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Christ Dying and Drawing Sinners to Himself
Christ dying and drawing sinners to himself, or, A survey of our Saviour in his soul-suffering, his loveliness in his death, and the efficacy thereof in which some cases of soul-trouble in week believers ... are opened ... delivered in sermons on the Evangel according to S. John Chap. XII, vers. 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 ... / by Samuel Rutherford.Christ dying and drawing sinners to himself, or, A survey of our Saviour in his soule-suffering, his lovelynesse in his death, and the efficacie thereof in which some cases of soule-trouble in weeke beleevers ... are opened ... delivered in sermons on the Evangel according to S. John Chap. XII, vers. 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 ... / by Samuel Rutherford.
London: printed by J.D. for Andrew Crooke, 1647
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.
Opening of the Words. Pag. 1. It is good in our mind to act our sufferings ere they come. Pag. 2.3. Parts of the Text. Pag. 3. Five particulars touching Christs soul-trouble, 3. How pure and heavenly Christs affections are. 3.4. Our affection are muddy 4.5.6. The perfection of Christs affections. 4.5. What peace Christ had with his soul-trouble. 6. A troubled soul consisted with the personal union, —and how this must be, and how it can be. 7.8. God exacted not satisfaction for sins, by necessity of nature. 8. The way of grace how lovely. 9. Christ in soul-trouble, and yet the union not dissolved. 9. Familists teach that Christ is incarnate in believers. 10. Christ suffered in his soul kindly, and not by concomitancy only. 11. Christs precious soul liable to suffering. 11. We are to bear death patiently, seeing Christ dyed. 12. No wonder all things be liable to change, since Christ was in soul-trouble. 12.13. What love in Christs undertaking for us. 13. Christ cast up his accounts, and saw what he was to give out, and what to get in, in his suffering for us. 14 Loves way of saving man. 14 Our softness and self-wisdom in suffering. 15.16 Our mis-judging of God under the cross. 16 Our coldness of love to Christ. 17 ⟨image 10⟩Evangelic love is more then Law-love 18 Sins against love are wounding, 18 What a soul troubled for sin is. 19 Christs being over-clouded, incomparably the greatest soul-trouble that ever was. 19 Christ was to bleed for sin, as sin. 21 According to the fullness of the presence of the God-head, so heavy was Christs love. 21 Antinomians errors touching the nature of sin. 23 Antinomian errors touching doubtings, sorrow for sin, confession, &c. 23.24 D. Crisps Libertinism that Paul Rom. 7. personateth the person of a scrupulous man, and had no real cause to sorrow for, fear, or confess sin. 24.25 M. Archer in the like error. 25.26 Trouble of unbelief for sin is sinful 26 Some fits of the ague of the Spirit of bondage, may recur and trouble a believer. 26.27 Loves-Jealousies and doubting argue faith. 27 Doubting may consist with faith. 27 Dangerous and unsound positions of Antinomians, touching trouble for sin in the justified. 28 Doubtings proveth not a soul to be under a covenant of works.
OPening of the Words. Pag. 1. It is good in our minde to act our sufferings ere they come. Pag. 2.3. Parts of the Text. Pag. 3. Five particulars touching Christs soule-trouble, 3. How pure and heavenly Christs affections are. 3.4. Our affection are muddy 4.5.6. The perfection of Christs affections. 4.5. What peace Christ had with his soule-trouble. 6. A troubled soule consisted with the personall union, —and how this must be, and how it can be. 7.8. God exacted not satisfaction for sinnes, by necessity of nature. 8. The way of grace how lovely. 9. Christ in soule-trouble, and yet the union not dissolved. 9. Familists teach that Christ is incarnate in beleevers. 10. Christ suffered in his soule kindly, and not by concomitancie only. 11. Christs precious soule lyable to suffering. 11. We are to beare death patiently, seeing Christ dyed. 12. No wonder all things bee lyable to change, since Christ was in soule-trouble. 12.13. What love in Christs undertaking for us. 13. Christ cast up his accounts, and saw what hee was to give out, and what to get in, in his suffering for us. 14 Loves way of saving man. 14 Our softnesse and selfe-wisdome in suffering. 15.16 Our mis-judging of God under the crosse. 16 Our coldnesse of love to Christ. 17