And  the  life  I  live  in  the  flejbt  I  live'  by  the  faith  of  the
Son  of  God,

And  here  note,  in  the  firft  place,  that  Paul  fometinicj
faith,  Cbrifi  lives  in  bim,  and  fometimes  that  he  lives ;  /
/fw,  faith  he,  yet  not  /,  but  Cbrifi  lives  in  me  j  and  again,
the  life  I  live.  The  life  I  live^  faith  he,  of  that  very  life
which  Chrift  lived  in  him.  All  which  Jhows  the  near
union  and  communion  betwixt  Chrift  and  a  believer;
Chrift  and  a  true  chriftian  being  fo  much  one,  that  what
one  doth,  the  other  may  truly  be  faid  to  do.
So  that  as  God  and  Chr  ft  were  fo  united,  that  the
very  works  of  God  in  Chrift  fometimes  were  attributed
to  God,  and  fometimes  to  Chrift,  (as  is  manifeft  in  divers
places  in  the  g&fpel)  and  it  made  no  difference  whether
they  wete  attributed  to  God  in  Chrift,  or  to  Chrift  in
God*  Juft  fo  it  is  betwixt  Chrift  and  believers,  who  are
as  nearly  united  as  God  and  Chrift,  as  Chrift  himfelf
(whom  we  may  fafely  believe)  affirms,  ih  John  xiv.  20.
