DOCT. III. To the true participation of salvation, how necessarie our union or com∣munion with Christ is.
AS neithera 1.1 the vine branch from the vine, nor the bough from the tree, can suck sappe and life, unlesse both the one and the other be united as a part unto the one and the other: And again, as the members of the bo∣dy can neither draw motion, nor sense, nor life from their head, unlesse they be united to the head: So nei∣ther can men receive life and salva∣tion from Christ, in whom they are alone, unless they be truely ingrafted into Christ, and be united unto him by a true and reall union, and being united do also remain and abide in him.