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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
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It were possibly no less edifying to speak a little of tho Fourth, What love and tender mercy it was in Christ, to be so troubled in soul for us.
It were possibly no lesse edifying to speake a little of tho Fourth, What love and tender mercy it was in Christ, to be so troubled in soule for us.
1. Pos. Self is precious, when free of sin, and withal self-happy. Christ was both free of sin, and self-happy;1 what then could have made him stir his foot out of heaven, so excellent a Land, and come under the pain of a troubled soul, except free, strong and vehement love, that was a bottomless river unpatient of banks? Infinite goodness maketh Love to swell without it self, Joh. 15.13. Goodness is much moved with righteousness and innocency; but we had a bad cause, because sinners: But goodness (for every man that hath a good cause, is not a good man) is moved with goodness: we were neither righteous, nor good; yet Christ, though neither righteousness was in us, nor goodness, would dare to dye for us, Rom. 5.7, 8. Goodness and grace (which is goodness for no ⟨p. 14⟩deserving) is bold, daring, and venturous. Love, which could not flow within its own channel, but that Christs love might be out of measure love, and out of measure loving, would outrun wickedness in man.
1. Pos. Selfe is precious, when free of sinne, and withall selfe-happy. Christ was both free of sin, and selfe-happy;1 what then could have made him stirre his foot out of heaven, so excellent a Land, and come under the pain of a troubled soule, except free, strong and vehement love, that was a bottomlesse river unpatient of banks? Infinite goodnesse maketh Love to swell without it selfe,