A89737:1066
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Treatise › Chapter 11: What is the first saving gift actually applied unto an Elect Soul.
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.
Fourthly, Because the Spirit works according to the will of Christ, Joh. 5.21.26. Joh. 15.26.
Fourthly, Because the Spirit works according to the wil of Christ, Joh. 5.21.26. Joh. 15.26.
Fifthly, Because the Spirit which we receive in measure, is the same in kind, with the Spirit, which Christ (as man) received out of measure, 1 Cor. 6.17.
The soul by faith receiveth the person really and objectively, but not personally, it were blasphemy so to affirm that is,1 it apprehends the Person of Christ, the immediate; object of faith, is Christ himself; the Divine nature is in the three Persons essentially. The second Person of the Trinity dwelleth in the Manhood personally. The Spirit is in the Believer energetically, or operatively, that is, by its saving effects.
The soule by faith receiveth the person really and objectively, but not personally, it were blasphemy so to affirm that is,1 it apprehends the Person of Christ, the immediate; object of faith, is Christ himself; the Divine nature is in the three Persons essentially. The second Person of the Trinity dwelleth in the Manhood personally. The Spirit is in the Beleever energetically, or operatively, that is, by its saving effects.