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The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few…
The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few whereof are much opposed and eclipsed in this perilous hour of the passion of the Gospel) are briefly discussed, cleared, and confirmed: as a further help, for the begetting, and establishing of the faith which is in Jesus. As also the state of the blessed, where; of the condition of their souls from the instant of their dissolution: and of their persons after their resurrection. By John Norton, teacher of the church at Ipswich in New England.The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few whereof are much opposed and eclipsed in this perillous hour of the passion of the Gospel) are briefly discussed, cleared, and confirmed: as a further help, for the begeting, and establishing of the faith which is in Jesus. As also the state of the blessed, where; of the condition of their souls from the instant of their dissolution: and of their persons after their resurrection. By John Norton, teacher of the church at Ipswich in New England.
London: printed by John Macock for Henry Cripps, 1654
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Treatise › Chapter 11: What is the first saving gift actually applied unto an Elect Soul.
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It is called the Spirit of Christ,1 First, Because the Holy Spirit (to which the work of saving grace is eminently ascribed, notwithstanding it be equally wrought by all the three Persons of the Trinity) proceedeth not only from the Father, but also from the Son, Joh. 14.26. & 15.26. Gal. 4.6.
- 1Why is it called the Spirit of Christ?
Secondly, Because the motion of the Spirit upon the soul, is from Christ as a Head, the same individual action proceeds both from the three Persons (whose works upon the creature are undivided) and from Christ as a Head. In the actions of Christ as a Head, the whole person acts in way of office; the Divine nature principally, the Humane nature instrumentally.
Thirdly, Because Christ hath merited the effectual operation of the Spirit, Joh. 16.14, 15.