Mt 1 Ofthe ¡oyes o fheaven. 907 haue communion with him in all his excellencies and perfe- &ions. Andwhen this communion wasdiflòlued andbro_ kenoffby the fall ofour fiat parents, and our Pinnes had fe- parated betweene our God andvs, becaufe our bodies andEfay f9.a. foulesbeing corrupted and defiled with fin andwickednes, were snore fit tobe the habitations anddwelling places of thewicked and vncleane fpirits; then the templesof theho- ly Ghofl; then the Lord louingvs as hiscreatures ordained toglorie,with an eternall lorte, and taking compaffion of ourmiferable condition,fent his tonné into the world to bee our mediatour, and to repaire this communion betweene himandvs,bytaking our nature vpon him, and vniting it to thediuine nature, that fo it being vnited to his Deitie,and we tohisHumanitie, bythis mediation and bond we might be reunitedunto him, and that much more perfe6lly then in our firacreation. So that the bond ofour unionwith God is our SauiourChril 's,who being God and man, byhis hu- mane nature affumed,vniteth vs to God, and by his diuine nature affuming,vniteEh God vntovs, and by verrueofthis vnion makethkspartakers ofGod, and to haue communion with him in all hisgoodneffe and diuine excellencies,and to become againe the habitations ofGod, and the temples of his holy fpirit. Now the meanes wherebywe arevnitedvn- toChrifi,he becomming our head, and wethe members of his bodie, arenot onelyhis affuming of our nature, but alfo our receiuing of his fpirit, whereby being vnited vino Chrifl,and becomming one with him, as thehead& mem- bers ofthebodyareone,becaufc theyare informed with the fame foule, wee are quickned thereby and doe linethe a life s Gal.e.so. ofChref¡,as the Apofilefpeaketh. So t isPaid, that wee bareCOi3.? 4 built together to be the habitationofGod b the'pit*, tüate 67 phc.s.ss. one iriitweare baptized onto one bed. that a'hee sebo it in ved d .Cor. r s.t;. with the Lord,itone q fritwith him; andcontratíwif ,that he = Jt°m g 9 whobathnot the fpiritof Chrift, the fame is none ofhis. The which communion betweene God and vs"throw h Ìefus Chtifi,is begun in this life, truly, though in refpe& of the degree, it be weakand imperfe& :for as wehintreceiued but thefiat finitesofthe fpirit, fo wee hauebut a finali and weake
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