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A commentary or exposition, upon the five first chapters of the Epistle to the…A commentarie or exposition, vpon the fiue first chapters of the Epistle to the…
A commentary or exposition, upon the five first chapters of the Epistle to the Galatians: penned by the godly, learned, and judicial divine, Mr. W. Perkins. Now published for the benefit of the Church, and continued with a supplement upon the sixth chapter, by Rafe Cudworth Bachelor of DivinityA commentarie or exposition, vpon the fiue first chapters of the Epistle to the Galatians: penned by the godly, learned, and iudiciall diuine, Mr. W. Perkins. Now published for the benefit of the Church, and continued with a supplement vpon the sixt chapter, by Rafe Cudworth Bachelour of Diuinitie
Cambridge: printed by John Legat, 1604Cambridge: printed by Iohn Legat, 1604
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The union with Christ, is a work of God whereby all believers are made one with Christ. Here two questions are to ⟨p. 265⟩be demanded. The first in what respect, or for what cause are they said to be one with Christ? Ans. They are not one with him in conceit or imagination: for this conjunction is in truth a real conjunction. John 17. 22. Christ proves that all believers may be one with him as he is one with the father. Secondly, they are not one barely by consent of heart and affection: for §5thus all families and friends are one: and they of Jerusalem are said thus to be of one heart and mind. Act. 4. 32. Thirdly, they are not one in substance for so many believers as there are, so many distinct persons are there: & every one of them distinct §10from the person of Christ: And the substance of the godhead of Christ is incommunicable: and the flesh of Christ is in heaven and shall there abide till the last judgement: whereupon it cannot be mixed or compounded with our substances. Lastly, believers are not one with Christ by transfusion of the properties §15and qualities of the godhead, or manhood unto us. It may be said how then are they one with him? I answer by one and the same spirit dwelling in Christ and in all the members of Christ. 1. Cor. 6. 17. he that cleaveth to the Lord, is one spirit. Paul saith in this sense, Eph. 2. 14. that Christ maketh the two §20distinct nations of Jews and Gentiles one new man. S. John saith, that Christ dwells in us and we in him by the spirit. 1. John 3. 23. For the better conceiving of this, suppose a man whose head lies in Italy, his arms in Germany, and Spain, his feet in England: suppose further that one and the same soul extends §25