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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.
Is not he the great repairer of breaches? Is it not he that sets up the Divine Image and all its furniture in the Soul? is not he the only one, that cleanses us from the stains and turpitudes of sin? There i, salvation in no other but in him alone. Were but men awakened, they would never rest in a Christless condition; the scores of guilt in conscience, the wrath of God hanging over their heads, the forlorn and desperate state of their own souls, the wretched pollutions and defilements which they lye under, would make them cry out ⟨p. 302⟩for Christ; oh! give us Christ or else we dye; nothing can wash out our guilt but his atoning blood; nothing can cover us from wrath, but his glorious satisfaction; nothing can purge out our stains, and set our hearts in order, but his spirit: the fearful condition of being without Christ would prompt them to breathe, and endeavour after union with him, as the only necessary and desirable thing in the world.
The other is this; Those that are in union with Christ, should carry themselves in a just decorum to that blessed state. How should they study and admire the transcendent excellencies of their head! what a glorious and incomparable person is he! Creatures are but vanity, the whole world is but a poor nothing in comparison of him; what a sight is God in the flesh, in whom the distance between God and man is, as it were, filled up in a wonderful incarnation! how infinite is that love which moved him to come down into an humane nature, to stand in it under the rules of his own Law; nay, to bleed and die upon a Cross to make a full satisfaction for the sin of the world? How should those that are in him stand and adore him? What rapes and ecstasies of affection are due to him, who is all over beauty and amenity? With what joys and triumphs of faith should they look upon that precious blood, which cheers the heart of God and man? Here they may lye down in ease and rest, no fears of death or hell shall disturb them. And what are the rich anointings and over-measures of the Spirit which are upon him! How vast an Ocean of grace is he! and ⟨p. 303⟩