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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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As it is a truth, That he that hath the Son (that is, the Person of the Son) hath Life; so it is a truth, That he that hath Life, hath the Son, because he that hath not the Son, hath not Life, Joh. 5.12. But every Believer as a Believer hath Life; (for it were a strange thing even in notion, to suppose a dead Believer) Therefore every Believer hath the Son; He that hath Christ for his Head, hath the Person of Christ; But every believer hath Christ for his Head (because every believer is a member of Christ, now a member cannot be without a Head) therefore every believer hath the Person of Christ. As when God actually makes us his people, he actually makes himself our God; so when the Lord Christ actually makes us his people, he makes himself our Lord, and Head; But in vocation he makes us his people. It is a confessed truth that believers are not made partakers only of the gifts of Christ, but also of the Person of Christ.
As it is a truth, That he that hath the Son (that is, the Person of the Son) hath Life; so it is a truth, That he that hath Life, hath the Son, because he that hath not the Son, hath not Life, Joh. 5.12. But every Believer as a Beleever hath Life; (for it were a strange thing even in notion, to suppose a dead Beleever) Therefore every Beleever hath the Son; He that hath Christ for his Head, hath the Person of Christ; But every beleever hath Christ for his Head (because every beleever is a member of Christ, now a member cannot be without a Head) therefore every beleever hath the Person of Christ. As when God actually makes us his people, he actually makes himselfe our God; so when the Lord Christ actually makes us his people, he makes himself our Lord, and Head; But in vocation he makes us his people. It is a confessed truth that beleevers are not made partakers onely of the gifts of Christ, but also of the Person of Christ.
It holds forth a sweet correspondence with that truth Col. 1.18. That in all things he (Christ) might have the preeminence, that we should not be made partakers of any of his