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The souls cordial in two treatises. I. Teaching how to be eased of the…The souls cordiall in two treatises. I. Teaching how to be eased of the…
The souls cordial in two treatises. I. Teaching how to be eased of the guilt of sin. II. Discovering advantages by Christs ascension. The third volum. / By that faithful labourer in the Lords vineyard Mr. Christopher Love, pastor of Lawrence Jury, London.The souls cordiall in two treatises. I. Teaching how to be eased of the guilt of sin. II. Discovering advantages by Christs ascension. The third volum. / By that faithfull labourer in the Lords vineyard Mr. Christopher Love, pastor of Lawrence Jury, London.
London: printed for Nathaniel Brooke, 1653
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Christ is now in Heaven, saith Gerrard, that the Gospel shall be as powerful on men in the World, that it shall make men as eager to come after Christ into Heaven as the Eagle is after the prey, so your Souls shall be as eager after the Lord Jesus Christ in heaven as the Eagle is after her prey.
Christ is now in Heaven, saith Gerrard, that the Gospell shall be as powerfull on men in the World, that it shall make men as eager to come after Christ into Heaven as the Eagle is after the prey, so your Soules shall be as eager after the Lord Jesus Christ in heaven as the Eagle is after her prey.
Thirdly, I infer hence, that before you presume to apply the benefits and the comforts of Christs Ascension into Heaven: ⟨p. 23⟩labour to feel in your own hearts the efficacy of Christs Death and Ascension, every man applies the Benefit of Christs Death, and Resurrection, and Christs Ascension before they find the efficacy of his Death, and the efficacy of his Resurrection; It is the Apostles word, saith he, I labour to find the power of his Resurrection, so do you labour to find the power of his Death and the power of his Ascension, before you find the comfort of it; It is to make thee less Earthly minded, more passionately eager, and importunely earnest after the Lord Jesus Christ: dost thou feel the power of his Ascension to make thee more heavenly minded, and less earthly minded? O labour to feel the efficacy and power of it, else I might say to you as Jacob said to his Mother in Genesis 27.12. My Father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver, and I shall bring a curse upon me and not a blessing. Nay without a peradventure God will feel and try whether you are men or no that have right to a blessing: that shall have any real advantage by the benefit of Christs Death, of Christs Resurrection and Ascension. God will try whether you do not seek to deceive your own Souls and deceive God himself; if so, you will rather have a curse then a blessing, if you seek to apply the comfort of Christs Ascension, before you