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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.
3. Safety: His banner over me was Love. v. 4. The Banner is §. 9 an Emblem of safety and protection, a sign of the presence of an host. Persons belonging to an Army, do encamp under their Banner in security. So did the children of Israel in the wilderness, every Tribe kept their Camps under their own Standard. It is also a token of success and victory, Psal: 20. 6. Christ hath a banner for his saints: and that is Love. All their protection is from his Love; and they shall have all the Protection his Love can give them. This safeguards them from Hell, death, all their Enemies. What ever presses on them, it must pass through the Banner of the love of the Lord Jesus. They have then great spiritual safety, which is another Ornament or Excellency of their Communion with him.
3. Safety: His banner over me was Love. v. 4. The Banner is §. 9 an Embleme of safety and protection, a signe of the presence of an host. Persons belonging to an Army, do encampe under their Banner in security. So did the children of Israel in the wildernesse, every Tribe kept their Campes under their own Standard. It is also a token of successe and victory, Psal: 20. 6. Christ hath a banner for his saints: and that is Love. All their protection is from his Love; and they shall have all the Protection his Love can give them. This safeguards them from Hell, death, all their Enemies. What ever presses on them, it must passe through the Banner of the love of the Lord Jesus. They have then great spirituall safety, which is another Ornament or Excellency of their Communion with him.
4. Supportment, and Consolation. v. 6. His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me. Christ here hath the posture §. 10 of a most tender friend towards any one in sickness, and sadness. The Soul faints with Love; spiritual longings after the enjoyment of his presence, and Christ comes in with his Embraces. He nourisheth and cherisheth his Church: Ephes. ch. 5. v. 29. Isa. 63. 13