant. 4.1. Cant. 6.4, 10.

2. Because shee is adorned with his beauties. Shee is beautifull, Cant. 4.1. Cant. 6.4, 10.

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There is a twofold beauty which Christ doth communicate to his Church, which makes the Church lovely in his eyes.

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1. The beauties of his Righteousness.

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2. The beauties of his Holiness and Graces.

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Title as printed: The dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in several treatises ... : never before published / by Samuel Bolton ...The dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in severall treatises ... : never before published / by Samuel Bolton ...
Author: Samuel Bolton 1606–1654
Place: London
Printer: Robert Ibbitson
Bookseller: Thomas Parkhurst
Year: 1657
Size: [34], 420 [i.e. 455], [2] p. : port.
Words: 220,581
Catalogue: Wing B3518 · ESTC R7007
Text: EEBO-TCP A28620

Passages: 4,540
Sections: 137

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Samuel Bolton 1606–1654

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Member of the Westminster Assembly; Master of Christ's College, Cambridge.

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But these are not communicated the same way.

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The one is communicated to us By Imputation.

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The other By Emanation, or Infusion.

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The one a Beauty, Imparted.

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The other, Imputed.

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1. Christ doth communicate to his Church his Imputed Beauty, then 2. His Righteousness, wherewith he clothes our souls. Hence He is called Jehovah-our-Righteousness. And is said to be made Wisdom, Righteousness, Sanctification and Redemption. And we to put on Christ.

1. Christ doth communicate to his Church his Imputed Beauty, then 2. His Righteousness, wherewith hee cloaths our souls. Hence Hee is called Jehovah-our-Righteousness. And is said to bee made Wisdome, Righteousness, Sanctification and Redemption. And wee to put on Christ.

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Now this Righteousness Christ doth communicate to us by Imputation making it ours, as if we in our own persons had wrought it. And it is as truly ours to save us, to justify us, as it is his to glorify him. And God looking upon us through Christ, and Christ looking upon us in himself, as clothed with his Righteousness, he beholds us beautiful. He sees no iniquity in Jacob, nor transgression in Israel. Not but that there was iniquity in Jacob; but God did not see it; God looked on him as clothed with the Righteousness of Christ, and so is said, not to see it.

Now this Righteousnesse Christ doth communicate to us by Imputation making it ours, as if we in our own persons had wrought it. And it is as truly ours to save us, to justifie us, as it is his to glorifie him. And God looking upon us through Christ, and Christ looking upon us in himself, as cloathed with his Righteousness, hee beholds us beautifull. Hee sees no iniquity in Jacob, nor transgression in Israel. Not but that there was iniquity in Jacob; but God did not see it; God looked on him as cloathed with the Righteousnesse of Christ, and so is said, not to see it.

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As the Sun shining through a red glass upon a wall, the wall looks red: not that this colour is inherent in it; but relucent upon it: So God looking on us through Christ, doth behold us Righteous in his Righteousness; not that this is inherent in us, or beheld in us; as the Papists charge us, but quoad gratiosum Dei conspectum, we are rather beheld in it.

As the Sun shining through a red glasse upon a wall, the wall looks red: not that this colour is inherent in it; but relucent upon it: So God looking on us through Christ, doth behold us Righteous in his Righteousness; not that this is inherent in us, or beheld in us; as the Papists charge us, but quoad gratiosum Dei conspectum, wee are rather beheld in it.

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I am not ignorant, there are some, besides Papists, that deny the imputation of Christs Righteousness, and say too much with them,¹ Justitiam Christi imputari commentum est, and call this imputative Righteousness, an imaginary and fancied Righteousness.

I am not ignorant, there are some, besides Papists, that deny the imputation of Christs Righteousnesse, and say too much with them,¹ Justitiam Christi imputari commentum est, and call this imputative Righteousnesse, an imaginary and fancied Righteousnesse.

1Justitiam putatativam.Iustitiam putatativam.

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I wish they would consider that we say.

I wish they would consider that wee say.

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We say there is a twofold Righteousness in Christ.

Wee say there is a twofold Righteousnesse in Christ.

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1. His essential and personal Righteousness, as God.

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