Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…

I pray not for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word, that they all may be one, as thou Father art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us, that the world may believe that thou hast sent me, I in them, and thou in me, that they may be perfect in one, and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them as thou hast loved me. By reason of this hypostatical union of Christ,¹ the Spirit of Christ is given to us in the very moment of our regeneration. And because ye are Sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying Abba Father; and hereby we know that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. As the members of the Body howsoever distinct amongst themselves, and all differing from the head, yet by reason of one soul informing both the head and members, they all make one compositum, or man; so all believers in Christ, howsoever distinct Persons amongst themselves, and all distinct from the Person of Christ, and especially from the Godhead which is incommunicable, yet by one and the same spirit abiding in Christ,² and all his Members, they become one, there is one body, and one spirit: he that is joined to the Lord, is one Spirit. O my Soul, consider of this; and in considering, believe thy part in this, and the rather, because the means of this union on thy part is a true and lively faith; faith is the first effect and instrument of the Spirit of Christ, disposing and enabling thy soul to cleave unto Christ, and for this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ —that Christ may dwell in your hearts by Faith.³

I pray not for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word, that they all may be one, as thou Father art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us, that the world may believe that thou hast sent me, I in them, and thou in me, that they may be perfect in one, and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them as thou hast loved me. By reason of this hypostatical union of Christ,¹ the Spirit of Christ is given to us in the very moment of our regeneration. And because ye are Sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying Abba Father; and hereby we know that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. As the members of the Body howsoever distinct amongst themselves, and all differing from the head, yet by reason of one soul informing both the head and members, they all make one compositum, or man; so all believers in Christ, howsoever distinct Persons amongst themselves, and all distinct from the Person of Christ, and especially from the Godhead which is incommunicable, yet by one and the same spirit abiding in Christ,