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

The third is this; There is a conformity to the Resurrection of Christ; what was ⟨p. 293⟩done in the flesh of Christ in his corporeal Resurrection, that is done in the spirits of true Christians in a spiritual One; there the stone was rolled away from the Sepulchre, here from the heart; there the flesh of Christ was raised up by an Almighty Power; here the Spirits of Christians are raised up by it. In this conformity, two things may be noted:

There is a conformity to his Resurrection in heavenliness of mind: Thus the Apostle, If ye then be risen with Christ; seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God, Col. 3.1. As long as men are in the old Adam, their centre is here below, their affections are buried in earthly things; but as soon as they are in union with Christ, they are not here any longer, but they are risen; their affections do not creep upon the earth, but are lifted up to heaven; their Faith puts back the things of time, and looks into eternity; their hope takes its leave of this world, and enters in within the Veil; their Love is inflamed, and ascends up to him who is Goodness it self; their Souls empty out themselves in holy Pantings and Anhelations after him; their hearts follow hard after him, and can find no Sabbath of rest but in him; every part of the new creature looks up, and breathes after its original; Heaven, from whence their graces descend, becomes an attractive Centre to ⟨p. 294⟩them; Christ, who is at the right hand of Majesty, gives such holy touches upon their hearts, as lifts them up to himself; the main stream of their desires and affections runs out towards the things above; They first seek the kingdom of God and his righteousness, that other things may be cast in to them: This is the temper of those that are in Christ. An eminent instance of this we have in the Primitive Christians, who talked so much of the Kingdom, the Kingdom, that the Heathen Emperors were jealous, as if the Christians had aimed at a Kingdom here below: Indeed it is for Heathens to seek after this world, but Christians look for a better; their treasures and their hearts too are above; it is but mere vanity for a man, who sets his heart upon earthly things, to say, that he is in Christ; to espouse him and the world too; to be joined to the Head in Heaven, and to Earth here below, is a thing utterly impossible; all that are in him, seek after the things above; as his Death mortifies them to Earth, so his Resurrection quickens them to Heaven.