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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.
Now there are two considerations that discover unto men the vanity and hopelessness of seeking Righteousness in this path. §. 32
Now there are two considerations that discover unto men the vanity and hopelesnesse of seeking Righteousnesse in this path. §. 32
1. That they have already sinned, for all have sinned and come short of the Glory of God; Rom 3. 23. hthis they are sufficiently sensible of; that although they could for the time to come, fulfil the whole Law, yet there is a score, a reckoning, upon them already; that they know not how to Answer for. Do they consult their guide, the iLaw it self, how they may be eased of the account that is past; it hath not one word of Direction, ⟨p. 115⟩or Consolation, but bids them prepare to dye; the sentence is gone forth, and there is no escaping.
1. That they have already sinned, for all have sinned and come short of the Glory of God; Rom 3. 23. hthis they are sufficiently sensible of; that allthough they could for the time to come, fullfill the whole Law, yet there is a score, a reckoning, upon them already; that they know not how to Answer for. Do they consult their guide, the iLaw it selfe, how they may be eased of the account that is past; it hath not one word of Direction, ⟨p. 115⟩or Consolation, but bids them prepare to dye; the sentence is gone forth, and there is no escaping.