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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.
So then; this also is hid in Christ, the great and unspeakable Riches of the Wisdom of God, in pardoning sin, saving sinners, satisfying Justice, fulfilling the Law, repairing his own Honour, and providing for us a more exceeding weight of Glory: and all this out of such a condition as wherein it was impossible that it should enter into the hearts of Angels or men, how ever the ⟨p. 100⟩Glory of God should be repaired, and one sinning creature delivered from everlasting ruin. Hence it is said, that at the last day, God shall be glorified in his Saints, and admired in all them that believe, 2 Thess. 1. 10. it shall be an admirable thing, and God shall be for ever Glorious in it, even in the bringing of Believers to himself. To save Sinners through believing shall be found to be a far more admirable work, then to create the World of nothing.
So then; this also is hid in Christ, the great and unspeakable Riches of the Wisdome of God, in pardoning sinne, saving sinners, satisfying Iustice, fulfilling the Law, repairing his own Honour, and providing for us a more exceeding weight of Glory: and all this out of such a condition as wherein it was impossible that it should enter into the hearts of Angells or men, how ever the ⟨p. 100⟩Glory of God should be repaired, and one sinning creature delivered from everlasting ruine. Hence it is said, that at the last day, God shall be glorified in his Saints, and admired in all them that believe, 2 Thess. 1. 10. it shall be an admirable thing, and God shall be for ever Glorious in it, even in the bringing of Believers to himselfe. To save Sinners through believing shall be found to be a farre more admirable worke, then to create the World of nothing.
4. His All-sufficiency is the last of this sort that I shall name §. 17