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

and in every supernatural act of Believers, weakness is anointed with power. The Schoolmen note in Christ a threefold Grace, the grace of union, in that his human nature was united to the Deity; the grace of unction, in that his humane nature was anointed with the holy Spirit; the grace of headship, in that he is head unto the Church. Suitably in believers may be noted a threefold grace, the grace of union, in that they are united unto Christ; the grace of unction, in that they are anointed with the holy Spirit; and the grace of membership, in that they have all their graces from Christ their Head. Moreover, the three Sacred persons in the blessed Trinity are for ever perfectly happy in the essential union; nevertheless, it was the eternal pleasure, that in one of the three there should be an hypostatical one; the Son of God assumed an humane nature, but he rested not there; Corpus Christi naturale fuit sacramentum corporis mystici; besides his natural body, he would have a mystical one; he came in the flesh that he might dye for us; and he died, that he might gather together in one the Children of God that were scattered abroad, Joh. 11.52. [Greek or Hebrew], into one mystical body. The hypostatical union aimed at ⟨p. 15⟩a satisfactory passion, and that passion aimed at a mystical union.

and in every supernatural act of Believers, weakness is anointed with power. The Schoolmen note in Christ a threefold Grace, the grace of union, in that his human nature was united to the Deity; the grace of unction, in that his humane nature was anointed with the holy Spirit; the grace of headship, in that he is head unto the Church. Suitably in believers may be noted a threefold grace, the grace of union, in that they are united unto Christ; the grace of unction, in that they are anointed with the holy Spirit; and the grace of membership, in that they have all their graces from Christ their Head. Moreover, the three Sacred persons in the blessed Trinity are for ever perfectly happy in the essential union; nevertheless, it was the eternal pleasure, that in one of the three there should be an hypostatical one; the Son of God assumed an humane nature, but he rested not there; Corpus Christi naturale fuit sacramentum corporis mystici; besides his natural body, he would have a mystical one; he came in the flesh that he might dye for us; and he died, that he might gather together in one the Children of God that were scattered abroad,