---~~--------~-'\ 2'90 Book IV.. ·f..Oiki'IJg tl#to tjej~ts, Chap.I.Setft.-5 1 Cor. 6.1 7 1 Sam.1 8. 1 IC~. 6z. f. J ob 15·5• J .Cor.I%. U · Gal,:\zo fo thtreby we are·alfo united te the ilroine nature; yea,the per: i6n ofthe believer i5-indiffolubty united-to the glorious perfon of th~ Son of G~d. - Now concerning this union, 'f-Or ou~ better underftanding obferve thefe four things. , ,"<' -~- • . , · ., I ·. It is a rnoft real anion ' it ·is not a meer notronal at1d in~- telb~l:ual union , th_at c'onfifi:s onely in th_e ?nderft_andi.ng', -a.rid without the underfi.andmg t_s nothwg\ tt ts not an imagin~ry tl1ing, that hath no other bemg but onely in the brain ( no'; ·:ii(r, it !sa true , real , effential, fubfta:ntial union; In naturaltfn!G.trs · 1 confeife there lT!aY. be more evidence , but there cannot be more truth; fpir.imaiAgerits.fit!ither have, rror put forth leffe vertue, becatife fenfe cannot difeern their manner of working; even the ltlad-fione, though au earthen fuhfiance, yet when it is out of flght, whether upder t!-Je Table, or hehind a folid patrition , it ftirrc£h the heedte It~ effectually as if it were within vieW. Sh'atl ,- not he contrail! itt his.fenfes i that will .fay, it t.rnnot work, 6ecaufe I fee it not ? Oh my Saviour! thou art more mine , then niy body is mine, · my Jenfe feels that prefent, but fo'as that I muft lofe it.; but my faid1 fo feels, and fees thee prefent with me, as that I iliall never be parted from thee. .2. It is a v-ery neare union; you will fay how near! ifan Angel were to fpeak co.you,pe ~annor fully fa tisfie you in this; only as farre as our underfianding can reach it, and the creatures can ferveto iH~firate thefc things, take it thus. Whatfoevcr by way efcompari(on ~an be alledged concerning the combination ofany one thingwith ailother;that,and ~uch more may b~ [aid ofour u<- r.ion ~ ith Jefm Chrift. To gtv~ mftance out ofthc Stripture; ' fee what one fttck is to another betngglewed together; 'fee what one friend is to anotb.er, as J~nathnn and D11vid, who were f.tid ··co be woivm , rmtl!frint each one to other; fee Ilow neer thefathtr and the child are ; bow nearthe husban1 and the wife are'; fe~' what union.is between- the branches And the V ine, the members . and .&he he:td · na'' one thirneb mor~: · fee Wha·t 'the foul is EO the ' J r . h d body;fuch isChhfl: ,and fo m~ans C rift, an nearer to the petfon ofevery true believer, 1/ivr,y.ft'mt 1 ( faith <]>lui / ) 'but Chrift liverh inme,<j .d.as the foul is to the body-of a natural mao ,that ads and enlivensit naturally ,fo is Jefus.G'hrift to_my foul and' body.O ~!Jer~ is a fua~ve!Jous ne~ne1fe1n this myffical union. ~ . - . . .. - . ~ 3. It
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