Christus in corde, or, The mystical union between Christ and believers considered in its…

4thly. The holy influence into Angels (which preserves them) is from God, but not (as the influence into Believers is) from Christ as God-man; the influence from Christ as God-man, being the fruit of his incarnation and passion, reaches only to those for whom he was incarnate and suffered; he was incarnate for men only, therefore this influence is only unto them, not unto Angels. Both he that sanctifieth, and they who are sanctified, are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, Heb. 2.11. And a little after, he calls them Children, vers. 13. Those who are sanctified by Christ, have one and the same nature with him, and upon that account, are his Brethren and Children; Angels not being such, are not sanctified by him; but men being, such have a sanctifying ⟨p. 88⟩influence from him. Again, he suffered for men only, therefore this influence is only unto them, not unto Angels. For their sakes I sanctify my self, that they also might be sanctified through the truth, saith our Saviour, Joh. 17.19. for their sakes, not for Angels did he consecrate himself to be a propitiatory sacrifice; they therefore, not Angels, are sanctified by him; the holy Spirit, which issues out of his meritorious wounds, falls down only on those whom he died for: Moreover, this influence from Christ as God-man, is proper only to the Church which is his Body; the word (Church) in Scripture, notes the Church of men, not of Angels; Upon this rock I will build my Church, Matt. 16.18. God purchased the Church with his own blood, Act. 20.28. Unto principalities is known by the Church the manifold Wisdom of God, Ephes. 3.10. Christ loved the Church, and gave himself for it, that he might sanctify and cleanse it, Ephes. 5. 25, 26. The Church of the first-born, which are written in heaven, Heb. 12.23