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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.
Thus, in the first place doth he manifest his delight in his Saints, he communicates his secrets unto them. He gives them to know his Person, his Excellencies, his Grace, his Love, his Kingdom, his will, the Riches of his Goodness, and the Bowels of his mercy more and more, when the world shall neither see, nor know any such thing.
Thus, in the first place doth he manifest his delight in his Saints, he communicates his secrets unto them. He gives them to know his Person, his Excellencys, his Grace, his Love, his Kingdome, his will, the Riches of his Goodnesse, and the Bowels of his mercy more and more, when the world shall neither see, nor know any such thing.
2. He enables his Saints to communicate their mind, to reveal §. 6 their souls unto him, that so they may walk together as intimate friends; Christ knows the minds of all. He knows what is in man, and needs not that any man testify of him: Joh. 2. 25. He searcheth the hearts and trieth the reins of all Revel. 2. 23. But all know not how to communicate their mind to Christ. It will not avail a man at all, that Christ knows his mind; for so he doth of every one whether he will or no: but that a man can make his heart known unto Christ, this is consolation. Hence the prayers of the Saints are eIncense, Odours, and those of others are fHowling, cutting off a dogs neck, offering of Swines blood, an Abomination unto the Lord. Now three things are required to enable a man to communicate his heart unto the Lord Jesus.
2. He enables his Saints to communicate their mind, to reveale §. 6 their soules unto him, that so they may walke together as intimate friends; Christ knows the minds of all. He knows what is in man, and needs not that any man testify of him: