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Of domesticall duties eight treatises. I. An exposition of that part of Scripture out…
Of domesticall duties eight treatises. I. An exposition of that part of Scripture out of which domesticall duties are raised. ... VIII. Duties of masters. By William Gouge.
London: printed by John Haviland for William Bladen, 1622London: printed by Iohn Haviland for William Bladen, 1622
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§. 72. Of the privilege of our union with Christ in the time of death.
§. 72. Of the priuiledge of our vnion with Christ in the time of death.
The privilege which the Saints receive by their union with Christ in the time of death (even all that time that passeth from the departure of the Saints out of this world unto the general Resurrection) is admirable: for when body and soul are severed one from another, neither soul nor body are separated from Christ, but both remain united to him: even as, when Christs body and soul were by death severed one from another, neither his soul, nor his body were separated from the Deity, but both remained united thereunto. This inviolable bond that holdeth the Saints, (yea, even their very bodies as well as their souls) united to Christ in death, is the benefit of a spiritual union. If our union with Christ were corporeal, it could not be so.
The priuiledge which the Saints receiue by their vnion with Christ in the time of death (euen all that time that passeth from the departure of the Saints out of this world vnto the generall Resurrection) is admirable: for when body and soule are seuered one from another, neither soule nor body are separated from Christ, but both remaine vnited to him: euen as, when Christs body and soule were by death seuered one from another, neither his soule, nor his body were separated from the Deitie, but both remained vnited thereunto. This inuiolable bond that holdeth the Saints, (yea, euen their very bodies as well as their soules) vnited to Christ in death, is the benefit of a spirituall vnion. If our vnion with Christ were corporeall, it could not be so.