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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
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Further, These Graces as acted in prayer and Praises, and as clothed with instituted worship, are peculiarly directed unto him. §. 9 We call on the Father 1 Pet. 1. 17. Eph. ch. 3. v. 14, 15. For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole Family in Heaven and Earth is named. Bowing the knee, compriseth the whole worship of God, both that which is moral, in the universal obedience he requireth, and those peculiar ways of carrying it on, which are by him appointed. Isa. ch. 45. v. 23. Unto me (saith the Lord) every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall swear. Which v. 24, 25. he declareth to consist in their acknowledging of him, for Righteousness, and strength. Yea, is seems sometimes to comprehend the orderly subjection of the 1whole Creation unto his sovereignty. In this place of the Apostle, it hath a far more restrained Acceptation, and is but a figurative expression of Prayer, taken from the most expressive bodily posture to be used in that duty. This he farther manifests, v. 16, 17. declaring at large what his Aim was, and whereabouts, ⟨p. 10⟩his thoughts were exercised in that bowing of his knees. The workings then of the spirit of Grace in that Duty, are distinctly directed to the Father as such, as the fountain of the Deity, & of all good things in Christ; as the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. And therefore the same Apostle doth in another place, expressly conjoin, and yet as expressly distinguish the Father and the Son in directing his supplications: 1 Thess. 3. 11. God himself even our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ direct our way unto you. The like president also have you of thanksgiving; Ephes. chap. 1. v: 3, 4. Blessed be the Father of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ &c: I shall not add those very many places, wherein the 2several Particulars that do concur unto that whole divine divine worship (not to be communicated unto any, by nature not God with out Idolatry) wherein the Saints do hold Communion with God, are distinctly directed to the Person of the Father.