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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.
First, shall be a better Comforter unto you then I am to be in this kind of dispensation, (which whilst I am on earth, I am bound up towards you in) So in that 16. of John, ver. 7. he intimates, It is expedient (says he) that I go away; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come; who by reason of his office, will comfort you better then I should do with my bodily presence. And this Spirit, as he is the earnest of heaven, (as the Apostle speaks) so he is the greatest token & pledge of Christs love that ever was; and such a one as the world cannot receive.
First, shall be a better Comforter unto you then I am to be in this kind of dispensation, (which whilst I am on earth, I am bound up towards you in) So in that 16. of Iohn, ver. 7. he intimates, It is expedient (sayes he) that I goe away; for if I goe not away, the Comforter will not come; who by reason of his office, will comfort you bettet then I should doe with my bodily presence. And this Spirit, as he is the earnest of heaven, (as the Apostle speaks) so he is the greatest token & pledge of Christs love that ever was; and such a one as the world cannot receive.
And yet secondly, all the comfort he shall speak to you all that while, will be but from the expression of my heart towards you: For as he comes not of himself, but I must send him, (Joh. 16. 7.) so he will speak nothing of himself, but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak, (ver. 13.) And ver. 14. he says, He shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you. Him therefore I shall send on purpose to be in my room, and to execute my place to you my Bride, Spouse, and he shall tell you (if you will listen to him, and not grieve him) nothing but stories of my love: So it is there, He shall glorify me, namely, to you, (for I am in my self already glorified in heaven.) All ⟨p. 18⟩his speech in your hearts will be to advance me, and to greaten my worth and love unto you; and it will be his delight to do it: And he can come from heaven in an instant when he will, and bring you fresh tidings of my mind, and tell you the thoughts I last had of you, even at that very minute when I am thinking of them, what they are at the very time wherein he tells you them. (And therefore in that