A53713:1054
Of Communion with God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
Of communion with God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, each person distinctly in love, grace, and consolation, or, The saints fellowship with the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, unfolded by John Owen ...Of communion with God the Father, Sonne, and Holy Ghost, each person distinctly in love, grace, and consolation, or, The saints fellowship with the Father, Sonne, and Holy Ghost, unfolded by John Owen ...
Oxford: printed by A. Lichfield for Tho. Robinson, 1657
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The second is that of the 1 Thess. 5. 19. Quench not the Spirit. There are various thoughts about the sense of these words. §. 7 The Spirit in others, that is, their spiritual gifts say some. But then it falls in with what follows vers. 20. despise not Prophesying. The Light that God hath set up in our hearts, say others. But where is that called absolutely [Greek or Hebrew] the Spirit. It is the Holy Ghost himself that is here intended. Not immediately, in respect of his Person, in which regard he is said to be grieved, which is a Personal affection: but in respect of 1his motions, actings, & operations. The Holy Ghost was typified by the fire, that was always kept alive on the Altar. He is also called a Spirit of burning. The reasons of that Allusion are manifold, not now to be insisted on. Now the opposition that is made to fire in its acting, is by quenching. Hence the opposition made to the actings of the Holy Ghost are called Quenching of the Spirit, ⟨p. 311⟩as some kind of wet wood will do, when it is cast into the the fire. Thence are we said in pursuance of the same metaphor, [Greek or Hebrew], to stir up with new fire the gifts that are in us. The Holy Ghost is striving with us, acting in us, moving variously for our growth in grace, and bringing forth fruit meet for the principle he hath endued us withal. Take heed (saith the Apostle) least by the power of your lusts and temptations, you attend not to his workings, but hinder him in his good will towards you; that is what in you lieth.
The second is that of the 1 Thess. 5. 19. Quench not the Spirit. There are various thoughts about the sense of these words. §. 7 The Spirit in others, that is, their spirituall gifts say some. But then it falls in with what follows vers. 20. despise not Prophesying. The Light that God hath set up in our hearts, say others. But where is that called absolutely 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 the Spirit. It is the Holy Ghost himselfe that is here intended. Not immediately, in respect of his Person, in which regard he is said to be grieved, which is a Personall affection: but in respect of