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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.
the broken heart begs for a compassionate hand to bind it up; the wounds in conscience open for the atoning blood to be poured into them; the sin sick soul calls for the great Physician, Lord, heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee; the lamented ruins invite the Divine Builder to set up his own Temple there; the spiritual nothingness importunes for a new Creation to be brought forth; Create in me a clean heart, O God: Every want, being felt to the quick, hath a voice in it, and cries out for a supply; such an one, though he know it not, is indeed in union with Christ; our Saviour pronounces him a blessed man, one to whom the Kingdom of Heaven belongs, which could never be in a state separate from him who purchased it for us; there are some rays of Faith in him which unite him to Christ; some touches of the Holy Spirit, which make him look towards salvation.
the broken heart begs for a compassionate hand to bind it up; the wounds in conscience open for the atoning blood to be poured into them; the sin sick soul calls for the great Physician, Lord, heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee; the lamented ruines invite the Divine Builder to set up his own Temple there; the spiritual nothingness importunes for a new Creation to be brought forth; Create in me a clean heart, O God: Every want, being felt to the quick, hath a voice in it, and cries out for a supply; such an one, though he know it not, is indeed in union with Christ; our Saviour pronounces him a blessed man, one to whom the Kingdom of Heaven belongs, which could never be in a state separate from him who purchased it for us; there are some rayes of Faith in him which unite him to Christ; some touches of the Holy Spirit, which make him look towards salvation.
The next mark of this union, is an high estimation of Christ. In the Spouses eye he is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand, altogether lovely, Cant. 5.10, and 16. To them that believe he is precious, 1 Pet. 2.7. every thing in him is attractive.