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

First, The mystical union depends upon the two former; a hint of this we have in the words of our Saviour, who (speaking of himself as God-man, and of giving his flesh for the life of the World) saith, As the living father hath sent me, and I live by the father; so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me, Joh. 6.57. Here are, tres viveatis, three livers one under another; the Father, who is, fons Trinitatis, the fountain of the Trinity, lives of himself; Christ lives by the Father: as he is the Word, he hath life from him by the eternal generation; as he is man, he hath it by the hypostatical union. The believer who spiritually eats Christ, lives by him: ⟨p. 11⟩Conjunction with the Father, is that by which Christ lives; conjunction with Christ is that by which the Believer lives: were there no essential union, there could be no hypostatical one; which supposes, that the second Person in the Trinity doth assume an humane nature made by all three. Incarnation (say the Schoolmen) is effectivè, belonging to the whole Trinity; but, terminativè, it is peculiar to the Son, who is the alone term unto which the humane nature is assumed: were there no hypostatical union, there could be no mystical one; which imports, that believers are united unto God-man. Were he only God, how should we fallen creatures ever have an immediate approach unto him? or if we could, what use would there be of a Mediator? It is through him, as Mediator, that we have access to the Father, Eph. 2.18. The way into the holy of holies, lies through the veil of his flesh. Were he only man, to what purpose should we be united to a mere creature? or how should we dare to fix our faith on such an one? To trust in a mere man, is a curse; to worship a mere creature, a piece of Idolatry: Believers therefore are united to God-man; the mystical union depends upon the hypostatical, and the hypostatical upon the essential. ⟨p. 12⟩Without a Sacred Trinity, there would be no God-man; without God-man, there would be no fit person for Believers to be united unto.

First, The mystical union depends upon the two former; a hint of this we have in the words of our Saviour, who (speaking of himself as God-man, and of giving his flesh for the life of the World) saith, As the living father hath sent me, and I live by the father; so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me,