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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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If Sameness of spirit be the third being, then God in Christ giving his Spirit in a word of grace on the one part; and the Soul receiving passively that Spirit of grace (as an empty vessel receiveth oil) on the other part, are the bands of union.
If Sameness of spirit be the third being, then God in Christ giving his Spirit in a word of grace on the one part; and the Soul receiving passively that Spirit of grace (as an empty vessel receiveth oyl) on the other part, are the bands of union.
When the body mystical is looked at, as that third being, then Christ in the gift of the grace of faith, giving himself as our God actually, is the band on his part; and either the Souls receiving of Christ actually, in its passive receipt of faith, or ⟨p. 289⟩actively, by the act of faith, is respectively the band on our part.
When the body mysticall is looked at, as that third being, then Christ in the gift of the grace of faith, giving himselfe as our God actually, is the band on his part; and either the Souls receiving of Christ actually, in its passive receipt of faith, or ⟨p. 289⟩actively, by the act of faith, is respectively the band on our part.
When we look at this union,1 in the third being of a Spiritual Marriage-estate, the consent of Christ manifested by his infusion of his Spirit, is the band on his part; and the act of faith drawn forth by the power of assisting grace (whereby we receive, and take Christ as our Husband) is the band on our part.