Chap.r.Selt.II . L()oking tmto 1efru. Book.lV. Parr.V. 861 ofthe Spirit in me, though not M Prter, Thom.u, &c. But I anfwer, this follows not; for thotJgh the Spirit be real~ ly united to a·beleeve,rs fpirit, fo th~t ?e may fay with th~ ~pofrle he that is joy lied to the Lord u one Spmt, or hath one Spmt; yet t . h . . . l .n. d l .a. d . 1 or.6, 17• firfi t 1s umon ts avo untary a~.-L, an not a natura a~.-L, an tn that' refpeet the Spirit may unite himfc:lfe to the fou~ fo far as he pleafeth, and no further: And certainly thus far he tst)Ot pleaf. ed to unite himfelfe to a beleever, as that a beIeever fuould fay properly, I am the Spirit; or I ~m equal with. GQd i~J .refp~Cl. of the Spirit; for then a beleever m1ght beworlhtpped With dmne worfuip. 2. This union is by way of application, and not by way ofmixture; if an·heape of wheate and a fione fuould be joyned together, there is an union, they make both one heape; but the wheat cannot fay I am aftone, nor can the frone fay '1 am whw, becaufe this union is only by way of application; but if wine and water fuould be joyned together, then every part may fay,I am water, and I am wine, becaufe this union is not 'only by application, but by way of mixture. Certainly there is a great union betwixt the Spirit and a beleevers foul,yet cannot the beleever fay properly, I am the Spirit, or I am equal with Goa, becaufe their union is only by way ofapplication, and not by way ofmixture. , 2. ob. No more was the union of Chrill· as God, with o~r nature as man, any union by way ofmixture, yet could he fay I 11m God, 11nd I am mav. But I anfwer, Chrifis union was·not only fpiritual or myfiical, but hypoftatical or perfon:d ; and in that refpe~ though there was no mixture, yet there was fuch an union as cannot be parallel'd in all the world. Our fauls unien with the Spirit ofChrift goes very far, and indeed fo far as we carmot cxpreffe it, though we had the tongues, and heads, and hearts, ofmen and Angels; y~t comes it fhort of that union betwixt the fecond perfon in the Trinity, and the foul and ·body of Chrift. his union was perfonal, but fo is not ours : a beleever is a perfo~ bef01:e he i10 united to the Spirit ofChrill; but now Chrifts foul and body were not a perfon before united to the perfon of the Godhead. Go we therefore as far as we can, and I {halt ea!il y yeeld that our union with the Spirit is a true, real, effential, fubftantial,. fpiritual, invilible, myftical, intimate, union, yet is it not a perfonal, or hypoftatical union ; the Spirit doth not R. r r r r 3 ·· affum~:
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