A55302:208
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.
In answer to this, I shall first take notice of three memorable expressions in Scripture; That is, the sending of the Spirit, the giving of the Spirit, the dwelling or inhabiting of the Spirit in us.
The first expression is the sending of the Spirit; It may seem strange, that an Almighty, All-wise, All-present Spirit should be sent; but this mission is not per imperium, as from one more potent than himself commanding him; he is as high in power and majesty as the other two persons are; it is not per consilium, as from one more wise than himself counselling him, he is one of the Domus judicii, as some Rabbins call the Trinity, one of the Three who fit in counsel together in Heaven: Here is no local motion, which cannot be in an immense one, but an excellent manifestation. The Spirit, as St. Austin observes,1 illuc mittitur ubi erat, is sent thither where it was; but being sent, he is there in such sort as he was not; he is present there, novo modo, in a new manner, where he was not so present; he appears there in gracious operations, ⟨p. 181⟩where he did not so appear; he is raising up a new creature, or actuating the graces, or letting out his glory in some supernatural work; but this is not all that is in mission; this may be in a coming: the Father is said to come, but never said to be sent: there is therefore somewhat more in mission; the Spirit doth not only operate, but it operates secundum originem; as he subsists from the Father and the Son, so he operates from them; as he is [Greek or Hebrew], in the manner of subsisting, so he is [Greek or Hebrew], in the manner of operating: He is therefore said to be sent by the Father and Son, because he subsists and operates from them.
The first expression is the sending of the Spirit; It may seem strange, that an Almighty, Alwise, Alpresent Spirit should be sent; but this mission is not per imperium, as from one more potent than himself commanding him; he is as high in power and majesty as the other two persons are; it is not per consilium, as from one more wise than himself counselling him, he is one of the Domus judicii, as some Rabbins call the Trinity, one of the Three who fit in counsel together in Heaven: Here is no local motion, which cannot be in an immense one, but an excellent manifestation. The Spirit, as St. Austin observes,