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Christs eternal existence, and the dignity of his person asserted and proved in opposition…
Christs eternal existence, and the dignity of his person asserted and proved in opposition to the doctrine of the Socinians : in several sermons on Col. I, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 verses / by the Reverend Tho. Manton.
London printed : s.n., 1685
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.
2. As an efficient cause by the efficacy of his Spirit, who worketh in us as Members of Christs Mystical Body. Wherefore it is said, 2 Cor. 5.17. If any man be in Christ he is a new creature. And Eph. 2.10. We are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus unto good works. Whatever Grace we have, cometh from God, through Christ as Mediator, and from him we have it by virtue of our union with him. It is first applied by the converting Grace, and then continually supplied by the confirming Grace of the ⟨p. 139⟩Spirit. The influence we have from him as our head, is life and likeness.
2. As an efficient cause by the efficacy of his Spirit, who worketh in us as Members of Christs Mystical Body. Wherefore it is said, 2 Cor. 5.17. If any man be in Christ he is a new creature. And Eph. 2.10. We are his workmanship created in Christ Iesus unto good works. Whatever Grace we have, cometh from God, through Christ as Mediator, and from him we have it by virtue of our union with him. It is first applied by the converting Grace, and then continually supplied by the confirming Grace of the ⟨p. 139⟩Spirit. The influence we have from him as our head, is life and likeness.
1. Life: Gal. 2.20. I am crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live, yet not I, but Christ liveth in me, and the life which I now live in the flesh, &c. Christ is the beginning of the new life; therefore he is called the Prince or Author of Life. All life is derived from the head to the body, so we derive life from Christ,