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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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But yet see the Event of this also; she sought him but found him not. It doth sometimes so fall out; all will not do, they shall seek him and not find him; they shall not come nigh him: let them that enjoy any thing of the presence of Christ, take heed what they do; if they provoke him to depart, if they loose him, it may cost them many a bitter enquiry before they find him again. When a soul, prays and Meditates, searches the promises in private, when it with earnestness and diligence attends all Ordinances in public, and all to get one glimpse of the face of Jesus Christ, and all in vain, it is a sad condition.
But yet see the Event of this also; she sought him but found him not. It doth sometimes so fall out; all will not doe, they shall seek him and not find him; they shall not come nigh him: let them that enjoy any thing of the presence of Christ, take heed what they doe; if they provoke him to depart, if they loose him, it may cost them many a bitter enquiry before they finde him againe. When a soul, prays and Meditates, searches the promises in private, when it with earnestnesse and diligence attends all Ordinances in publick, and all to get one glimpse of the face of Jesus Christ, and all in vaine, it is a sad condition.
What now follows in this estate? v. 3. The watchmen found §. 15 me &c. That these watchmen of the City of God are the Watchmen and Officers of the Church, is confessed: and it is of sad consider ration that the Holy Ghost doth sometimes in this Book take notice of them on no good account plainly chap. 5. 7. they turn persecutors. It was Luther's saying, nunquam periclitatur religio nise inter reverendissimos. Here they are of a more Gentle temper and seeing the poor disconsolate soul, they seem to take notice of her Condition.
What now follows in this estate? v. 3. The watchmen found §. 15 me &c. That these watchmen of the City of God are the Watchmen and Officers of the Church, is confessed: and it is of sad consider ration that the Holy Ghost doth sometimes in this Book take notice of them on no good account plainly chap. 5. 7. they turn persecutors. It was Luther's saying, nunquam periclitatur religio nise inter reverendissimos. Here they are of a more Gentle temper and seeing the poore disconsolate soule, they seem to take notice of her Condition.