But while the Head-part of the Body is this Seat, the Soul is in it the operator: And Christ as Man is part of the Church, in and by whom ⟨p. 16⟩his Divine nature performeth the operations: And as the Soul is the form of the Man, Christ is the form of his Church, quae dat esse & nomen. And that the Holy Ghost illuminateth, and quickeneth, and comforteth, is so far from being against this, that it is the chief proof of it. For the Spirit proceedeth from the Father and the Son, and is the Spirit of Christ, sent by him; and what he doth herein, Christ doth by him: Opera trinitatis ad extra sunt in-divisa. Who would have thought that a Christian durst deny Christ to be forma Ecclesiae, as the Soul is of a Man, and the King of a Kingdom?—Doth the Man give you the least proof, but his vain word, that Christ cannot be both as a Head, and a Soul (that is, forma informans) to his Church, — or that Christ is not the Soul, because the Holy Ghost is? — But I think neither is called by the name of a Soul in the Scriptures. But I pray you tell us what these Texts import. — Rom. 8.10. If Christ be in you, — the spirit is life. — John 17.23. I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one. — 5.26. He hath given the Son to have life in himself. — 21. He quickeneth whom he will. — 6.51, 57. I am the living bread, — he that eateth me, shall live by me. — 1 Cor. 6.15. Your bodies are the members of Christ. — 17. He that is joined to the Lord, is one spirit. — 8.6. Our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him. — 12. As the body is One, and hath many members, and all the members of that One body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ. 27. Ye are the body of Christ. 2 Cor. 3.17. The Lord is that Spirit. — 18. We are changed into the same Image from glory to glory, [Greek or Hebrew] John 1.4. In him was Life, and the Life was the Light of men. — 2 Cor. 13.5. Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates. Gal. 2.20. Not I, but Christ liveth in me. — Gal. 3.19. Till Christ be formed in you. — Eph. 1.22, 23. Head over all things to his Church, which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all. Eph. 3.15, 17. Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named — that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith. — 4.15, 16.
But while the Head-part of the Body is this Seat, the Soul is in it the operator: And Christ as Man is part of the Church, in and by whom ⟨p. 16⟩his Divine nature performeth the operations: And as the Soul is the form of the Man, Christ is the form of his Church, quae dat esse & nomen. And that the Holy Ghost illuminateth, and quickneth, and comforteth, is so far from being against this, that it is the chief proof of it. For the Spirit proceedeth from the Father and the Son, and is the Spirit of Christ, sent by him; and what he doth herein, Christ doth by him: Opera trinitatis ad extra sunt in-divisa. Who would have thought that a Christian durst deny Christ to be forma Ecclesiae, as the Soul is of a Man, and the King of a Kingdom?—Doth the Man give you the least proof, but his vain word, that Christ cannot be both as a Head, and a Soul (that is, forma informans) to his Church, — or that Christ is not the Soul, because the Holy Ghost is? — But I think neither is called by the name of a Soul in the Scriptures. But I pray you tell us what these Texts import. — Rom. 8.10. If Christ be in you, — the spirit is life. — John 17.23. I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one. — 5.26. He hath given the Son to have life in himself. — 21. He quickeneth whom he will. — 6.51, 57. I am the living bread, — he that eateth me, shall live by me. — 1 Cor. 6.15. Your bodies are the members of Christ. — 17. He that is joyned to the Lord, is one spirit. — 8.6. Our Lord Iesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him. — 12. As the body is One, and hath many members, and all the members of that One body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ. 27. Ye are the body of Christ. 2 Cor. 3.17. The Lord is that Spirit. — 18. We are changed into the same Image from glory to glory, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 John 1.4. In him was Life, and the Life was the Light of men. — 2 Cor. 13.5. Iesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates. Gal. 2.20. Not I, but Christ liveth in me. —
