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V
g R.
17.
Ephefiems,
Chap.;.
409
He
that
h
ath
the
Son
bath
life.
John 6. 34.
He that
eateth
my
y
?efh
fhai
live
by
me:
d
c,r
as
we cannot have
the
ftrength
of
bread,
unleflè wee
ear
the
ful
ttancc
of
it
:
So we cannot have the
ftrength
of
Chrift,
un-
leffe we
lay
hold
of
his
perfon from
whom
it floweth.
Which
is
to
be
markedagaintt
fuch
as
have taught
that
wee have
yr
r;
no communion
with Chrilthimfelfè
in
the
fimple word
by
faith,but
We
have a
onely
with
his
benefits and
cffecruall
working
in
us
:
contrary to the
communion
h
exprefle
word
ofGod,
which
tels
us,that Chrift
Jefus
the
Son
of
God
the
venue
of
dwelsin our hearts
and foules
:
z
Cor.i3.5.
Know
ye not
that Chrifl is
chriff,but
in
you except
yet
be
reprobates
?
Gal.
z.
zo.
niece,
yet
not
I,
but
Chri/i
with
his
pa-
livethin
me.
John 6
He
that
eateth
my
flefh
anddrinketb
my blood,
dwel-
leth
in
me
and
I in
him.
Itfhould
flirte
us
up
to
feeke
Chrift
hi
na
lell
,
and
to
make
lure
Pl
a.
of
16in,
feeing
without
wee have him in
us
weé
can have no benefit
by
him.Now
he
comes to
us in
the preaching
of
the Gofpel,
and offers
himfelfe
to
us.
Behold, I
Rand at the
doore
and
knock,
if
any
man will
o.
Revd
;
ry
pen
to me,
I
will
come
and
f
appe
with him.
Now if
wee open
the doore
of
our hearts to him,
to
delire, love
and
imbrace him above all,
as
he
offers
bimfelfe
to
us
,
then will
he make
entrance into
our
foules
and
bodies,
as
into
his
Temple,
where
bee
will
dwell
for
e-
ver.
The
fecond
thing to be
marked is,that he wifheth
Chrift
may dwell
D
°R;
in
them,
giving
us
to
confider
What
(trait
ConiunHion
and
neere
fa-
isa
Hoer
,
roniunßion,
There
minority
there groweth
twixt
atilt
and
the beleeving
Saule.
Job.
15.
S.
between cehúR'
I
am the
vine
,
ye
are the
branches; He
that
abideth
in
me
,
and
I
in
and the
behc-
him, bringeth
forth
much
fruit.
Joh.
6.56.
He
that
eateth
my
Alb
and
vssgfouie.
drinketh
my blood
,
d
velleth
in
me
and
1
in him. Hence are
thofe
fweet
relations
of
Head and
members, Husband and
fpoufe, King
and.fub-
)efts,
&c.
All which doe
give
us
to
confider
of
this
point; How
neere a
Communion the
beleeving
Souk
hath with Chrift
Jefus.
But
for the betterunderfianding
of
ir,
you
mnft
know, that this dwel-
Itinclueltrh;
ling in
us
doth
infold thefe three things.
things.
a.
A prefence,for
Chrift
not onely
as
God
is
with
us
to
the
end
of
the
world, but
as
man ,
though
he
is
locally
con-
tained
in
the
Heavens, yet
he
is
Ipiritually prefent
to
our
fpirits beleeving.
a.
It
noteth the
efficacy
of
Chrift
in us,
viz.
how that
Chrift doth
put
forth the
efficacy
of
his Spirit in us, fo
that
not
we
live,
but Chrift
in
us.
Gal.z.zo.
3.
Itfignifyeth
the conftancy
of
this
effeftuall prefence,
for
dwelling
is
not to
tajee
a
nights lodging here or there,
but to
make
aboade:
So true it
is
that
where
Chrift
once
I0hn
x311
latieth,
he
leveth
to
the end
:
and
where he commeth, he
makes his aboad
for
ever.
Which doth teach
us
firft a difference
betwixt the Hypocrite
and
y¡
a.
the
true
belcever,
they
may have
a
tafte, a
licke and
away
of
Chrift.
Heb.6. 1. but
they cannot come to this,
to
have
Chrift
dwell
in
Nn3
them:
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