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

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⟩of God in it: He is the great Majesty of Heaven; they lye low before him; their reverence shows Him, whom they serve, to be an Infinite one: Oh! what abasing thoughts are there in their bosom! Dust here approaches to Majesty it self, nay, sinful dust to the holy One. What a little, very little thing is the soul to him, though it were entirely given up to him! And how much less is it, when corruption holds back, and the world steals away a great part of it from him? He is a Spirit, they serve him in Spirit and Truth; they endeavour to give him their highest and purest intention; they bid the world stand by, and not to interrupt them; were it possible, they would not have so much as a glance or a broken thought towards carnal objects; he is Mercy and Love it self; their Faith in and through the great Mediator ascends up to him for pardon and acceptance; their Love takes fire at his, and inflames their hearts towards him; He is the great Author of the Ordinance; he only can bless it; their eyes are up to him; their hearts cry out for him; Oh! that he would fill the Ordinance with his Spirit;

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