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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 28 › Part 6: VI.
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VI.
Sixthly, the rest that is to be had against the trouble of the guilt of sin is this, That upon the first coming of the soul to Christ, it is made as perfectly just before God, as ever Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as all the Patriarchs, Prophets, Apostles, Martyrs; thou comest off as clearly from the guilt of thy sin, as ever Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob did: Its true, thou hast not at thy first coming to Christ thy sanctification made perfect, but this I dare avouch, that at thy first coming to Jesus Christ thou hast thy Justification made as perfect, as ever the Justification of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob was, and what a mighty ease and rest is this? what! I a vile creature, so defiled, I that have had such a dreadfulness upon my Spirit, now to be able to see my self stand as clear before the Throne of God, as Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob did, and as the Apostles and Prophets did, Oh! this is a comfort! We ought to labour to come to be equal with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in sanctification, as we are equal with them in Justification, this is the ease that the soul finds that comes to Christ.
Sixthly, the rest that is to be had against the trouble of the guilt of sin is this, That upon the first coming of the soul to Christ, it is made as perfectly just before God, as ever Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as al the Patriarchs, Prophets, Apostles, Martyrs; thou comest off as cleerly from the guilt of thy sin, as ever Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob did: Its true, thou hast not at thy first coming to Christ thy sanctification made perfect, but this I dare avouch, that at thy first coming to Jesus Christ thou hast thy Justification made as perfect, as ever the Justification of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob was, and what a mighty ease and rest is this? what! I a vile creature, so defiled, I that have had such a dreadfulness upon my Spirit, now to be able to see my self stand as clear before the Throne of God, as Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob did, and as the Apostles and Prophets did, Oh! this is a comfort! We ought to labor to come to be equal with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in sanctification, as we are equal with them in Justification, this is the ease that the soul finds that comes to Christ.