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Union of
Chrift
and his
Members,
wherein
itconfifls.
CAP.
VIII.§
:i6.
in
the
one
as
the other: only
with
this
difference, in
the Root and
Tree
it
is
197
originally, in
the
Boughs
by way
ofCnmmunication_
And this álfo
is
chofen
to
fet
out the
Union
of
Chrift, and
his.
Both
he,and
they,
are partakers
of
the
fame
fruit
«bearing Spirit; He
that
dwells in
them,
dwells
in
him alto: only
it
is in
him,
as
to
them,
originally, in
them by
Communication
from him:
Take a
Lyon
a
graft
,
a
plant,
fix
it
to
the Tree
with all the
art
you can, and
bind
it
on
as
clofe as
poflible,
yet
'tis
not
united
to
the Tree,
until!
the
Sappe
that
is
in the
Tree,
be communicated
to it,
which
communication
flutes
the Union;
Let
a
man be
bound to Chrift
by.all
the
bonds
of
profeffion
imaginable,
yet
unleffe
the
Sapp;
that
is
in him,
theHoly
and
Bleffed
Spirit,
be alfocommu-
nicated
to
him, thereis no Union between theni.
And this
is
the
firft
thing,
that
doth
iffue
and depend upon
the
.indwelling
oftheSpirit
in Believers,even
Vnion
withChrift:which
is
a
Demonftratión
of
it
a
pofteriori.
2.
The
Spirit
as
indwelling, gives
us
Life
and Ruickning
:God
ickens
our
¢:
:.
mortal!
bodges,
(or
us
in
them)
by
his
spirit,
that
dwells
in
us,
(Rom. 8.
i
i. )
by
which Spirit Chrift alto
was
railed from
the dead: and therefore the
Apofile
mentioning,in another place,the beginning and carrying
on
of
Faith
in
us,
he
faith, it
is
wrought according
to
the exceeding greatneffe
of
the power
of
God,
which
he
wrought
in
Chrif1 when he
raifedhim from
the dead, Ephef
j.
8.
NoW
this Quickning
there are two
things.
I. The Raw
primos,
or
the
Life
it
felfe
beftowed.
2.
The
Operations
of
that
Life in
them,
on whom
it
is
beftowed.
.
For the
firft, I (hall
not
pofitively
determine, what
it
is,nor wherein
it
Both
confift.
This
is
cleare
that
by
nature
we
are dead
in
trefpaffes
and
finnes.
That
in our Quickning,
we
have
a
new Spirituali
life
communicated
to
us,
and
that
from
Chrifr,
in
whom it
is
treafured
up for
that
purpofe.But what this
Life
is
it
doth not
fully appeare,whilft we
are here below.
All a&uail
Graces con
-
feffedly flow
from
it,
and are
diftin& from
it,
as
the Operations
ofit.
I
fay,in
this
fence
they
flow
from
it
confeffedly,
as
fuitable
a&ings
are from habits t
though
to
the
a&uall exercife
of
any
Grace within, new helpe and aflìftance
is
neceffary,in
that
continuall dependance are
we
upon the fountaine.
Whe-
ther
it conifts
in
that,which
is
called habituall
Grace,
or the gracious fuitable-
neffe
and difpofition
of
the
foule
unto
Spirituall
Operations,may be
doubted.
The
Apofile tells us,
cl
rif
it
our Life.Col. 3
4.
When
Chrift,
who
isour
Li fhall
appeare.
and
Gal.
2.22.
Chrift
Liveth in
me;
Chrift
liveth
in
Believers
by his
Spirit,
as
hath
been declared; Chrift
dwelleth
inyou,and his Spirit
dwelleth
in
yon,
are
expreflions
of
the
fame
import and
fignification.
But
2.
God by
his
Spirit
worketh
in
us both
to
will and
to
do,
of
his
oitsne
good
pleafure. All
vitali
a&ions
are
from
him;
it
may
be
Paid
of
Graces,and
Grati
.
ous
Operations,
as
well
as
Guifts,all thefe
worketh
in
us
that
one
andfelfefame
Spirit, dividing
to everyone
as
he
will.
(But
this
is
not
now
to
be
infifted
on.)
.
3:
The
Spirit
as
indwelling, gives
guidance'and dire
&ion
to
them,in
whomheis,
as
to
the
way wherein they
ought
to
walke. Rom:8,14.
As
viany
as are
lead
by
the Spirit
of
God:
The
Spirit leades
them
in
whom it
is
and
They are laid
to walke
after the
spirit: Now
there
is
a
twofold Leading,
Gui-
dance
or direftion.
i.
Morall
and
Extrinfecall,
the
leading
of
a
Rule.
2.
Internal!
and
Efficient,theleading
of
a
Principle.
Of
thefe,
the
one
layes
forth
the
way,
the other
dirells, and
carryes
along
in
it.
The
firft
is
the
Word,
giving
us
the
Direlfion
of
a way,
of
a
Ride;
the
latter
is
the
Spirit, effe&ually guiding
and leading
us in all
the
paths thereof.
Without
this,
the other
dire
&ion will
be
of
no
Caving
ufe,
It
may
be
line
up-
,
C
c
3
on