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The Christian's great interest. Or, A short treatise, divided into two parts. The first…
The Christian's great interest. Or, A short treatise, divided into two parts. The first whereof, containeth the [sic] trial of a saving interest in Christ. The second, pointeth forth plainly the [sic] way how to attain it: : Wherein somewhat is likewise spoken to the manner of express covenanting with God. / By William Guthrie, Minister of the Gospel, at New-Kilmarnock.The Christian's great interest. Or, A short treatise, divided into two parts. The first whereof, containeth te [sic] tryal of a saving interest in Christ. The second, pointeth forth plainly te [sic] way how to attain it: : Wherein somewhat is likewise spoken to the manner of express covenanting with God. / By William Guthrie, Minister of the Gospel, at New-Kilmarnock.
printed by T. Green for Nicholas Boone, 1701
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First then, I say, when a sinner closeth with Christ Jesus, (as said is) there is presently an admirable Union, a strange Oneness between God and the Man; as the Husband and Wife, Head & Body, Root and Branches are not to be reckoned two but one. So Christ, or God in Christ, and the sinner closing with him by Faith, are one, Eph. 5.30, […] He that is so joined unto the Lord ⟨p. 162⟩is one Spirit. 1 Cor. 6.17. As the Father is in the Son, and Christ in the Father; so Believers are one in the Father and the Son. They are one, as the Father and the Son are one: The Father in Christ, and Christ in Believers, that they may be made perfect in one. O! what a strange interweaving and indissoluble knot there, Joh. 17.20, —
First then, I say, when a sinner closeth with Christ Jesus, (as said is) there is presently an admirable Ʋnion, a strange Oneness between God and the Man; as the Husband and Wife, Head & Body, Root and Branches are not to be reckoned two but one. So Christ, or God in Christ, and the sinner closing with him by Faith, are one, Eph. 5.30, 〈…〉 He that is so joyned unto the Lord ⟨p. 162⟩is one Spirit. 1 Cor. 6.17. As the Father is in the Son, and Christ in the Father; so Believers are one in the Father and the Son. They are one, as the Father and the Son are one: The Father in Christ, and Christ in Believers, that they may be made perfect in one. O! what a strange interweaving and indissoluble knot there, Joh. 17.20, —