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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.
It is the duty indeed of faithful watchmen to take notice of poor, troubled, deserted souls: not to keep at a distance, but to be willing to assist. And a truly pressed soul on the account of Christs Absence cannot cover its love, but must be enquiring after him; saw you him whom my soul loveth? This is my Condition! I have had sweet enjoyment of my blessed Jesus, he is now withdrawn from me; can you help me? can you guide me to my Consolation? what acquaintance have you with him? when saw you him? how did he manifest himself to you, & wherein? All these labourings in his Absence sufficiently discover the souls delight in the presence of Christ. Go one step farther to the discovery that it made of him once again, and it will yet be more evident, v. 4, 5. It was but a little while that I passed from them, ⟨p. 148⟩but I found him whom my soul loveth, I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mothers House, and into the chamber of her that conceived me, I charge ye O ye Daughters of Jerusalem &c.
It is the duty indeed of faithfull watchmen to take notice of poor, troubled, deserted soules: not to keep at a distance, but to be willing to assist. And a truely pressed soule on the account of Christs Absence cannot cover its love, but must be enquiring after him; saw you him whom my soul loveth? This is my Condition! I have had sweet enjoyment of my blessed Jesus, he is now withdrawen from me; can you helpe me? can you guide me to my Consolation? what acquaintance have you with him? when saw you him? how did he manifest himselfe to you, & wherein? All these labourings in his Absence sufficiently discover the souls delight in the presence of Christ. Goe one step farther to the discovery that it made of him once againe, and it will yet be more evident, v. 4, 5. It was but a little while that I passed from them, ⟨p. 148⟩but I found him whom my soul loveth, I held him, and would not let him goe, untill I had brought him into my mothers House, and into the chamber of her that conceived me, I charge ye O ye Daughters of Jerusalem &c.