A55302:205
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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Also there it is promised to be communicated; it was to be sent to them, to guide them into all truth, to dwell in them, to be in them, to abide with them for ever; all which do show a communication of it. When the Greeks erroneously held, That the Spirit did proceed, not from the Father and the Son, but from the Father only; one argument used against them was this, If the Spirit was sent from the Father and the Son, then it did proceed from both. To this the Greeks replied, That this sending, merely concerned the gifts of the Spirit, not himself: but this is directly contrary to the scope of those chapters in St. John; if the Spirit be sent merely because we have his gifts, then the Father (which we no where read) may be ⟨p. 179⟩said to be sent, because we have his gifts; when the Scripture saith, that the Son was sent, it was himself, not merely his benefits; in like manner, when it saith, that the Spirit is sent, it is himself, not merely his gifts.
Also there it is promised to be communicated; it was to be sent to them, to guide them into all truth, to dwell in them, to be in them, to abide with them for ever; all which do shew a communication of it. When the Greeks erroneously held, That the Spirit did proceed, not from the Father and the Son, but from the Father only; one argument used against them was this, If the Spirit was sent from the Father and the Son, then it did proceed from both. To this the Greeks replied, That this sending, meerly concerned the gifts of the Spirit, not himself: but this is directly contrary to the scope of those chapters in St. John; if the Spirit be sent meerly because we have his gifts, then the Father (which we no where read) may be ⟨p. 179⟩said to be sent, because we have his gifts; when the Scripture saith, that the Son was sent, it was himself, not meerly his benefits; in like manner, when it saith, that the Spirit is sent, it is himself, not meerly his gifts.
I may here add somewhat out of the Fathers: Ignatius tells them, that they were blessed, being [Greek or Hebrew],