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The saints dignity and duty· Together with the danger of ignorance and hardness. /…The saints dignitie and dutie· Together with the danger of ignorance and hardnesse. /…
The saints dignity and duty· Together with the danger of ignorance and hardness. / Delivered in several sermons: by that reverend divine, Thomas Hooker, late preacher in New-England.The saints dignitie and dutie· Together with the danger of ignorance and hardnesse. / Delivered in severall sermons: by that reverend divine, Thomas Hooker, late preacher in New-England.
London: printed by G.D. for Francis Eglesfield, 1651
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Another is, Because the virtue, efficacy, life, and operation of Christ is in them, as the tree, or the root may be said to be in the branches; because the life and sap of the tree is put forth in the branches: So my brethren, is Christ said to be in the soul of every believer, because the virtue and influence of Christ is working in them, as truly as it is in himself, only differing in regard of degrees and perfection.
Another is, Because the vertue, efficacie, life, and operation of Christ is in them, as the tree, or the root may be said to be in the branches; because the life and sap of the tree is put forth in the branches: So my brethren, is Christ said to be in the soul of every beleever, because the vertue and influence of Christ is working in them, as truly as it is in himself, onely differing in regard of degrees and perfection.
Now for the fuller illustration of the Point, give me leave in the last place to show you the means whereby Christ is in all them that are justified: They are these two.
Now for the fuller illustration of the Point, give me leave in the last place to shew you the means whereby Christ is in all them that are justified: They are these two.
First, the grace of Faith: For this in-being of Christ in all justified persons, is the consequent of their union with him: ⟨p. 50⟩Now by faith they are joined to Christ, and Christ being joined to them, and they to him, Christ is in them, as well as they in him. Therefore in that forenamed place, Eph. 3.17. Christ is said to dwell in our hearts by faith.