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Blessed unions. An union with the son of God by faith. And, an union…
Blessed unions. An union with the son of God by faith. And, an union in the church of God by love, importunately pressed; in a discourse which makes divers offers, for those unions; together with a copy of those articles, where-upon a most happy union, has been lately made between those two eminent parties in England, which have now changed the names of Presbyterians, and Congregationals, for that of United Brethren. / By Cotton Mather ; [Six lines from Mead]
Boston: printed by B. Green for Samuel Phillips, 1692
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Preliminary I.
Praeliminary I.
The whole Undivided Adorable Trinity is concerned in the Union which Believers have with the Lord Jesus Christ. This UNION is the Grand Scriptural Mystery; and (avoiding undue Images in our minds) it may be thus Illustrated.
You may suppose God the Father as a Sacred Root; suppose the Lord Jesus Christ, as a Trunk issuing from it; suppose the Holy Spirit, as a Sap running thro' it; suppose our selves to be, [and O that we may be!] the Branches thereunto belonging; and suppose our Good Works to be the Fruits in this way produced. Here is a little Image of this Blessed UNION! Our Union is with God the Father; thus we read, in 1 Joh.4.16. He that dwelleth in Love, dwelleth in God, and God in him. Our Union is with God the Spirit; so we read in Rom. 8. 11. If the Spirit of Him that Raised up Jesus from the Dead, dwell in you. And our Union is with ⟨p. 6⟩the Lord Jesus Christ; hence 'tis said in Eph. 3. 17. That Christ may dwell i your Hearts. The Term of Dwelling is that whereby the Scripture in those and more places, denotes this Union. In this Union we become Temples for the whole Trinity; there is an ineffable Concurrence of all the Three Persons in the Eternal God-head, therein to take possession of us. Briefly, […] renders us Children to God the Father, Pupils to God the Spirit, and Member of the Lord Jesus Christ.