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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.
or to delight in that which in it self is a mere ataxy and confusion, and in the soul is an hellish blot and turpitude. It is their daily work to cast it out of their hearts as an accursed thing, and in an holy hatred to pursue it to the death. The violence done to Christ they put upon it, till it do, like one upon a Cross, give up the Ghost. This is a sure mark of union with him; They that are Christs have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts, Gal. 5.24. They have done it; and because sin is long a dying, they are still a doing of it more and more. If a man indulge his lusts, it is a mere vanity for him to imagine that he is in Christ, he cannot at the same time be a subject of ⟨p. 291⟩Christ, and a drudge to sin; he cannot be joined to a crucified Saviour, and to the Crucifier too; his heart cannot at once be a Temple of the Holy Ghost, and a stable of unclean lusts; these things are utterly inconsistent. All that are in Christ die to sin, having in his death the great pattern of Mortification, and from it a spirit for the work.
or to delight in that which in it self is a meer ataxy and confusion, and in the soul is an hellish blot and turpitude. It is their daily work to cast it out of their hearts as an accursed thing, and in an holy hatred to pursue it to the death. The violence done to Christ they put upon it, till it do, like one upon a Cross, give up the Ghost. This is a sure mark of union with him; They that are Christs have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts, Gal. 5.24. They have done it; and because sin is long a dying, they are still a doing of it more and more. If a man indulge his lusts, it is a meer vanity for him to imagine that he is in Christ, he cannot at the same time be a subject of ⟨p. 291⟩Christ, and a drudg to sin; he cannot be joined to a crucified Saviour, and to the Crucifier too; his heart cannot at once be a Temple of the Holy Ghost, and a stable of unclean lusts; these things are utterly inconsistent. All that are in Christ die to sin, having in his death the great pattern of Mortification, and from it a spirit for the work.