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Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest
Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest by Jeremiah Burroughs.Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest by Jeremiah Burroughes.
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1659
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CHRIST INVITING SINNERS TO COME TO HIM. › Chapter 23 › Part 1: ARG. I.
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Therefore know, in the second place, That as he is so glorious in himself, the lustre of heaven, so he hath taken our nature upon himself, he hath clothed himself with our nature, and he is so united into an hypostatical union with us, to be made the same person, yea, so to be ⟨p. 158⟩the same person, that the second person in Trinity is, to be of the person that he is, that the son of man should be the same person that the son of God is, this is the greatest mystery in the world, and it is the greatest work that ever God did, abundantly greater than making heaven and earth, for God to unite our natures so near unto his son, this God hath done, so that Christ that calls you to come to him, is not only God blessed for ever, equal with the father, and full of Glory, but he is your kinsman, he is your near kinsman, that hath taken your flesh upon him. Now had you one that were near a kin to you, that were advanced to be the Emperor of all the world, and he should call to you and say, come to me, would you not make towards him? Jesus Christ hath your nature in heaven with him, and it is in an hypostatical union united to the divine nature, and the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily in him, as in Col. 2.9. Now it is he that calls you to come to him, certainly, there are great things in him, and to be had by him, as you shall see more by and by.
Therefore know, in the second place, That as he is so glorious in himself, the lustre of heaven, so he hath taken our nature upon himself, he hath clothed himself with our nature, and he is so united into an hypostatical union with us, to be made the same person, yea, so to be ⟨p. 158⟩the same person, that the second person in Trinity is, to be of the person that he is, that the son of man should be the same person that the son of God is, this is the greatest mistery in the world, and it is the greatest work that ever God did, abundantly greater than making heaven and earth, for God to unite our natures so neere unto his son, this God hath done, so that Christ that calls you to come to him, is not only God blessed for ever, equal with the father, and ful of Glory, but he is your kinsman, he is your neere kinsman, that hath taken your flesh upon him. Now had you one that were neer a kin to you, that were advanced to be the Emperor of al the world, and he should cal to you and say, come to me, would you not make towards him? Jesus Christ hath your nature in heaven with him, and it is in an hypostatical union united to the divine nature, and the fulness of the Godhead dwels bodily in him, as in