To this purpose let us hear our Church,1 As the good fruit is not the cause that ⟨p. 209⟩the tree is good, but the tree must first be good, before it can bring forth good fruit; so the good Deeds of men are not the Cause, that maketh men good; but he is first made good by the Spirit and Grace of God that effectually worketh in him, and afterwards he bringeth forth good fruit. As for such as are regenerate and new Creatures, I acknowledge them to have the same temper of Mind with Christ, and that every Grace in the new Man, answers to that in Christ, and morally unites to him; but the Mystical Union is made by the holy Spirit and Faith, which hath this above other Graces, to receive Christ and incorporate us into him. That place, Phil. 2. of having the same mind with Christ, holds out the same temper in both; that in Matt. 4.11. calls us to an imitation of him; that Gal. 4.19. expresses the State of the new Creature which is moulded after the Image of Christ: But the other two places, quoted by the Author, prove the Mystical Union; the one is that, Rom. 8.9. If any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his: By Spirit, is not meant an holy temper of Mind, but the Spirit it self; the very same which just before the words is called, The Spirit of God, ⟨p. 210⟩and ver. 11. The spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead, and by which our mortal bodies shall be quickened: This is that Spirit, which unites us to Christ, in such an admirable manner, that Christ is said to be in us, ver. 10. St. Chrysostom on the words saith, [Greek or Hebrew], He that hath the holy Spirit, hath Christ himself; the Spirit being present, Christ, nay, the whole Trinity must be so: The other is that, 1 Cor. 6.17. He that is joined unto the Lord is one Spirit, that is, one and the same holy Spirit is in Christ and Believers, mystically uniting them together: This appears, as well by the opposition of one spirit in this 17. Verse, to one flesh in the 16. Verse: For, as the Learned Beza notes on the place, Ut constet expositio exterioris corporum copulae, & nostrae cum Christo interoris, spiritûs nomen usurpavit Apostolus; as also by the after-words, What, know ye not that your body is the Temple of the holy Ghost, which is in you? ver. 19. The holy Ghost is that one Spirit, which unites Christ and Believers:
To this purpose let us hear our Church,1 As the good fruit is not the cause that ⟨p. 209⟩the tree is good, but the tree must first be good, before it can bring forth good fruit; so the good Deeds of men are not the Cause, that maketh men good; but he is first made good by the Spirit and Grace of God that effectually worketh in him, and afterwards he bringeth forth good fruit. As for such as are regenerate and new Creatures, I acknowledge them to have the same temper of Mind with Christ, and that every Grace in the new Man, answers to that in Christ, and morally unites to him; but the Mystical Union is made by the holy Spirit and Faith, which hath this above other Graces, to receive Christ and incorporate us into him. That place, Phil. 2. of having the same mind with Christ, holds out the same temper in both; that in Matt. 4.11. calls us to an imitation of him; that Gal. 4.19. expresses the State of the new Creature which is moulded after the Image of Christ: But the other two places, quoted by the Author, prove the Mystical Union; the one is that, Rom. 8.9. If any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his: By Spirit, is not meant an holy temper of Mind, but the Spirit it self; the very same which just before the words is called, The Spirit of God, ⟨p. 210⟩and ver. 11. The spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead, and by which our mortal bodies shall be quickned: This is that Spirit, which unites us to Christ, in such an admirable manner, that Christ is said to be in us, ver. 10. St. Chrysostome on the words saith, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, He that hath the holy Spirit, hath Christ himself; the Spirit being present, Christ, nay, the whole Trinity must be so: The other is that, 1 Cor. 6.17. He that is joyned unto the Lord is one Spirit, that is, one and the same holy Spirit is in Christ and Believers, mystically uniting them together: This appears, as well by the opposition of one spirit in this 17. Verse, to one flesh in the 16. Verse: For, as the Learned Beza notes on the place, Ʋt constet expositio exterioris corporum copulae, & nostrae cum Christo interoris, spiritûs nomen usurpavit Apostolus; as also by the after-words, What, know ye not that your body is the Temple of the holy Ghost, which is in you? ver. 19. The holy Ghost is that one Spirit, which unites Christ and Believers:
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