The Second Sermon. (Book 2)
AND so now wee come to the Vse,* 1.1 and that is, that there is an Act of Christ to make an union betwixt vs, that we may be his, and he ours: there is an act of his, that is, there is a certaine power or vertue comes from him, even as there doth from the Load-stone to the iron, that drawes thee to him; there goes out a vertue and power from him as to the woman that touched the hemme of his garment, that healed her bloody issue, such a power goes out from Christ to every man, that is in him. And as you must examine it by your owne act, so in the second place you are to examine it by this; consider whether there hath gone out any such power from Christ to take & comprehend thee: For you must know this, that when once we are in Christ, then there goes forth an effectuall almighty power from him, which doth not make a little light alteration on the superficies