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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.
they have but the naked letter of it, which commands, but helps not: Nay, their corruption is accidentally irritated by it; their inward malignity swells and rises against the holy commands which stand in Scripture, as so many dams and bars to their impetuous lusts: Hence they bring forth nothing but fruit unto death; what they seem to do in Gods service, they do only in the oldness of the letter, in the external work, without a spirit or principle for it. The regenerate are dead to the Law, and married to Christ; they are not under the curse of the Law, but pardoned in Christ; they have not the mere outward letter only, but the quickening spirit; they are not irritated by the command, but delight in it as in their joy and treasure: Hence they bring forth fruit unto God; they serve him in newness of spirit, in the suavity of internal holy principles; their good works are not brought forth in bondage and servility, but by a free spirit, and in the easiness of the new creature. We see here, ⟨p. 67⟩that the progeny of good works issues not out of nature or the letter of the Law, but out of a conjunction and spiritual marriage with Christ, who by his Holy Spirit quickens Believers to bear holy fruits.
they have but the naked letter of it, which commands, but helps not: Nay, their corruption is accidentally irritated by it; their inward malignity swells and rises against the holy commands which stand in Scripture, as so many dams and bars to their impetuous lusts: Hence they bring forth nothing but fruit unto death; what they seem to do in Gods service, they do only in the oldness of the letter, in the external work, without a spirit or principle for it. The regenerate are dead to the Law, and married to Christ; they are not under the curse of the Law, but pardoned in Christ; they have not the meer outward letter only, but the quickning spirit; they are not irritated by the command, but delight in it as in their joy and treasure: Hence they bring forth fruit unto God; they serve him in newness of spirit, in the suavity of internal holy principles; their good works are not brought forth in bondage and servility, but by a free spirit, and in the easiness of the new creature. We see here, ⟨p. 67⟩that the progeny of good works issues not out of nature or the letter of the Law, but out of a conjunction and spiritual marriage with Christ, who by his Holy Spirit quickens Believers to bear holy fruits.