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A61377	The mystical union of believers with Christ, or, A treatise wherein that great mystery and priviledge of the saints union with the Son of God is opened in the nature, properties, and necessity of it, the way how it is wrought, and the principal Scripture-similitudes whereby it is illustrated, together with a practical application of the whole / by Rowland Stedman ...	Stedman, Rowland, 1630?-1673.	1668 (1668)	Wing S5375; ESTC R22384	295,630	498

non omnibus sed iis qui in illum aspiciebant Non quod aspectus medicamentum esset sed quod virtus serpentis per aspectum in iis sanitatem operaretur Ita Christas in cruce exaltatus virtutem passionis suae in iis exercet qui credunt in ipsum Tolet. in Rom. 3. Rom. 3.24 25. Faith doth not justifie a sinner as the hand of a labourer doth enrich him but as the hand of a beggar * Non ut manus laborantis sed ut manus mendicantis Fidem dicimus justificare correlativè hoc est per modum instrumenti quod justitiam evangelicam extra nos in Christo constitutam apprehendit nobis applicat Wendel system majus who is enriched by a free gift which he receiveth with his hand We are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by virtue of the satisfaction which he hath made faith only doth knit us legally unto Christ and implant us into him that we may receive the benefit of that satisfaction 1 Cor. 6.11 Act. 13.39 Rom. 5.1 9 10. 2. Set upon the discharge of those duties which are upon this account to be discharged That is to say 1. Bless the Lord for the manifestation of this great mystery and that your lot is fallen in such times and places when and where it is discovered and set open before your eyes For as the Apostle speaketh It is a mystery which hath been kept hid from ages and generations but is now made manifest unto his Saints To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles which is Christ in you the hope of glory Whom we preach warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus Col. 1.26 27 28. 2. Adore the condescention and grace of our Lord Jesus who was pleased to humble himself to come down to us that we might be exalted unto a state of oneness with him Especially if thou art partaker of this grace how should thy heart be ravished in the contemplation of it Thou shouldst be ready to cry out with an holy astonishment of Spirit as David in another case 2 Sam. 7.18 Who am I O Lord God my Redeemer and my Saviour Where is any loveliness in my person or what have I deserved at thy hands that thou hast brought me hitherto 3. Take heed to your selves that you do not fall short of this grace and priviledge Labour every day more and more to clear it up to the consolation of your hearts that you have the Son by being united unto the Son And to that purpose besides what hath been mentioned already seriously weigh and ponder these three further evidential properties of such as are in Jesus 1. If you be knit unto Christ you will be sharers with him in all his concernments You will be affected with his interest and affairs as if it were your own If Christ be advanced it will rejoyce your hearts and if his name be dishonoured or his glory be ecclipsed it will bring trouble and sadness upon your spirits If you are in Christ you will joyn interests with him and you will have * Amici sunt qui simul laetantur commodis contristantur adversis quibus eadem bona malae sunt qui sunt iisdem amici inimici common friends and enemies with the Lord Jesus You will be able to say in a measure with Paul it matters not what becomes of my secular concernments so that Christ be magnified Phil. 1.20 And with David The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell upon me And in another place Do not I hate them that hate thee O Lord Am not I grieved with them that rise up against thee I hate them with a perfect hatred I count them mine enemies Psal 139.21 22. 2. If you are ingraffed into Christ you will not walk in any way of ungodliness whatsoever For whosoever abideth in him sinneth not i.e. he doth not sin allowedly and presumptuously at the rate as wicked men sin Compare 1 Joh. 3.6 with 2 Sam. 22.22 23. 3. Lastly If you are united to the Son of God you will not only readily close with his word but continue stedfast and unmoveable therein unto the end Joh. 15.7 If you abide in me and my words abide in you 1 Joh. 2.5 Whoso keepeth his word in him verily is the love of God perfected Hereby we know that we are in him Whoso keepeth his word that is he that hideth it as a treasure in his heart and walketh by the guidance of it in his wayes and will not part with the word nor with the way of holiness therein prescribed notwithstanding all assaults and opp sitions of men and devils In him verily is the love of God perfected i.e. then it doth appear to be love of the right kind and then it hath attained its end which is the perfection of it For to this end is the grace of love planted in the hearts of Christs seed that they may cheerfully obey his word and precepts and stick close thereunto at all times and seasons Hereby we know that we are in him that is If we keep his word and stedfastly cleave unto Christ and to the doctrines which he hath taught For as it is in the second Epistle of John v. 9. Whosoever transgresseth and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ hath not God He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ he both hath the Father and the Son Orig. hom in Gen. cap. 19. Si vis amplecti amplectere sapientiam dic sapientiam sororem tuam esse ut sapientia dicat de te Qui fecerit voluntatem Patris mei qui est in coelis hic meus frater soror mater est Quae sapientia Jesus Christus Dominus noster est cui est gloria imperium in secula seculorum Amen FINIS Courteous Reader By reason of the Authors absence from the Press many literal mistakes and some errors in pointing have happened for which a pardon of course is expected Such Errata as most disturb or alter the sense are here noted Errata PAge 2. The quotation is by the Printer misplaced p 6. l 6. for either r. one p. 22. l. 10 for compare r. comport p. 36. l. 27. r. are p. 37. l. 25. and in some other places for closs r. close p. 40. l. 22. dele un p. 61. l. 17. r. distinguished p. 85. l. 26. r. into p. 94. l. 29. r. him p. 106. in the quotation r. tentat p. 118 l. 2. r. from p. 135. l. 27. dele q.d. p. 136. l. 23. r. Temporary p. 137. l. 10. dele who in the quotation r. testes p. 149. l. 8. r. in both l. 26. r. hungring in the quotation r. unimur p. 212. l. 31. r. naturally p. 219. l. 2. l. 6 for might r. may p. 239. l. 17. r. the p. 253. In the quotation

