A55302:285
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 first Privilege is this; Those that are in union with Christ, have his satisfactory righteousness imputatively derived upon them; Christ obeyed unto death, the death of the Cross, not as a private person, but as a Sponsor or Surety for us; he stood in our room, he suffered in our stead, he was a second Adam, an head no less communicating to his seed than the first Adam ⟨p. 241⟩was to his posterity; as Adams sin comes upon each one of us as soon as he is proles Adae, so Christs Righteousness comes upon each one of us as soon as he is proles Christi. Thus the Apostle, As by one mans disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous, Rom. 5.19. Hence those many phrases in Scripture, Christ is our Righteousness; we are the Righteousness of God in him; he is the end of the Law for Righteousness to us; his stripes heal us; his blood cleanseth us from all sin: All which show, that his Righteousness is communicated to us: this is an exceeding great privilege. Two things will evidence this:
The first Priviledg is this; Those that are in union with Christ, have his satisfactory righteousness imputatively derived upon them; Christ obeyed unto death, the death of the Cross, not as a private person, but as a Sponsor or Surety for us; he stood in our room, he suffered in our stead, he was a second Adam, an head no less communicating to his seed than the first Adam ⟨p. 241⟩was to his posterity; as Adams sin comes upon each one of us as soon as he is proles Adae, so Christs Righteousness comes upon each one of us as soon as he is proles Christi. Thus the Apostle, As by one mans disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous, Rom. 5.19. Hence those many phrases in Scripture, Christ is our Righteousness; we are the Righteousness of God in him; he is the end of the Law for Righteousness to us; his stripes heal us; his blood cleanseth us from all sin: All which shew, that his Righteousness is communicated to us: this is an exceeding great priviledg. Two things will evidence this: