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Mount Pisgah, or, A prospect of heaven being an exposition on the fourth chapter…Movnt Pisgah, or, A prospect of heaven being an exposition on the fourth chapter…
Mount Pisgah, or, A prospect of heaven being an exposition on the fourth chapter of the first epistle of St. Paul to the Thessalonians, from the 13th verse, to the end of the chapter, divided into three parts / by Tho. Case ...Movnt Pisgah, or, A prospect of heaven being an exposition on the fourth chapter of the first epistle of St. Paul to the Thessalonians, from the 13th verse, to the end of the chapter, divided into three parts / by Tho. Case ...
London: printed by Thomas Milbourn for Dorman Newman, 1670
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2. He shows the reason of it; and the reason is taken from the New Covenant, wherein God hath inseparably joined the merit of Christs Cross, and the power of Christs Cross together; in so much, that whosoever hath a share in the merit of the Cross for Justification; hath also an interest in the power of his Cross, for Mortification: He instanceth in himself, Verse 20. I am Crucified with Christ, q. d. While, (through grace) I appeal to the merit of Christ's death, for my Justification; I can also (through grace) evidence my appeal ⟨p. 157⟩to be Scriptural, by the power of the Cross, whereby the World is Crucified to me, and I to the World.1
2. He shews the reason of it; and the reason is taken from the New Covenant, wherein God hath inseparably joyned the merit of Christs Cross, and the power of Christs Cross together; in so much, that whosoever hath a share in the merit of the Cross for Justification; hath also an interest in the power of his Cross, for Mortification: He instanceth in himself, Verse 20. I am Crucified with Christ, q. d. While, (through grace) I appeal to the merit of Christ's death, for my Justification; I can also (through grace) evidence my appeal ⟨p. 157⟩to be Scriptural, by the power of the Cross, whereby the World is Crucified to me, and I to the World.1
And as it is with me, so it is with all truly justified persons; for they that are Christ's, have Crucified the flesh with the Lusts and Affections thereof. They have Crucified them,