~02 A general Vie"JJ of State IlJ, the mother's belly, Gal. iv. 19· He is the/oundation, I Cor. iii. I I. they are tht lively jloneJ built upon bin), I Pet. ii . . , 5· I:fcis~heheadandtheythebody, Eph.i .22,23; Nay, he hveth .m them, as their very fouls in their bo«:ltes, · Gal. ~ ii. 20. And, what is more than afl .this, they arc one in the' Father and the Son, as the :f.ather is in Cbrift, and Chrift in the Father, John xvii. 21. That 1 they all ·may be one, a.r thou Father art in mt, and I in thee, that they aljo may ·, /Je one in tu. 4· Tho' it is not a mere ·Jegal union_, yet it is an tmion fuflained in larr..u. Chrifi: as the c.autioner, the Chriftian as the principal debtor, are one in the eye of•the h\Y. When .the .deet,had l'UD themfelv-e-s, With the refl: of mar.kind, in debt to the .jufiice of God, · Chri!t became furety for them, · · and paid the debt. When ·they believe on him, they ate uoited . tE> him in .a fpirirual ·marria~e , unian; which takes ' effect fo f.ar, . t~at .what he did and fuffared for •themri-s rec– koned in law as if they had done a<Od fu!fered it themfelves. ·Hence they .are ,faid to•be crucified .rwith C,$rijl, \GaJ..ii. ·zo._ ·/Juniedcwith lhmz, Col.·ii. ~'2. ye{}, ·raifed·up together; na-me– ly, .with Chrifi, amJ. made •!O':ftt- together in ·heavM'IJ placli in yh·rifl Jefiu, :Eph. ii. 6. Jin . which places •faints on .earth. of whom the -apofile there fpei!ks, cannot 'be 'fairl ·t:o · be :fitting, but in the way of·law-·reckorii~?g. 5. 1 t is an indi.ffoluhle~ union. :once i:n ·Chrifi, ever in l1im. · ~HalVing taken up his -habita-tion·in th-e heirt', ··he ·ne– ·ver removes. 'None can •unty this -ha·ppy ·knot. 'Who will difToive this union ? Will •he himfe!f do it ·? No, he wiH pot; we have 'his word for it, -1 ".JJil!mt turn a<p.Jay frrml. ·tffem, jer. xxxii, 40. 'But perlN~f'S ·the firmer will, rlo this ·mifchief to bimfelf; no, he !hall oot; tf,,ryJhalht6t depart fPo1lt me, faith their-God, ilid. Can devils do it? No, un– lefs they be Hronoer than Chti11, and his Father too; Nei– 'ther jh~!l any m~n plucf. ·them out of my -hand, faith -onr -Lord, ]?!m x ..28. !fnd none ii a'b/11 topluck. them ou·t of ~'P' .father's band, ver. ?9'·. But, ·1vhat'fay ·you of cea:rb. whtch p<trts hufband and wtfe, )'ea, fepataltes the foul fr\lm the body? \Vrll not cl~ath do tt? 'No; the apofl:le, Rt~m. ,~jii. 38, 39· is perfitaded ·that neith1erdeath, (as terrible as it is;) nor li.l't. (as defirable as it is;) nor devils, thofe e"' vil a1r.gels; nor the de~il's perfecuting agents, tho' they .h'e prm..
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