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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.
There are three things in General, wherein this personal Excellency §. 11 and Grace of the Lord Christ doth consist.
There are three things in Generall, wherein this personall Excellency §. 11 and Grace of the Lord Christ doth consist.
1. His fitness to save, from the Grace of Union, and the proper necessary effects thereof. 2. His Fullness to save from the Grace of Communion: or the free consequences of the Grace of Union. ⟨p. 54⟩3. His Excellency to endear, from his complete suitableness to all the wants of the Souls of men.
1. His fitnesse to save, from the Grace of Union, and the proper necessary effects thereof. 2. His Fulnesse to save from the Grace of Communion: or the free consequences of the Grace of Union. ⟨p. 54⟩3. His Excellency to endeare, from his compleat suitablenesse to all the wants of the Soules of men.
1. His Fitness to save: His being [Greek or Hebrew], a fit Saviour suited to §. 12 the Work: and this I say is from his Grace of Union. The uniting of the Natures of God and Man in one Person, made him fit to be a Saviour to the uttermost. He lays his hand upon God by partaking of his Nature, Zach. 13. 7. and he lays his hand upon us, by being partaker of our Nature, Heb. 2. 14, 16. and so becomes a Days-man or Umpire between both. By this means, he fills up all the distance that was made by sin, between God, and us, and we who were far off, are made nigh in him. Upon this account it was, that he had Room enough in his breast to receive, and power enough in his spirit to bear all the wrath that was prepared for us: Sin was infinite only in respect of the object, and punishment was infinite in respect of the subject. This ariseth from his Union.