A55302:300
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.
Another privilege is this; They that are in Christ, have not merely Ordinances, but communion with God in them. They see his goings in the Sanctuary; they have the golden Oil of the Spirit communicating it self through the golden Pipes: this communion is a divine intercourse and correspondence between God and them. There are two things, somewhat on their part answering to somewhat of Gods, and somewhat on Gods part answering to somewhat of theirs.
Another priviledg is this; They that are in Christ, have not meerly Ordinances, but communion with God in them. They see his goings in the Sanctuary; they have the golden Oyl of the Spirit communicating it self through the golden Pipes: this communion is a divine entercourse and correspondence between God and them. There are two things, somewhat on their part answering to somewhat of Gods, and somewhat on Gods part answering to somewhat of theirs.
On their part there is a service answering to the call of God; God saith, Seek ye my face: they answer, Thy face, Lord, will we seek. God appoints Ordinances, they perform Services in correspondence thereunto. There are two things in Ordinances, Matter and Manner: there is that in their Services which complies with both. As to Matter, an Ordinance is a thing appointed by God, accordingly they go to it as such: A worship of humane invention is to them as nothing, nay, worse than nothing; it is as strange fire, or as a graven Image, a kind of Teraphim, expressing, though not, as they did, an humane shape, yet an humane device or invention: But where there is an Ordinance of Gods institution, where he hath set his own seal and stamp, there they fly as Doves to the windows, thither they repair to meet the Holy God; they know assuredly, that there is the way in which he is to be found; there he records his name, and commands the blessing, even life for evermore; the call is that which makes them run; the institution is that which makes them wait for the benediction. As to Manner, an Ordinance is to be used like it self, in an holy way, accordingly they treat it as a sacred thing; their hearts are in such a posture as corresponds to the Presence ⟨p. 257⟩