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Christ Set Forth
Christ set forth in his [brace] death, resurrection, ascension, sitting at Gods right hand, intercession, [brace] as the [brace] cause of justification. Object of justifying faith. Upon Rom. 8. ver. 34. Together with a treatise discovering the affectionate tenderness of Christs heart now in heaven, unto sinners on earth. / By Tho: Goodwin, B.D.Christ set forth in his [brace] death, resurrection, ascension, sitting at Gods right hand, intercession, [brace] as the [brace] cause of justification. Object of justifying faith. Upon Rom. 8. ver. 34. Together with a treatise discovering the affectionate tendernesse of Christs heart now in heaven, unto sinners on earth. / By Tho: Goodwin, B.D.
London: printed by W.E. and J.G. for Robert Dawlman, 1642
THE HEART OF Christ in Heaven, TO Sinners on Earth. › Epigraph › Section 1: §. I.
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.
1. He premiseth what was in Christs thoughts and his meditation: He began deeply to consider, both that he was to depart out of this world, (Jesus knew, &c. (says the Text) that is, was ⟨p. 7⟩then thinking of it) that he should depart unto the Father, and how that then he should shortly be installed into that glory which was due unto him; so it follows, ver. 3. Jesus knowing (that is, was then actually taking into his mind) that the Father had given all things into his hands, that is, that all power in heaven and earth was his, so soon as he should set footing in heaven; then in the midst of these thoughts he tells us, he went and washed his Disciples feet, (after he had first considered whither he was to go, and there, what he was to be.)
1. He premiseth what was in Christs thoughts and his meditation: He began deeply to consider, both that he was to depart out of this world, (Iesus knew, &c. (sayes the Text) that is, was ⟨p. 7⟩then thinking of it) that he should depart unto the Father, and how that then he should shortly be installed into that glory which was due unto him; so it followes, ver. 3. Iesus knowing (that is, was then actually taking into his mind) that the Father had given all things into his hands, that is, that all power in heaven and earth was his, so soone as he should set footing in heaven; then in the midst of these thoughts he tells us, he went and washed his Disciples feet, (after he had first considered whither he was to goe, and there, what he was to be.)
But secondly, what was Christs Heart most upon, in the midst of all these elevated meditations? Not upon his own glory so much, (though it is told us that he considered that, thereby the more to set out his love unto us) but upon these thoughts his Heart ran out in love towards, and was set upon his own, Having loved his own, says the 1. ver. [[Greek or Hebrew], his own] (a word denoting the greatest nearness, dearness, and intimateness founded upon propriety:) The Elect are Christs own, a piece of himself, not [[Greek or Hebrew]] as goods, (