of Chrifi in all Bekevers. 77 give him barely the Fruit : So it is abundantly more grace inGod, to give a man the holy Ghoft it Self, rather than togive him only the Gifts and the Graces of the holyGhoft. And indeed, What greater Comfort can there be than this ? That Beleevers are not only made partakers of the Gifts and Graces of theholy Ghoil,but of ChriaHimfelf, Chat really in all Beleevers, by his Spirit? You will fay unto me, But how can this be ? we have ordi- Objet. narily underffood it otherwaies, and fo we have beard it preached too, That Chriji in a Beleever, is nothing elfe but the Grace of Chriff and the Spirit in a Beleever, is nothing elfe but the Gifts, Graces, and Operations of the Spirit : and indeed, how can it be otherwaies ? For ifCbriIf be really united unto each Beleever, really in a Beleever by his Spirit, and Jo made one with him ; then a Beleever may fay, I am Chriff, and I am the Spirit ; Which is Montanifme, and which is Blafphemy : and therefore, how can this be, that Chrifi is really united to each Beleever by his Spi- rit, and really in a Beleever by his Spirit ? I confefs this is very hard to underhand : and when I confider the In-Being of Chrift in a Beleever, I remember that {tory that is written concerning Au ; That wal- kingby the Sea-fide, he faw a Boy take a Muffel (hell, and go to the Sea, carrying water with his Muff-el-hien into a Ditch that was by, out ofthe Sea into the fmall trench : He asked the Boy, what he would do ? Saies he, I will empty all the Sea into that Ditch : And he Smiles, and told him he could not do it : Saies he, No more able are you, with the Maffei- fhel of your Underttanding, to carry out theOcean of theTrinity in a fmall TraEtate and Oil- courfe of your own. And what is our Underhanding, but as a little Mull-el-then in regard ofChrill, and theglo- ryof theTrinity ? Surely, we are not able with this little. Muffel-fhell, for to carry out all the depth ofthis Truth in a fmall DifeourCe. But it isa great Myiiery. Are ye able to tell me, How the Child is formed in the Mothers womb? Or, are ye able to tell me, How the Soul is United to the Body ? Who then can tell exaftly, HowChrist is United to Anfw.
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