' ~26 How afinner iJ ingrafted into Chrifi. State III. look again, with the eye of faith, which proves the healing look. AsAaron•.r rod, laid_up in the·taberizacle, budded, and hrought forth buds, Nt~m. xvii. 8. fo the dead branch appre· hen'ded by the Lord of life~ put into, and bound up with the glorious qui,ck~pingflock , by the Spirit of life, buds forth in' adual believing oo.Jeflis Chtifi, whereby tbis union is com– pleted. l¥e having the fame fpirit offaith-believe, 2 Cor. iv. . 1 ~. Thus the Hock an(the graft are united, Chrift and the Chrifhan are married; faith being the fouls confent to the fpiritual m.arriage~covenant, which, as it is propofed in the gofpe1 to mankiad finners indefinitely, fo it is demon– itrated, attefted, and brought home, to the man in particu lar, by the holy Spirit ;' an'd fo he, being joined to the L(}rd, iJ.. one fpirit V.:ith him. · Hereby , a believer lives in and for Chdfl, and Chfifi lives in .andfor the believer, Gal. i i. 28 I am· crucijiedwith Chrifi. Neverthelefl, I h·ve,yet not I, but Chrifl /iveth in me, : Hof. iii.. 3. 'Thou}haft not befor another man, fo will I ~lfo be flr ihee. The bonds then of this~blelfed union are, the Spirit on Chrifr's part, and faith on,:the believer's part. . No~, both the fouls and bodies of b.elievers are united to. Chrifi. He that is joined to the Lord i1 .one fptrit, I Cor9 vi. 17.- The very bodies of believer:s have this honour put upon them: that they are·the temples ofthe h-:J/y Ghofi, vet. I 9. and the metnberJ ofChr~fJ, v,er . 1 5. \\:he~ :' ~h~y fleep in the dufl, they jl~ep in Jefus, •·Thdf. iv . 14. .And it is inj virtue of this union, they fhall be ralfed up out of the duft . again~ Rom. viii. i 1 • .f-fejhall quickenyour :mortal bodie1, /;y hiJ Spirii that dwelh:th ·;,iyou . · Io token of this myfhcd union, the ' church of b.elievers ..i~ ca!Jed by the name of her head and hufo'and, 1 Co'r. x.ii. 12. For as the body is one, tmd' hath man,l 1Jtemberi,~fo aljo.iJ_Chrijl. Us x. From 'What is ,(aid, we may draw. thefe following infer'erxei. ~ ·· · · . · ,t,, The preaching- ofthe' law is mofi ne,cdfary. He that · would in~r'aft. . mufi .needs ufe the fnedding knife. Sinners h~ve ma;y .nli<fts ·. to '' keep 'them fro i11 Chrifi'; many thjngs by ~hich they keep therr hold,'of the natura/flock. thererol'.~ · they hcve need to , be dofe.fy pCnfued, and hunted out . of their fculking hoh:s; . and.refuge oflieJ. . . · 2 . Yet it is fqe gofpe/that crowns the work; the law· · ~ m4!.o
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