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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.
I conclude therefore, That the Apostle doth not merely intend a likeness of temper, but that the same Holy Spirit is in Christ and Believers, which indeed is a very high and glorious mystery.
I conclude therefore, That the Apostle doth not meerly intend a likeness of temper, but that the same Holy Spirit is in Christ and Believers, which indeed is a very high and glorious mystery.
Further, Marriage is a state of Love, and Love hath an unitive virtue in it; a true friend is alter ipse, another self; in respect of love between two friends, there is, as it were, but one soul in both.1 St. Austin saith, That his friend being dead, he did but dimidius vivere, live but like half a man. If there be such love between friends, how much more is it so between man and wife? Between them there are the strictest bonds, and highest degrees of friendship. A man shall leave father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, saith the Apostle, Eph. 5.31. In the original it is, [Greek or Hebrew], he shall be glued to his wife. Conjugal love is the glue, which takes hold on both sides, and joins them together as if they were but one piece; and therefore the Apostle there adds, they two shall be one flesh. And a little before he tells them, He that loveth his wife, loveth himself, vers. 28. She is an alter Ego, a piece of himself; and not to love her is as unnatural as to hate his own flesh; the near relation which is between man and wife, calls for a mutual and more than ordinary love.
Further, Marriage is a state of Love, and Love hath an unitive virtue in it; a true friend is alter ipse, another self; in respect of love between two friends, there is, as it were, but one soul in both.1 St. Austin saith, That his friend being dead, he did but dimidius vivere, live but like half a man. If there be such love between friends, how much more is it so between man and wife? Between them there are the strictest bonds, and highest degrees of friendship. A man shall leave father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, saith the Apostle,