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The works of William Bridge, sometime fellow of Emmanuel College in Cambridge, now preacher…The vvorks of William Bridge, sometime fellow of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge, now preacher…
The works of William Bridge, sometime fellow of Emmanuel College in Cambridge, now preacher of the Word of God at Yarmouth. The third volume. [sic] Viz. 1. The spiritual life, and in-being of Christ in all believers. 2. The woman of Canaan.The vvorks of William Bridge, sometime fellow of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge, now preacher of the Word of God at Yarmouth. The third volumn. [sic] Viz. 1. The spiritual life, and in-being of Christ in all believers. 2. The woman of Canaan.
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1649
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Again, Though Christ be really united unto each Believer, yet it is no Personal Union, as the Hypostatical Union is. A man is a Person before he is United so unto Christ by the spirit: but now Christs Soul and Body, they were not a Person before United unto the Second Person: but the Soul and Body of Christ, and the second Person in the Trinity United together make up one Person. I say, that is a Personal Union, all making up but one Person. But now a Believer, he is a Person before his Union with Christ by the spirit; he is a Person, a Wicked Person, but he is a Person.
Again, Though Christ be really united unto each Beleever, yet it is no Personal Union, as the Hypostatical Union is. A man is a Person before he is United so unto Christ by the spirit: but now Christs Soul and Body, they were not a Person before United unto the Second Person: but the Soul and Body of Christ, and the second Person in the Trinitie United together make up one Person. I say, that is a Personal Union, all making up but one Person. But now a Beleever, he is a Person before his Union with Christ by the spirit; he is a Person, a Wicked Person, but he is a Person.
Again, The Union that is between Christ and a Believer, it is in respect of the other Union, an Accidental Union, Christ United unto the soul by Faith, by the intervening of Grace and Accidents. But now the second Person was United unto our Nature, and unto our Flesh, not by the intervening of any Grace, or any Accident, but their Substance was United unto Substance by the Second Person. I say, it was not an Union by the intervening of any Grace: for though all graces were in Christ, yet the union of the second Person to our flesh, is not by the intervening of any Grace, Faith or the like: but now our union to Christ is by the intervening of Grace, (of faith) and so this union is but an Accidental union in regard of that.
Again, The Union that is between Christ and a Beleever, it is in respect of the other Union, an Accidental Union, Christ United unto the soul by Faith, by the intervening of Grace and Accidents. But now the second Person was United unto our Nature, and unto our Flesh, not by the intervening of any Grace, or any Accident, but their Substance was United unto Substance by the Second Person. I say, it was not an Union by the intervening of any Grace: for though all graces were in Christ, yet the union of the second Person to our flesh, is not by the intervening of any Grace, Faith or the like: but now our union to Christ is by the intervening of Grace, (of faith) and so this union is but an Accidental union in regard of that.