A55302:106
Christus in corde, or, The mystical union between Christ and believers considered in its…
Christus in corde, or, The mystical union between Christ and believers considered in its resemblances, bonds, seals, privileges and marks by Edward Polhil ..., Esq.Christus in corde, or, The mystical union between Christ and believers considered in its resemblances, bonds, seals, priviledges and marks by Edward Polhil ..., Esq.
London: printed by A.M. and R.R. for Tho. Cockerill, 1680
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.
2dly. Christ the Son of God was incarnate, not for Angels, but for men; Unto you (saith the Angel) is horn a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord, Luk. 2.11. Unto you men, and not unto us Angels. Christ came to seek and to save that which was ⟨p. 86⟩lost, not among Angels (for what was lost there, was finally so) but among men; for us men and for our salvation he descended from Heaven, saith the Ancient Creed. Incarnation being a mystery made known by supernatural revelation only, it is no less than presumption in us to put other ends upon it than the Holy Scripture hath done; the incarnation of the Son of God doth presuppose the fall of man, but the confirmation of Angels doth not do so; had not man fallen, Christ had not come in the flesh, yet had the elect Angels been confirmed; his coming therefore was not for Angels but for men.
2dly. Christ the Son of God was incarnate, not for Angels, but for men; Ʋnto you (saith the Angel) is horn a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord, Luk. 2.11. Unto you men, and not unto us Angels. Christ came to seek and to save that which was ⟨p. 86⟩lost, not among Angels (for what was lost there, was finally so) but among men; for us men and for our salvation he descended from Heaven, saith the Ancient Creed. Incarnation being a mystery made known by supernatural revelation only, it is no less than presumption in us to put other ends upon it than the Holy Scripture hath done; the incarnation of the Son of God doth presuppose the fall of man, but the confirmation of Angels doth not do so; had not man fallen, Christ had not come in the flesh, yet had the elect Angels been confirmed; his coming therefore was not for Angels but for men.
3dly. Christ in our assumed nature obeyed and suffered not for Angels but for men. The end of his obedience and sufferings was, as the Scripture tells us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, that he might sanctify and cleanse us, that he might make an end of sin, that he might reconcile us unto God, that he might purify unto himself a peculiar people, that he might purchase a Church with his own blood, that he might gather together in one the Children of God scattered up and down the wide world, all which concern not Angels, but men: Angels standing in their primitive purity and integrity, are not capable