A85428:74
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
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.
The second is,1 that Christ is to be the object of our faith, in opposition to our own Humiliation, or Graces, or Duties.
The second is,1 that Christ is to be the object of our faith, in opposition to our owne Humiliation, or Graces, or Duties.
- 12. Christ the object of faith in opposition to all in our selves.
1. We are not to trust,1 nor rest in Humiliation, as many do, who quiet their consciences from this, that they have been troubled. That Promise, [Come to me you that are weary and heavy laden, and you shall find rest] hath been much mistaken; for many have understood it, as if Christ had spoken peace and rest simply unto that condition, without any more ado; and so have applied it unto themselves, as giving them an interest in Christ: Whereas it is only an invitement of such (because they are most apt to be discouraged) to come unto Christ, as in whom alone their rest is to be found. If therefore men will set down their rest in being weary and heavy laden, and not come to Christ for it, they sit down besides Christ, and will lye down in sorrow. This is to make John (who only prepared the way for Christ) to be the Messiah indeed, (as many of the Jews thought) that is, to think the eminent work of Johns Ministry (which was to humble, and so prepare men for Christ) to be their attaining Christ himself. But if you be weary, you may have rest indeed, but you must come to Christ first: For as, if Christ had dyed only, and not arose, we had been still in our sins, (as it is 1 Cor. 15. 17.) so though we dye by sin, as stain by it, (as Paul was, (