CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

2. There must be an unition, as Cameron well observeth,¹ before there can be an union, a Communication before a Communion; Unition is to be conceived efficiently as the work of Gods Spirit, joining the believer to Christ, and union is to be conceived formally, The joining it self of the persons together; Now there is something on Gods part uniting, and something on ours; On Gods part, that is, the spirit of God, Eph. 2.8. the Jew and Gentile have through Christ access unto the Father through one spirit, So that as it's the Spirit that sanctifieth, the Spirit that worketh mightily in believers, the Spirit that sealeth; Thus it is also the Spirit that unites to Christ, for of our selves we are aliens from God, we all lie dissipated in ruin, but it's the Spirit of God that quickens us, and engrafteth us into Christ; As the Spirit on Gods part, so Faith on our part, Eph 3.15. Thus Christ dwells by Faith in our hearts, and it's by Faith we are ingrafted into the Olive-Tree, therefore that is called eating of his Flesh, and drinking of his blood, whereby we are made one with Christ our head; We then may easily conclude all men living in their natural condition without the Spirit of God have nothing of this Unity, They must needs wither and perish in their sins.

2. There must be an unition, as Cameron well observeth,¹ before there can be an union, a Communication before a Communion; Unition is to be conceived efficiently as the work of Gods Spirit, joyning the believer to Christ, and union is to be conceived formally, The joyning it self of the persons together; Now there is something on Gods part uniting, and something on ours; On Gods part, that is, the spirit of God, Eph. 2.8. the Jew and Gentile have through Christ accesse unto the Father through one spirit, So that as it's the Spirit that sanctifieth, the Spirit that worketh mightily in beleevers, the Spirit that sealeth; Thus it is also the Spirit that unites to Christ, for of our selves we are aliens from God, we all lie dissipated in ruine, but it's the Spirit of God that quickens us, and engrafteth us into Christ; As the Spirit on Gods part, so Faith on our part, Eph 3.15. Thus Christ dwels by Faith in our hearts, and it's by Faith we are ingrafted into the Olive-Tree, therefore that is called eating of his Flesh, and drinking of his bloud, whereby we are made one with Christ our head; We then may easily conclude all men living in their natural condition without the Spirit of God have nothing of this Unity, They must needs wither and perish in their sins.