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Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…
Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of Jesus as carrying on the great work of mans salvation from first to last / by Isaac Ambrose ...
London: printed for Richard Chiswel, 1680
Book 3 › Chapter 1 › Section 4: Of the Covenant of promise as manifested to Moses.
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3. I am the Lord thy God; herein is the propriety, and indeed here is the mercy that God speaks thus to every faithful Soul, I am thy God, by this appropriation God gives us a right in him, yea a possession of him. 1. A right in him; as the woman may say of him to whom she is Married, this man is my husband, so may every faithful soul say of the Lord, he is my God. 2. A possession of him; God doth not only show himself unto us, but he doth communicate himself unto us in his holiness, mercy, truth, grace, and goodness; hence it is said, we have fellowship with the Father and with the Son Jesus Christ, 1and Christ is said to come and sup with us; and to kiss us with the kisses of his mouth; and to be near to us in all that we call upon him for; surely this is the highest happiness of the Saints, that God is their God; when they can say this, they have enough; if we could say, this House is mine. this Town, this City, this Kingdom, this World is mine, what is all this? O but when a Christian comes at length, and says, this God that made all the world is mine, this is enough, indeed this is the greatest promise that ever was made or ever can be made to any creature. Angels or Men; herein (if we observe it) God gives himself to be wholly ours, consider God essentially, or personally; Consider Jehovah Elohim, all is ours; God in his essence, and glorious attributes communicates himself to us for good, and God personally considered, as Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, they all enter into Covenant with us.
3. I am the Lord thy God; herein is the propriety, and indeed here is the mercy that God speaks thus to every faithful Soul, I am thy God, by this appropriation God gives us a right in him, yea a possession of him. 1. A right in him; as the woman may say of him to whom she is Married, this man is my husband, so may every faithful soul say of the Lord, he is my God. 2. A possession of him; God doth not only shew himself unto us, but he doth communicate himself unto us in his holiness, mercy, truth, grace, and goodness; hence it is said, we have fellowship with the Father and with the Son Jesus Christ, 1and Christ is said to come and sup with us; and to kiss us with the kisses of his mouth; and to be near to us in all that we call upon him for; surely this is the highest happiness of the Saints, that God is their God; when they can say this, they have enough; if we could say, this House is mine. this Town, this City, this Kingdom, this World is mine, what is all this? O but when a Christian comes at length, and sayes, this God that made all the world is mine, this is enough, indeed this is the greatest promise that ever was made or ever can be made to any creature. Angels or Men; herein (if we observe it) God gives himself to be wholly ours, consider God essentially, or personally; Consider Jehovah Elohim, all is ours; God in his essence, and glorious attributes communicates himself to us for good, and God personally considered, as Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, they all enter into Covenant with us.