An answer to the discourse of Mr. William Sherlock, touching the knowledge of Christ,…

would have us put on, nay [Greek or Hebrew], to be compassed round about with Christ, he would have Christ to dwell in us, and to be a garment about us, that he may be all to us, [Greek or Hebrew], within and without; and a little after, he tells us, That he is the Root, Food, Life, the Foundation, Corner-stone, and what not to us, [Greek or Hebrew], every way conjoining and conglutinating us to himself. That of going to God in the Robes of our elder Brother, which pleases not the Author, not every way suiting, as indeed no Resemblance doth, was hinted by no less man than St. Ambrose, who saith, Et odoratus est odorem vestimentorum; & fortasse istud est, quia non operibus justificamur, sed fide. And for the necessity of this Application, our Church hath laid it down in terminis; As it profiteth a man nothing to have Salve, ¹unless it be applied to the part infected, so the Death of Christ shall stand us in no ⟨p. 123⟩force, unless we apply it to our selves, in such sort as God hath appointed: Almighty God worketh by means, and in this thing he hath ordained a certain mean; what mean is that? forsooth it is Faith: And in another place,² our Church would have us come to the Lord's Supper, not as specially regarding the terrene and earthly Creatures, but always holding fast, and cleaving by Faith to the Rock, whence we may suck the sweetness of everlasting Salvation. However, the Author, to whom all these are Fancies, understands by such Metaphors, believing and obeying the Gospel: Believing the Gospel is but a dogmatical Faith, not entitling us to Christ or Salvation; if that be all which is meant, the Glory and divine Emphasis of those Metaphors is lost, and the Texts themselves must wither in a very cold and jejune Sense: And for Obedience, that follows after Union, and, as our Church tells us in the 12. Article, is a fruit of Faith.

would have us put on, nay 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, to be compassed round about with Christ, he would have Christ to dwell in us, and to be a garment about us, that he may be all to us, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, within and without; and a little after, he tells us, That he is the Root, Food, Life, the Foundation, Corner-stone, and what not to us, , every way conjoyning and conglutinating us to himself. That of going to God in the Robes of our elder Brother, which pleases not the Author, not every way suiting, as indeed no Resemblance doth, was hinted by no less man than St. Ambrose, who saith, Et odoratus est odorem vestimentorum; & fortasse istud est, quia non operibus justificamur, sed fide. And for the necessity of this Application, our Church hath laid it down in terminis; As it profiteth a man nothing to have Salve,