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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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Union is the conjunction of the Person of Christ,1 and the Person of the Believer, into one third being; whence ariseth an everlasting relation, and answerable communion of Head and Members, between Christ and the Believer for ever.
Union is the conjunction of the Person of Christ,1 and the Person of the Beleever, into one third being; whence ariseth an everlasting relation, and answerable communion of Head and Members, between Christ and the Beleever for ever.
- 1What Union is.
As in Marriage (the type of this Union) the consent of Parents, and Parties, is the efficient cause; So here, the will of God the Father, the will of Christ, and the voluntary consent of the Believer, caused by the operation of the Spirit, are the efficient cause of this Marriage.
As in Marriage (the type of this Union) the consent of Parents, and Parties, is the efficient cause; So here, the will of God the Father, the will of Christ, and the voluntary consent of the Beleever, caused by the operation of the Spirit, are the efficient cause of this Marriage.
God the Father from all eternity, hath willed the Incarnation and Marriage of his Son, unto the Elect.