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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.
The second thing is, Christ in his humane nature sits at Gods right hand, and that right hand is everywhere. I answer, This argument supposes, that the body of Christ is as the right hand of God is, which ⟨p. 222⟩is utterly untrue; the right hand of God is incorporeal; is the body of Christ so? or can it be so, and not cease to be a body? The right hand of God is infinite; is the humane nature of Christ so? or can it be so, and not become a God? In like manner, the right hand is everywhere; must the humane nature be so too? Scripture opposes it in those very Texts which mention Christs Session. Christ sits at the right hand of God; but where? It is [Greek or Hebrew], in heavenly places, Eph. 1.20. [Greek or Hebrew], in the high places, Heb. 1.3. [Greek or Hebrew], in the Heavens, Hebr. 8.1. The Session therefore notes out his state of Glory in Heaven, not his universal Presence. The Apostle tells the Colossians, that Christ sits on the right hand of God; and from thence presses them to set their affections on things above, not on things on the earth, Col. 3.1, 2. But if the Session note an universal Presence, the Apostles exhortation vanishes into nothing. Stephen looketh up, and saw the heavens opened, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, Acts 7.55, 56. But if the being at the right hand did point out an universal Presence, what needed any looking up, or opening of Heaven to see him, who in his humane nature is everywhere? Again, If the Ubiquity of Christs ⟨p. 223⟩humane nature be from his Session, then it is not from the hypostatical Union, which was long before in the first moment of his Incarnation; or if it be from the hypostatical union, then it is not from the Session, which was after his Passion and Resurrection.
The second thing is, Christ in his humane nature sits at Gods right hand, and that right hand is everywhere. I answer, This argument supposes, that the body of Christ is as the right hand of God is, which