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The true and only way of concord of all the Christian churches the desirableness…
The true and only way of concord of all the Christian churches the desirableness of it, and the detection of false dividing terms / opened by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for John Hancock, 1680
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.
29. Accordingly his Union with the Intellectual Spirits, and souls of men is said to be nearer, than with Bodies, and his Communion answerably: But that is because they are the Nobler product of his Creating or efficient Power and Will.
29. Accordingly his Vnion with the Intellectual Spirits, and souls of men is said to be nearer, than with Bodies, and his Communion answerably: But that is because they are the Nobler product of his Creating or efficient Power and Will.
30. And so he is said to be more United to holy souls than to the unholy, to the Glorified than to the dammed; Because he maketh them Better, and communicateth to them more of his Glory and the effects of his Power, Wisdom and Love. As the Sun is more United to a burning-glass, or to a place where it shineth brightly, or to some excellent plant which it quickeneth, than to others.
30. And so he is said to be more Vnited to holy souls than to the unholy, to the Glorified than to the dammed; Because he maketh them Better, and communicateth to them more of his Glory and the effects of his Power, Wisdom and Love. As the Sun is more United to a burning-glass, or to a place where it shineth brightly, or to some excellent plant which it quickneth, than to others.
31. Accordingly we must conceive of that Union (before mentioned Thes. 10.) of Christ with Believers here, and with the glorified hereafter, as to his Divine Nature; which may well be called mystical, and is of late become the subject of some mens contentious opposition, and is matter of difficult enquiry to the wisest. And yet it is hard to say that in all their hot opposition any sober men are in this disagreed: For 1. it is by such commonly confessed that the Spirit of Christ doth operate more excellent effects on believers than on others, and on the Blessed than on the damned; even making them liker unto God. 2. And that this Holy spirit is by Covenant related to them, to operate for the future more constantly and eminently in them than in others. 3. And that this Spirit proceedeth and is sent from the Father and the Son to do these works. 4. And that Christ is Related to each Believing and each Glorified soul, as one in Covenant self-obliged (or a Promiser) thus by his Spirit to operate on them. 5. And that he is thus Related to the whole Church or society of such persons, whereof each Individual is a part.