Christus in corde, or, The mystical union between Christ and believers considered in its…

The one is this; the body of Christ is objectively present to our faith. St. Paul tells the Galatians, that before their eyes Jesus Christ had been evidently set forth crucified among them; his Cross was at Jerusalem, his glorious residence in Heaven; yet he is before our faith in the Gospel, and particularly in the Eucharist, in which, as in a sacred Crucifix, we see him as it were a suffering for us. It is here to be noted, that there is a double existence of things; the one absolute, which is confined to time and place; the other relative and objective, which is not so. The Sun in its absolute existence is in its orb; but as an object it is present to the eye, which sees not merely the visible species, but the Sun it self. The Body of Christ in its absolute existence is in Heaven; but as an object it is present to Faith, which sees not merely the outward figures and symbols in the Eucharist, but Christ himself sweating, bleeding, dying on a Cross, satisfying Divine justice for sin; which is such a sight, as makes the Soul hide in his wounds, wash in his blood, rest on his at onement, and triumph in his salvation. The phylact upon that passage, Gal. 3.1. enquiring how Christ, who was crucified at Jerusalem, could be said to be crucified among the Galatians? Answers thus, Praedicationi ⟨p. 230⟩fidem praebentes perinde ac praesentem vidistis; believing the Gospel preached, ye saw him as present with you. St. Jerome upon that Text saith, it was with you quasi apud nos omnia facta sint, as if all things had been done with you, as if you had seen Christ hanging on the Cross: Thus Christ as an object is present to our Faith. It's true, the Lutherans say, this presence is not a real one, but in fancy and imagination only; but may that faith, which is [Greek or Hebrew], the subsistence of things hoped for, Heb. 11.1. be called a fancy? Was it a fancy, by which Abel offered his excellent sacrifice? Enoch was translated into Heaven? Noah prepared an Ark? Abraham offered up his beloved Isaac? Moses saw him that is invisible? Is it by a fancy, that we are justified before God? that we overcome the World? that we are inserted and incorporated into Christ? that we eat his flesh and drink his blood? that we have him dwelling and living in our hearts? These things are not done by fancy, but by faith; that spiritual presence, which is to our faith, is not imaginary but real;