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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. The soul finding not Christ present in his wonted manner, warming, cherishing, reviving it with love, nigh to it, supping with it, always filling its thoughts with himself, dropping myrrh and sweet tastes of love into it, but on the contrary that other thoughts crowd in, and perplex the heart, and Christ is not nigh when enquired after; it presently enquires into the cause of all this, ucalls it self to an account, what it hath don, how it hath behaved its self, that it is not with it, as at other times; that Christ hath withdrawn himself and is not nigh to it, in the wonted manner. Here it accomplisheth a diligent search. It considers the love, tenderness, and kindness of the Lord Jesus; what delight he takes in abiding with his Saints: so that his departure is not without cause and provocation. How saith it, have I demeaned my self, that I have lost my beloved? Where have I been wandering after other lovers? and when the miscarriage is found out, it abounds in revenge and indignation.
1. The soule finding not Christ present in his wonted manner, warming, cherishing, reviving it with love, nigh to it, supping with it, always filling its thoughts with himselfe, dropping myrrhe and sweet tasts of love into it, but on the contrary that other thoughts croud in, and perplex the heart, and Christ is not nigh when enquired after; it presently enquires into the cause of all this, ucalls it selfe to an account, what it hath don, how it hath behaved its selfe, that it is not with it, as at other times; that Christ hath withdrawn himselfe and is not nigh to it, in the wonted manner. Here it accomplisheth a diligent search. It considers the love, tendernesse, and kindnesse of the Lord Jesus; what delight he takes in abiding with his Saints: so that his departure is not without cause and provocation. How saith it, have I demeaned my selfe, that I have lost my beloved? Where have I been wandring after other lovers? and when the miscarriage is found out, it abounds in revenge and indignation.