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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.
1. The Knowledge of God, his Nature, and his Properties. 2. The Knowledge of our selves in reference to the will of God concerning us. 3. Skill to walk in Communion with God.
1. The Knowledge of God, his Nature, and his Properties. 2. The Knowledge of our selves in reference to the will of God concerning us. 3. Skill to walke in Communion with God.
The knowledge of the Works of God, and the chief End of all, doth necessarily attend these. In these three is summed up all true Wisdom and knowledge; and not any of them is to any purpose to be obtained, or is manifested, but only in and by the Lord Christ.
The knowledge of the Workes of God, and the cheife End of all, doth necessarily attend these. In these three is summed up all true Wisedom and knowledge; and not any of them is to any purpose to be obtained, or is manifested, but only in and by the Lord Christ.
God by the work of the Creation, by the Creation it self, §. 5 did reveal himself in many of his properties, unto his Creatures capable of his knowledge; His Power, his Goodness, his Wisdom, his All-sufficiency, are thereby known: This the Apostle asserts, Rom. 1. 19, 20, 21. v. 19. he calls it [Greek or Hebrew]; v. 20. That is, his Eternal Power and Godhead. & v. 21. a knowing of God: and aaaaall this by the Creation. But yet there are some properties of God, which all the works of Creation cannot in any measure reveal, or make known; as his Patience, Long-suffering, and Forbearance. For all things being made