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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 John ch. 5. v. 7. The Apostle tells us, there are three that hear witness in Heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Spirit. In Heaven they are, and bear witness to us. And what is it that they bear witness unto? Unto the Sonship of Christ, and the Salvation §. 2 of Believers in his blood. Of the carrying on of that, both by Blood and Water, Justification and Sanctification, is He there treating. Now how •o they hear witness hereunto? even as three, as three distinct witness. When God Witnesseth concerning our Salvation, surely it is in cumbent on us to receive his Testimony: And as he beareth witness, so are we to receive it. Now this is done distinctly. The Father beareth witness, the Son beareth witness, and the Holy Spirit beareth witness; for they ⟨p. 7⟩are three distinct Witnesses. So then are we to receive their several Testimonies, and in doing so, we have communion with them severally; for in this giving and receiving of Testimony, consists no small part of our Fellowship with God; wherein their distinct witnessing consists, will be afterward declared.
1 John ch. 5. v. 7. The Apostle tells us, there are three that hear witnesse in Heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Spirit. In Heaven they are, and bear witnesse to us. And what is it that they beare witnesse unto? Unto the Sonship of Christ, and the Salvation §. 2 of Believers in his blood. Of the carrying on of that, both by Blood and Water, Justification and Sanctification, is He there treating. Now how •o they hear witnesse hereunto? even as three, as three distinct witnesse. When God Witnesseth concerning our Salvation, surely it is in cumbent on us to receive his Testimony: And as he beareth witnesse, so are we to receive it. Now this is done distinctly. The Father beareth witnesse, the Son beareth witnesse, and the Holy Spirit beareth witnesse; for they ⟨p. 7⟩are three distinct Witnesses. So then are we to receive their severall Testimonies, and in doing so, we have communion with them severally; for in this giving and receiving of Testimony, consists no small part of our Fellowship with God; wherein their distinct witnessing consists, will be afterward declared.