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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. They value him above all other things and persons, Mallem 1(said one) ruere cum Christo, quam regnare cum Caesare. Pulchra terra, pulchrum coelum, sed pulcherrimus dominus Jesus. Christ and a dungeon, Christ and a cross is infinitely sweeter then a Crown, a Sceptre without him to their souls. So was it with Moses, Heb. 11. 26. He esteemed the reproach of Christ greater riches then the Treasures of Egypt. The reproach of Christ, is the worst consequent that the wickedness of the world or malice of Satan can bring upon the followers of him. The treasures of Egypt were in those days the greatest in the world. Moses despised the very best of the ⟨p. 155⟩world, for the worst of the Cross of Christ. Indeed himself hath told believers, that if they love any thing better then him, Father or Mother, they are not worthy of him. A despising of all things for Christ, is the very first lesson of the Gospel. Give away all, take up the cross and follow me, was the way whereby he tried his Disciples of old, and if there be not the same mind and heart in us, we are none of his.
1. They value him above all other things and persons, Mallem 1(said one) ruere cum Christo, quam regnare cum Caesare. Pulchra terra, pulchrum coelum, sed pulcherrimus dominus Jesus. Christ and a dungeon, Christ and a crosse is infinitely sweeter then a Crown, a Scepter without him to their soules. So was it with Moses, Heb. 11. 26. He esteemed the reproach of Christ greater riches then the Treasures of Aegypt. The reproach of Christ, is the worst consequent that the wickednesse of the world or malice of Satan can bring upon the followers of him. The treasures of Egypt were in those days the greatest in the world. Moses despised the very best of the ⟨p. 155⟩world, for the worst of the Crosse of Christ. Indeed himselfe hath told believers, that if they love any thing better then him, Father or Mother, they are not worthy of him. A despising of all things for Christ, is the very first lesson of the Gospell. Give away all, take up the crosse and follow me, was the way whereby he try'd his Disciples of old, and if there be not the same minde and heart in us, we are none of his.