A85428:443
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.
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 1 Cor. 2. by having the Spirit, ver. 12. we are said to have the mind of Christ, ver. ult.) For he dwelleth in Christs heart, and also ours, and lifts up from one hand to the other what Christs thoughts are to us, and what our prayers and faith are to Christ.) So that you shall have my heart as surely and as speedily as if I were with you; and he will continually be breaking your hearts, either with my love to you, or yours to me, or both; and if either, you may be sure of my love thereby. And whereas (says he) you have the Spirit now in your hearts, so ver. 17. of Chap. 14. [He now dwells in you,] yet after my Ascension, he shall be in a further measure in you, as it follows there: And at that day (ver. 20.) you shall know (namely, by his Dictate) that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you: He will tell you when I am in Heaven, that there is as true a conjunction between me and you, and as true a dearness of affection in me towards you, as is between my Father and me; and that it is as impossible to break this knot, and to take off my heart from you, as my Fathers from me, or mine from my Father.
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 himselfe, but I must send him, (