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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 5: ARG. V.
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Secondly: Further, not only come unto the bowels of mercy, but by coming to Christ, thou comest to God as a Father, Come to me, saith Christ, thou shalt not only come to the Father, but the first moment you come to me, I shall present you to God as a Child, and God to you as a Father, the infinite God is a deadly enemy ⟨p. 166⟩to all out of Christ, but by coming to Christ there is peace with him, you come to have union with him, and you come to be made one with God, into the nearest union with God next unto the Hypostatical union. There is divers sorts of union with God, there is the Hypostatical union, but next unto that is a Mystical union, and such a union have the Saints, the Soul that was before an enemy unto God, and cast out from him, the first moment that such a Soul comes to Christ, it hath such a union with God, that is the nearest union that any creature can have, next unto the human Nature of Jesus Christ.
Secondly: Further, not only come unto the bowels of mercy, but by coming to Christ, thou comest to God as a Father, Come to me, saith Christ, thou shalt not only come to the Father, but the first moment you come to me, I shall present you to God as a Child, and God to you as a Father, the infinite God is a deadly enemy ⟨p. 166⟩to all out of Christ, but by coming to Christ there is peace with him, you come to have union with him, and you come to be made one with God, into the neerest union with God next unto the Hypostatical union. There is divers sortes of union with God, there is the Hypostatical union, but next unto that is a Mistical union, and such a union have the Saints, the Soul that was before an enemy unto God, and cast out from him, the first moment that such a Soul comes to Christ, it hath such a union with God, that is the neerest union that any creature can have, next unto the human Nature of Jesus Christ.
Thirdly: Yea, Not only to be united to him, but thou shalt come presently to have his Image stamped upon thee, his Spirit put into thee, to live the Life of God, to have communion with him here, and thou shalt be saved: the very moment thou comest to him, thou shalt have Righteousness to stand in the presence of the infinite Holy God.