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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.
Again, There is in the mystical union, a shadow or dark resemblance of the two other unions: There is a resemblance of the essential union. This is hinted in our Saviours Prayer, As thou father art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us, Joh. 17.21. From which words St. Hilary concludes,1 That the union between Christ and Believers, is not merely a moral union of will and affections; for then our Saviour (who is the eternal Word, and knew how to speak) would have prayed thus, Pater, sicut nos unum volumus, ita & illi unum velint, & unum per concordiam simus omnes. Father, as we will one and the same thing, so let them also do, and let us all be one by concord; But (instead thereof) our Saviour prays thus, As thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee; that they also may be one in us. The particle (as) notes some kind of similitude; the words (thou father art in me, and I in thee) note out the [Greek or Hebrew], or mutual inexistence of the Father and Son; a resemblance of which we have in the mystical union, which in Scripture is expressed by ⟨p. 13⟩the mutual inexistence of Christ and Believers; he is in them, and they in him; he dwells in them, and they in him: Very remarkable are the words of our Saviour, I am in the father, and you in me, and I in you, Joh. 14.20. We have here in one Text mentioned the high mystery of the Sacred Trinity, and the mystical union together. First, The inexistence of the Son in the Father, and (which is implied and to be understood) of the Father in the Son, is signified; and then immediately follows the mutual inexistence of Christ and Believers; which shows that in this latter there is a resemblance of the former. Again, there is in the mystical union a resemblance of the hypostatical one; this I gather from the likeness of those Scripture-phrases which express both the unions; Christ was conceived of the Holy Ghost, Matt. 1.20. And Believers are born of the same holy Spirit, Joh. 3.5. In Christ dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily,