A55302:211
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.
The third expression is the dwelling or inhabiting of the Spirit; he is in Believers as in his House or Temple; he is there in the tokens of his special presence; the love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance that is there, show him to be the inhabitant; he hath not a more proper place here below, than an heart furnished with those graces. Also, he is there as an object of inward Worship; there is a mind which knows him, a will which subjects to him, a love which embraces him, a fear which reverences him; there without question is a Sanctuary, an holy place for him; there it is that his Honour dwelleth. But I shall here add no more touching this inhabitation; only it must be remembered, that where the Spirit dwells, there the Father and the Son dwell also; the blessed Three are inseparable, one of them cannot be separated from the other; where the Spirit dwells, there dwell also the Father and the Son with him.
The third expression is the dwelling or inhabiting of the Spirit; he is in Believers as in his House or Temple; he is there in the tokens of his special presence; the love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance that is there, shew him to be the inhabitant; he hath not a more proper place here below, than an heart furnished with those graces. Also, he is there as an object of inward Worship; there is a mind which knows him, a will which subjects to him, a love which embraces him, a fear which reverences him; there without question is a Sanctuary, an holy place for him; there it is that his Honour dwelleth. But I shall here add no more touching this inhabitation; only it must be remembred, that where the Spirit dwells, there the Father and the Son dwell also; the blessed Three are inseparable, one of them cannot be separated from the other; where the Spirit dwells, there dwell also the Father and the Son with him.
Besides these three expressions, there is one more, that is the operation of the Spirit; All these worketh one and the selfsame spirit, dividing to every man severally, as he will, 1 Cor. 12.11. Touching this, I shall at present only observe, that this operation doth in several respects fall in with the other three; as it is the operation of the Spirit proceeding from the Father and the Son, so it falls in with mission; as it concerns the using the Spirit in its graces, or enjoying him in himself, it falls in with giving; as it relates to the tokens of his presence, or the inward worship done to him, it falls in with inhabitation.