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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.
And on this ground it is, that if all the world should (if I may so say) set themselves to drink free Grace, Mercy and Pardon; §. 6 drawing bwater continually from the wells of Salvation; if they should set themselves to draw from one single Promise, an Angel standing by, and crying drink O my friends, yea drink abundantly, take so much Grace and Pardon as shall be abundantly sufficient for the world of sin which is in every one of you; they would not be able to sink the Grace of the promise one hairs breadth. There is enough for millions of worlds if they were, because it flows into it from an infinite bottomless fountain. Fear not O worm Jacob, I am GOD and not man, is the bottom of sinners Consolation. This is that Head of Gold mentioned Cant. 5. 11. that most precious Fountain of Grace and Mercy. This Infiniteness of Grace in respect of its spring and Fountain will answer all objections that might hinder our souls from drawing nigh to Communion with him, and from a free embracing of him. Will not this suite us in all our distresses? What is our finite guilt before it? Show me the sinner that can spread his Iniquities to the dimensions (if I may so say) of this Grace? Here is Mercy enough for the greatest, the oldest, the Stubbornest Transgressor? Why will you dye, O ye house of Israel? Take heed of them who would rob you of the Deity of Christ: If there were no more Grace for me then what can be treasured up in a mere man, I should rejoice my portion might be under Rocks and Mountains.
And on this ground it is, that if all the world should (if I may so say) set themselves to drink free Grace, Mercy and Pardon; §. 6 drawing bwater continually from the wells of Salvation; if they should set themselves to draw from one single Promise, an Angell standing by, and crying drink O my friends, yea drink abundantly, take so much Grace and Pardon as shall be abundantly sufficient for the world of sinne which is in every one of you; they would not be able to sinke the Grace of the promise one haires bredth. There is enough for millions of worlds if they were, because it flowes into it from an infinite bottomlesse fountaine. Feare not O worme Jacob, I am GOD and not man, is the bottome of sinners Consolation. This is that Head of Gold mentioned