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An answer to the discourse of Mr. William Sherlock, touching the knowledge of Christ,…
An answer to the discourse of Mr. William Sherlock, touching the knowledge of Christ, and our union and communion with him by Edward Polhill ..., Esquire.
London: printed for Ben. Foster, 1675
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A little before those words,1 the Doctor's Design (by which in all Candour his After-discourse should be construed) appears to be, that all Wisdom is laid up in Christ, and that from him alone it is to be obtained, who is so hardy as to deny it? He that knows him, becomes acquainted with one, in whom dwell all the treasures of Wisdom and Knowledge, and from whom are derived all the Riches of Understanding in the Saints. As in the corporal vision of an Object, there is requisite a Light in the Air, and another in the Eye; so in this intellectual Vision, there is external Revelation and internal Illumination; ⟨p. 41⟩and both are from Christ. Cui Veritas comperta sine Deo? 2cui Deus cognitus sine Christo? cui Christus exploratus sine Spiritu sancto? cui Spiritus sanctus accommodatus sine Fidei Sacramento? saith Tertullian. By that, Col. 2.3. In him are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge, is, as I take it, meant the Person of Christ; the very same, which is pointed out, Ver. 9. In him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead; Ver. 10. in him ye are complete; Ver. 11. In him ye are circumcised; and Ver. 12. With him ye are buried in Baptism, and with him ye are risen, through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead: I can very hardly understand all these of the Gospel, neither did I ever find that it was raised from the dead. But now let us hear the Author's Inference.
A little before those words,1 the Doctor's Design (by which in all Candor his After-discourse should be construed) appears to be, that all Wisdom is laid up in Christ, and that from him alone it is to be obtained, who is so hardy as to deny it? He that knows him, becomes acquainted with one, in whom dwell all the treasures of Wisdom and Knowledge, and from whom are derived all the Riches of Understanding in the Saints. As in the corporal vision of an Object, there is requisite a Light in the Air, and another in the Eye; so in this intellectual Vision, there is external Revelation and internal Illumination; ⟨p. 41⟩