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

Again, In Marriage Man and Wife do by consent pass over themselves each to other; hence the Apostle tells us, The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife, 1 Cor. 7.4. There is a communion of bodies between them, in re socially; no one hath a plenary right; each one hath a right in the other. In like manner in the spiritual marriage, Christ and Believers do by consent pass over themselves each to other: Hence the Church saith, My beloved is mine, and I am his, Cant. 2.16. each one of them hath a communion and propriety in the other. Christ gives himself to Believers; his atoning blood is his ⟨p. 55⟩own, yet they may wash in it; his resurrection is his own, yet are they raised up, and made to sit together in heavenly places in him; his intercession is his own in the glory and excellency of it, yet is it theirs for their singular use and benefit.

Again, In Marriage Man and Wife do by consent pass over themselves each to other; hence the Apostle tells us, The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife, 1 Cor. 7.4. There is a communion of bodies between them, in re sociali; no one hath a plenary right; each one hath a right in the other. In like manner in the spiritual marriage, Christ and Believers do by consent pass over themselves each to other: Hence the Church saith, My beloved is mine, and I am his, Cant. 2.16. each one of them hath a communion and propriety in the other. Christ gives himself to Believers; his atoning blood is his ⟨p. 55⟩own, yet they may wash in it; his resurrection is his own, yet are they raised up, and made to sit together in heavenly places in him; his intercession is his own in the glory and excellency of it, yet is it theirs for their singular use and benefit.