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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. › Part 2 › Section 1: §. 1.
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And that his greatness when he comes to enjoy it in Heaven would not a whit alter his disposition in him, appears by this, that he at the very same time when he uttered these words, took into consideration all his glory to come, and utters both that and his meekness with the same breath: So ver 27. All things are delivered to me by my Father: and presently after for all this he says, Come unto me all you that are heavy laden,—[I am meek and lowly;] ver. 28, 29. Look therefore what lovely, sweet, and ⟨p. 58⟩delightful thoughts you use to have of a deer friend, who is of an amiable nature, or of some eminently holy or meek Saint, of whom you think with your selves, I could put my soul into such a mans hands, & can compromise my salvation to him (as I have heard it spoken of some:) Or look how we should have been encouraged to have dealt with Moses in matter of forgiveness, (who was the meekest man on earth) or treated with Joseph, by what we read of his bowels towards his brethren: or what thoughts we have of the tender hearts of Paul, or Timothy unto the souls of men in begetting, and in nurturing and bringing them up to life (being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing (says Paul) to impart our own souls to you, 1 Thes. 2. 8.) and this, naturally, (as his word is, 2 Phil. 20.) even such and infinitely more raised apprehensions should we have of that sweetness and candour that is in Jesus Christ, as being much more natural to him.
And that his greatnesse when he comes to enjoy it in Heaven would not a whit alter his disposition in him, appears by this, that he at the very same time when he uttered these words, tooke into consideration all his glory to come, and utters both that and his meeknes with the same breath: So ver 27. All things are delivered to mee by my Father: and presently after for all this he sayes, Come unto me all you that are heavie laden,—[I am meeke and lowly;] ver. 28, 29. Looke therefore what lovely, sweete, and ⟨p. 58⟩delightfull thoughts you use to have of a deere friend, who is of an amiable nature, or of some eminently holy or meeke Saint, of whom you thinke with your selves, I could put my soule into such a mans hands, & can comprimise my salvation to him (as I have heard it spoken of some:) Or looke how we should have beene encouraged to have dealt with Moses in matter of forgivenesse, (who was the meekest man on earth) or treated with Ioseph, by what we reade of his bowels towards his brethren: or what thoughts we have of the tender hearts of Paul, or Timothy unto the soules of men in begetting, and in nurturing and bringing them up to life (being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing (sayes Paul) to impart our own soules to you,