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

Believers as Sons have an heavenly freedom in the ways of God. They are not dragged to holy things by the cords of Hell and Death; they do not bring forth their duties merely under the pressure of the Law letter, or in the power of fallen nature, in a dead, carnal, servile manner; no, they are spirited for holy things; the Law is in their hearts; the rectitude of the commands attracts them; the Love of Christ constrains them; the great rewards in Heaven ravish them; the Holy Spirit inspires obedience into them; Holiness becomes natural to them; Duties are brought forth in the easiness of the new creature; they can walk, run, fly on, in the pure ways towards eternal happiness: this is a very choice privilege indeed; they are no longer in the straits of sin and earth, but in a divine amplitude and liberty; their hearts rest not in^* finite things, but go out to the infinite One; their thoughts are upon the first Good, their aims at the last End; their ⟨p. 251⟩liberty is joined to its great fountain; their motion is to the true centre: this is a right, noble, royal posture of Soul towards God, in whom all our happiness is.

Believers as Sons have an heavenly freedom in the ways of God. They are not drag'd to holy things by the cords of Hell and Death; they do not bring forth their duties meerly under the pressure of the Lawletter, or in the power of fallen nature, in a dead, carnal, servile manner; no, they are spirited for holy things; the Law is in their hearts; the rectitude of the commands attracts them; the Love of Christ constrains them; the great rewards in Heaven ravish them; the Holy Spirit inspires obedience into them; Holiness becomes natural to them; Duties are brought forth in the easiness of the new creature; they can walk, run, fly on, in the pure ways towards eternal happiness: this is a very choice priviledg indeed; they are no longer in the straits of sin and earth, but in a divine amplitude and liberty; their hearts rest not in^* finite things, but go out to the infinite One; their thoughts are upon the first Good, their aims at the last End; their ⟨p. 251⟩liberty is joyned to its great fountain; their motion is to the true center: this is a right, noble, royal posture of Soul towards God, in whom all our happiness is.