Of Communion with God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost

Without them, the calamity of the Church will overwhelm us; and the prosperity of the Church will not concern us.

Without them, the calamity of the Church will overwhelme us; and the prosperity of the Church will not concerne us.

Without them, we shall have wisdom for no work, Peace in no condition, strength for no duty, success in no trial, joy in no state, no comfort in life, no light in death?

Without them, we shall have wisdome for no worke, Peace in no condition, strength for no duty, successe in no triall, joy in no state, no comfort in life, no light in death?

Now our Afflictions, our sins, and our obedience, with the Attendencies of them respectively, are the great concernments of §. 9 our lives; what we are, in reference unto God, is comprised in them, and the due management of them, with their contraries, which come under the same rule; Through all these, doth there run a line of consolation from the Holy Ghost, that gives us a joyful issue throughout: How sad is the condition of of poor, souls destitute of these consolations? What poor shifts are they forced to betake themselves unto? what Giants have they to encounter in their own strength and whether they are conquered, or seem to conquer, they have nothing but the misery of their trials.

Now our Afflictions, our sins, and our obedience, with the Attendencies of them respectively, are the great concernments of §. 9 our lives; what we are, in reference unto God, is comprized in them, and the due management of them, with their contraries, which come under the same rule; Through all these, doth there run a line of consolation from the Holy Ghost, that gives us a joyfull issue throughout: How sad is the condition of of poor, soules destitute of these consolations? What poor shifts are they forced to betake themselves unto? what Giants have they to encounter in their own strength and wehther they are conquered, or seem to conquer, they have nothing but the misery of their trialls.