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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.
1. The union between Christ and believers is not merely a Political one, such as is between a King and his Subjects. It's true, Christ is a King, believers are his subjects; there are Laws of constitution, which make him a King over them, and Laws of administration, according to which he governs them; yet the union between him and them is not merely Political. To make this appear, I offer these things.
1. The union between Christ and believers is not meerly a Political one, such as is between a King and his Subjects. It's true, Christ is a King, believers are his subjects; there are Laws of constitution, which make him a King over them, and Laws of administration, according to which he governs them; yet the union between him and them is not meerly Political. To make this appear, I offer these things.
The manner of his Kingdom is considerable; were his Kingdom such only as earthly ones are, there might be some colour to say, That the union is only Political: But his Kingdom is not of this world, Joh. 18.36. It is not mundanae indolis, of an earthly, but of an heavenly nature.1 When the kindred of our Saviour were asked touching his Kingdom; they answered Domitian, That it was not Earthly but Celestial. It cometh not in outward pomp and glory, but in inward efficacy. It stands not merely without in Laws and Ordinances, but it is within in the very hearts and consciences of men. He makes a willing people, he inspires obedience into his subjects. His own Unction doth in some measure fall down ⟨p. 117⟩upon them. Earthly Kings, who yet are Politically unite to their subjects, cannot rule after this sort, or do any thing like it: Hence it is clear, that if there had been no other resemblance of the union between Christ and believers but that of a Kingdom only, yet that union would not have been merely Political, because his Kingdom is what others are not, spiritual and of internal efficacy.