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An abridgement of the whole body of divinity extracted from the learned works of…
An abridgement of the whole body of divinity extracted from the learned works of that ever-famous and reverend divine, Mr. William Perkins / by Tho. Nicols.
London: printed by W.B. for Will. Hope, 1654
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.
In this calling God doth give us to Christ; Eph. 5. 21. 33. Joh 17. 2, 6, 7. and 10. 29. Isai 9▪ 6. Rom. 8. 32.
And hence ariseth the admirable Union betwixt Christ and his Members, which is the engrafting of a man into him; Joh. 15. 1, 2. and 17. 20, 21. Eph. 2. 20, 21, 22. and 5. 30.
And hence ariseth the admirable Union betwixt Christ and his Members, which is the engraffing of a man into him; Joh. 15. 1, 2. and 17. 20, 21. Eph. 2. 20, 21, 22. and 5. 30.
This Union, or Communion, Conjunction, or engrafting, is wrought by the operation of the spirit, which is an infinite essence, and therefore sufficiently able to conjoin those things which of themselves are far distant, even as the Soul of a man joineth all his Members together, and doth cause them all to grow and move, and live together; Eph 2 22. 2 Pet. 1. 4.