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…

SERMON IV

Gal. 2.20.

Doctrine Christ is in all believers Page 74 Explication How Christ may be said to be in a believer 1. By way of power ib. 2. By way of presence ib. 3. In regard of his essence ib. 4. By way of spiritual manifestation Page 75 ⟨image 8⟩5. By way of personal union ibid Objection Then a believer may say, I am Christ Answered 1. This union is a voluntary not a natural act Page 78 2. It is by contact, not by composition ibid 3. It is by application, not by mixture Page 79 4. There is a great difference between the in-being of a spiritual thing in a material, and the in-being of one material thing in another ibid Objection What difference is there between this union and and the hypostatical union? Answered 1 Though we are united, yet are we not assumed Page 81 2 There is no personal Union. ibid 3 It is accidental ibid 4 It is only to make him a member of the body, not a Mediator Page 82 Object. How doth it appear that Christ is really in the soul of a Believer? Answ. 1 Faith lays hold upon Christ Himself Page 83 2 Christ is in a Believer as a Believer is in Christ ibid 3 How would there else be three that bear witness ib.

Doctrine Christ is in all beleevers Page 74 Explication How Christ may be said to be in a beleever 1. By way of power ib. 2. By way of presence ib. 3. In regard of his essence ib. 4. By way of spiritual manifestation Page 75