A55302:107
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
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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 ⟨p. 87⟩of any such things as redemption and reconciliation, neither doth the Scripture speak one word or syllable of Christs dying or giving himself for them; it was lost man that was aimed at.1 Filius Dei pro mortuis natus est ad mortem, saith Fulgentius, The Son of God was born to dye for the dead; not for the living Angels, but for men dead in Adams. fall; that they who died in the first Adam, might live in the second.
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 fanctify 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 ⟨p. 87⟩of any such things as redemption and reconciliation, neither doth the Scripture speak one word or syllable of Christs dying or giving himself for them; it was lost man that was aimed at.1 Filius Dei pro mortuis natus est ad mortem, saith Fulgentius, The Son of God was born to dye for the dead; not for the living Angels, but for men dead in Adams. fall; that they who died in the first Adam, might live in the second.