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

7. The excellency of this union can never be enough meditated on, ¹for this is a Catholicon to all diseases, evidence of this will answer all doubts: Dost thou fear perishing if united to Christ? thou canst not perish any more then he: Dost thou fear God may leave thee and forsake thee? This cannot be no more then that Christ should be forsaken, for this union makes thee and Christ one mystical person, so that by this union there is a communion of all Christs good things to thee, and of thy evil things to him, thy sins were laid on him, he became sin for thee, and thy evils are felt by him; Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? saith Christ from heaven, Act. 9.4. yea, the Church is called Christ, because of this intimate union, 1 Cor. 12.1•. So that no Son, no wife can take such comfort and confidence from a Father or husband as the believer from Christ, he may truly say Christ is better then all husbands and fathers, and all relations whatever

7. The excellency of this union can never be enough meditated on, ¹for this is a Catholicon to all diseases, evidence of this will answer all doubts: Dost thou fear perishing if united to Christ? thou canst not perish any more then he: Dost thou fear God may leave thee and forsake thee? This cannot be no more then that Christ should be forsaken, for this union makes thee and Christ one mysticall person, so that by this union there is a communion of all Christs good things to thee, and of thy evil things to him, thy sins were laid on him, he became sinne for thee, and thy evils are felt by him; Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? saith Christ from heaven, Act. 9.4. yea, the Church is called Christ, because of this intimate union, 1 Cor. 12.1•. So that no Son, no wife can take such comfort and confidence from a Father or husband as the believer from Christ, he may truly say Christ is better then all husbands and fathers, and all relations whatever