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The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few…
The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few whereof are much opposed and eclipsed in this perilous hour of the passion of the Gospel) are briefly discussed, cleared, and confirmed: as a further help, for the begetting, and establishing of the faith which is in Jesus. As also the state of the blessed, where; of the condition of their souls from the instant of their dissolution: and of their persons after their resurrection. By John Norton, teacher of the church at Ipswich in New England.The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few whereof are much opposed and eclipsed in this perillous hour of the passion of the Gospel) are briefly discussed, cleared, and confirmed: as a further help, for the begeting, and establishing of the faith which is in Jesus. As also the state of the blessed, where; of the condition of their souls from the instant of their dissolution: and of their persons after their resurrection. By John Norton, teacher of the church at Ipswich in New England.
London: printed by John Macock for Henry Cripps, 1654
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Of this mystical Union between Christ, and believers, we read often in the Scripture, sometime in proper and plain terms, That they may be one, as we are, Joh. 17.11. He that is joined to the Lord is one Spirit, 1 Cor. 6.17.
Of this mystical Union between Christ, and beleevers, we read often in the Scripture, sometime in proper and plain termes, That they may be one, as we are, Joh. 17.11. He that is joyned to the Lord is one Spirit, 1 Cor. 6.17.
Sometimes in elegant and lively Metaphors, first of a Vine and branches, Joh. 15.1, 2. I am the true Vine, and my Father is the Husbandman, Every branch, &c.
2 Of Implantation, Rom. 6.5. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection. Christ here is represented under the similitude of a Plant, for as a Plant that is set into the earth, seemeth to lye dead, and is unmoveable for a time, but after springs up and flourisheth, so as other Plants sprout forth, grow up, and are nourished thereby, as we see in Ivy and Mistletoe: So Christs body lay dead in the grave for a while, but afterward sprung up and re-flourished in his Resurrection, as that Plant of renown, with whom, we being planted together, grow up by his grace.