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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.
He makes himself to be so, and with him, all his Graces. Hence saith the spouse my Beloved is mine: in all that he is, he is mine. Because he is Righteousness, hhe is the Lord Our Righteousness: Jer. ch. 23. v. 6. Because he is the Wisdom of God, and the power of God, he is made unto us Wisdom &c. 1 Cor. 1. 30. Thus the Branch of the Lord is beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the Earth is excellent, and comely to them that are escaped of Israel. Isa. 4. v. 2. This is the first thing on the part of Christ, the free donation and bestowing of himself upon us to be our Christ, our beloved, as to all the Ends and Purposes of Love, Mercy, Grace, and Glory, whereunto in his Mediation he is designed, in a marriage Covenant, never to be broken. This is the Sum of what is intended. The Lord Jesus Christ fitted and prepared by the Accomplishment and furniture of his Person as Mediator, and the large purchase of Grace and Glory which he hath made, to be an Husband to his Saints, his Church, tenders himself in the Promises of the Gospel to them in all his desirableness, convinces them of his goodwill towards them, and his all-sufficiency for a supply of their wants, and upon their consent to accept of him, which is all he requires or expects at their hands, he engageth himself in a marriage Covenant to be theirs for ever.
He makes himselfe to be so, and with him, all his Graces. Hence saith the spouse my Beloved is mine: in all that he is, he is mine. Because he is Righteousnesse, hhe is the Lord Our Righteousnesse: Jer. ch. 23. v. 6. Because he is the Wisedome of God, and the power of God, he is made unto us Wisedome &c. 1 Cor. 1. 30. Thus the Branch of the Lord is beautifull and glorious, and the fruite of the Earth is excellent, and comely to them that are escaped of Israel.