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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
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Vers. 15 The strength of his kingdom, the faithfulness and §. 44 stability of his Promises, the height, and Glory of his person, in his Dominion, the sweetness and excellency of Communion with him is set forth in these words: His legs are Pillars of Marble, set upon sockets of fine Gold, his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the Cedars, his mouth is most sweet.
Vers. 15 The strength of his kingdome, the faithfullnesse and §. 44 stabillity of his Promises, the height, and Glory of his person, in his Dominion, the sweetnesse and excellency of Communion with him is set forth in these words: His legs are Pillars of Marble, set upon sockets of fine Gold, his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the Cedars, his mouth is most sweet.
When the Spouse hath gone thus far in the description of him, she concludes all in this general Assertion; he is wholly §. 35 desirable, altogether to be desired, or beloved. As if she should have said; I have thus reckoned up some of the perfections of the Creatures, things of most value, price, usefulness, Beauty, Glory, here below, and Compared some of the Excellencies of my beloved unto them; In this way of Allegory I can carry things no higher: I find nothing better, or more desirable to shadow out and to present his loveliness, and desirableness; but alas! all this comes short of his perfections, beauty and comeliness, he is all wholly to be desired, to be beloved.
When the Spouse hath gon thus farre in the description of him, she concludes all in this generall Assertion; he is wholly §. 35 desireable, altogether to be desired, or beloved. As if she should have said; I have thus reckoned up some of the perfections of the Creatures, things of most value, price, usefullnesse, Beauty, Glory, here belowe, and Compared some of the Excellencys of my beloved unto them; In this way of Allegory I can carry things no higher: I find nothing better, or more desireable to shaddow out and to present his lovelinesse, and desireablenesse; but alasse! all this comes short of his perfections, beauty and comlinesse, he is all wholly to be desired, to be beloved.