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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
Part › Chapter 4: Inferences on the Former Doctrine concerning Communion with the Father in Love.
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3. Let it have its proper fruit and Efficacy upon thy heart, in returns of Love to him again. So shall we walk in the Light of §. 10 Gods Countenance, and hold holy Communion with our Father all the day long. Let us not deal unkindly with him, and return him slighting for his good will. Let there not be such an Heart in us, as to deal so unthankfully with our God.
3. Let it have its proper fruit and Efficacy upon thy heart, in returnes of Love to him againe. So shall we walke in the Light of §. 10 Gods Countenance, and hold holy Communion with our Father all the day long. Let us not deale unkindly with him, and returne him sleighting for his good will. Let there not be such an Heart in us, as to deale so unthankfully with our God.
Now to further us in this duty and the daily constant practise of it, I shall add one or two considerations that may be of importance thereunto. as,
Now to further us in this duty and the daily constant practise of it, I shall adde one or two considerations that may be of importance thereunto. as,
1. It is exceeding acceptable unto God even our Father, that we should thus hold Communion with him in his Love; that he §. 11 may be received into our Souls, as one full of Love, tenderness and kindness towards us. Flesh and Blood is apt to have very hard thoughts of him; to think he is always angry, yea implacable: that it is not for poor creatures to draw nigh to him: that nothing in the World is more desirable then never to come into his presence, or (as they say) where he hath any thing to do. mWho amongst us shall dwell with that devouring fire, who amongst us shall inhabit with those everlasting burnings? say the sinners in Zion: and