A55302:313
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.
AS Union with Christ gives a title to great Privileges, so the knowledge of that Union gives the comfort of them; those, who know themselves to be in Christ, do read their pardon, and live in the borders ⟨p. 269⟩of Paradise; the Holy Spirit gives them a prospect of Heaven, and seals them up for it: it is therefore worth our labour to enquire into the Marks of this Union. In doing this, I shall first note three things in general, and then come to particulars. In general three things may be noted.
AS Union with Christ gives a title to great Priviledges, so the knowledg of that Union gives the comfort of them; those, who know themselves to be in Christ, do read their pardon, and live in the borders ⟨p. 269⟩of Paradise; the Holy Spirit gives them a prospect of Heaven, and seals them up for it: it is therefore worth our labour to enquire into the Marks of this Union. In doing this, I shall first note three things in general, and then come to particulars. In general three things may be noted.
The first is this: The marks of this Union are internal, no mere outward thing can amount to a mark. I shall give two instances of it.
The first is this: The marks of this Union are internal, no meer outward thing can amount to a mark. I shall give two instances of it.
The one is this; No mere outward privilege can amount to a mark: It was the ancient humour of the Jews to rest upon external privileges; they gloried in this, that they were Jews, the seed of that great Saint, Abraham, who (as they say) performed every jot and tittle of the Law; they cried up their circumcision as a very great thing; it was (say they) equal to all Precepts, nay, Heaven and Earth could not stand without it; they magnified the Temple, saying, The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord are these: that was the perfection of Beauty, made such by the special Presence of God in it.