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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
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.
1. Sweetness: 2. Delight. 3. Safety. 4. Comfort.
1. Sweetnesse: 2. Delight. 3. Safety. 4. Comfort.
1. Sweetness. He brought me to the Banqueting House; or House of wine. It is all set forth under expressions of the greatest §. 7 sweetness, and most delicious Refreshment: Flagons, Apples, Wine, &c. He entertains me (saith the Spouse) as some great Personage. ⟨p. 46⟩Great Personages, at great Entertainments are had into the Banqueting house, the House of wine, and dainties. These are the preparations of Grace and Mercy, Love, Kindness, supplies revealed in the Gospel, declared in the Assemblies of the Saints, exhibited by the Spirit. This Love is better then Wine Cant. 1. v. 1. it is, not in meats and drinks, but Righteousness and mPeace, and Joy in the Holy Ghost. Gospel dainties are sweet refreshments; Whether these Houses of Wine, be the Scriptures, the Gospel, or the Ordinances dispensed in the Assemblies of the Saints, or any eminent and signal manifestations of special Love, (as banqueting is not every days work, nor used at ordinary entertainments) it is all one. Wine that cheereth the heart of man, that makes him forget his misery, Prov. 31. 6, 7. that gives him a cheerful look and countenance, Gen. 49. 12. is that which is promised. The Grace exhibited by Christ in his Ordinances, is Refreshing, Strengthening, Comforting, and full of Sweetness to the Souls of the Saints. Woe be to such full Souls, as loath these Honey Combs. But thus Christ makes all his Assemblies, to be banqueting Houses, and there he gives his Saints Entertainment.