broken and the cords of it snapt asunder If a dead branch stick to the Vine for a season yet at length the Gardiner cometh with his pruning-knife and catteth it away This is the very Metaphor whereby the dissolving of this Union is set forth John 15.2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away i.e. he cuts off with his pruning-hook and casteth them into the fire If they do not live through the vine they shall have no further being in the vine And there are three principal ways how this separation is made or this sort of union is dissolved 1. By their Apostacy and drawing back from the profession of the Faith in days of tribulation and trial for they are the usual seasons wherein carnal Professors discover themselves When God doth exercise his Church under discriminating providences as sore afflictions and persecutions for the truths sake then it appeareth who are his indeed and friends unfeigned to the truth Cum exurimur persecuti●●●ardare tunc probamur de fidei tonore Tertul. Then the living branches stick fast and such as are dead fall off and perish For this Sirs is one end which God aimeth at by bringing his Church into distress not as if he took pleasure in their smart and grief but to pare off their exuberancies and that such as are approved may be made manifest Then hypocrites mostly unstrip themselves of their covering and are discovered to be what they are Mat. 13.21 When tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word by and by they are offended Mark it They were only united to Christ by external adhaesion when the winter cometh and the frost nippeth them they wither and fall away In this sense we hold falling away from grace and apostarizing from the faith Amici ob utilitatem una cum utilitate dissolvuntur namnon sui mutuo erant amici sed utilitatis that is from common grace and the profession o● of the Faith This may serve to direct you how to judge of Apostates and backsliders either they fall but partially and God in due time will restore and bring them back by weeping cross or if they depart totally and finally from Christ The reason is because they were but dead branches in Christ and so they drop off 2. This common union is dissolved by the execution of the spiritual judgments of God upon their souls by giving them up to themselves and delivering them over to the will of Satan When persons continue long unprofitable in the Church under the Ordinances and are not spiritualized nor bettered by them God is provoked thereby to withdraw the very strivings of his Spirit from such and to let loose the reins of their corruptions which formerly were kept under to give them up to vile affections and a reprobate mind that they may make it appear to whom they really belong even to the God of this world the spirit that ruleth in the children of disobedience You read that thus he dealt with the Heathen for not living up to the dictates of the light of nature Rom. 1.24 26 28 29. Much more may it be feared when persons abuse the light of the Gospel and receive the grace of God therein manifested in vain or turn it into wantonness For as it is Heb. 6.7 8. The earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed receiveth blessing from God But that which beareth thorns and bryars is rejected and is nigh unto cursing whose end is to be burned By the earth understand the souls of men and women likened to the earth for their natural stupidity O earth earth earth hear the word of the Lord 2. Because of their tendency downwards unto earthly things But in this place especially because of the souls activity and fructifying vertue it will bring forth something either good or evil By the rain that cometh oft upon this earth is meant the doctrines of the word which fall as the rain and distil as the dew upon the face of the ground for the watering thereof Now that earth which drinks in this rain and beareth thorns and bryars i. e. if they live still in their sins defiled with their abominations and are not such as walk answerably in some measure to the means they are under is nigh unto cursing unto this spiritual curse of being given up to themselves to commit iniquity with greediness whereby they are sealed up to destruction to the curse of barrenness Never fruit grow upon these souls any more See also Hos 4.17 and Psal 81.8 11 12. This should have a mighty influence upon us to make us watchful over our hearts that we be not barren or unfruitful in the vineyard of Christ 3. This Union will be certainly and solemnly dissolved by pronouncing the sentence of eternal judgment If the hypocrisie of such be not discovered until the last then it will be made known in the face of all the world Christ will then rend them from him however they may hope to shelter themselves under his wings Then the Lord will judge between cattle and cattle between one branch and another Mat. 13.49 50. At the end of the world the Angels shall come and sever the wicked from among the just and shall cast them into the furnace of fire Mark it They shall be then severed from amongst the just intimating that now they are together as tares and wheat in the same field as good fish and bad in the same net as living branches and dead in the same vine but then the wicked shall be removed from their station and cast into hell That 's the third Position That this Union with Christ will sooner or later be dissolved 4. Pos 4. The state and condition of such persons as are thus united to Christ by way of external adhaerence only and do not aspire nor press after a further intimacy with him and a neerer conjunction that do not improve this priviledge that they may be indeed what they profess to be is a very wretched estate and a miserable condition It is worse than the condition of open enemies to Christ such as are grosly ignorant of the truths of the Gospel and that never professed to be his servants The Scripture calleth it a wretched and miserable condition that is very wretched exceeding miserable God doth hate them with a perfect hatred and loath them with a full abhorrence and detestation Rev. 3.16.17 So then because thou art luke-warm and neither hot no cold neither a sincere Professor of Religion nor a professed enemy to Religion neither faithful to Christ nor an open adversary against Christ I will spue thee out of my mouth Because thou sayest I am rich and increased in goods and have need of nothing and knowest not that thou art wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked Better for such carnal Professors that continue in that estate and