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Mount Pisgah, or, A prospect of heaven being an exposition on the fourth chapter…Movnt Pisgah, or, A prospect of heaven being an exposition on the fourth chapter…
Mount Pisgah, or, A prospect of heaven being an exposition on the fourth chapter of the first epistle of St. Paul to the Thessalonians, from the 13th verse, to the end of the chapter, divided into three parts / by Tho. Case ...Movnt Pisgah, or, A prospect of heaven being an exposition on the fourth chapter of the first epistle of St. Paul to the Thessalonians, from the 13th verse, to the end of the chapter, divided into three parts / by Tho. Case ...
London: printed by Thomas Milbourn for Dorman Newman, 1670
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.
This Union with Christ, for the clearer and safer understanding of so great and precious a mystery, 1I shall endeavour more fully to open in these six or seven distinguishing properties, It is a 1 Spiritual, Union. It is a 2 Real, Union. It is a 3 Operative, Union. It is a 4 Enriching, Union. It is a 5 Intimous, Union. It is a 6 Total, Union. It is a 7 Indissoluble, Union.
This Union with Christ, for the clearer and safer understanding of so great and precious a mystery, 1I shall endeavour more fully to open in these six or seaven distinguishing properties, It is a 1 Spiritual, Union. It is a 2 Real, Union. It is a 3 Operative, Union. It is a 4 Enriching, Union. It is a 5 Intimous, Union. It is a 6 Total, Union. It is a 7 Indissoluble, Union.
- 1Six or seven properties of this Union.
The first property. It is a Spiritual Union. 1When we speak of this Union, we must abstract from all that is gross and fleshy; there is nothing in it obvious to sense, perceptible by the eye, or by the ear, or by the touch, or taste; it is not effected by any corporeal contact: Christ, and the Believer are not tied together by any material bonds, and fleshy sinews, but their Union is a pure, immaterial, sublime Union; altogether Spiritual; and that upon a double account.
The first property. It is a Spiritual Ʋnion. 1When we speak of this Union, we must abstract from all that is gross and fleshy; there is nothing in it obvious to sense, perceptible by the eye, or by the ear, or by the touch, or tast; it is not effected by any corporeal contact: Christ, and the Believer are not tied together by any material bonds, and fleshy sinews, but their Union is a pure, immaterial, sublime Ʋnion; altogether Spiritual; and that upon a double accompt.