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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. All that he parted withal, all that he did, all that he §. 11 suffered, all that he doth as Mediator, he parted withal, did, suffered, doth, on the account of his cLove to, and esteem of Believers. He parted with the greatest Glory, he underwent the greatest misery, he doth the greatest works that ever were because he loves his spouse; because he values Believers. What can more, what can farther be spoken? how little is the depth of that which is spoken fathomed? how unable are we to look into the mysterious recesses of it? He so loves, so values his Saints, as that having from Eternity undertaken to bring them to God, he rejoices his soul in the thoughts of it; and pursues his design through Heaven and Hell, life and death, by suffering and doing, in misery and with power, and ceaseth not until he bring it to perfection. For
1. All that he parted withall, all that he did, all that he §. 11 suffer'd, all that he doth as Mediator, he parted withall, did, suffered, doth, on the account of his cLove to, and esteem of Believers. He parted with the greatest Glory, he underwent the greatest misery, he doth the greatest workes that ever were because he loves his spouse; because he values Believers. What can more, what can farther be spoken? how little is the depth of that which is spoken fathomed? how unable are we to looke into the misterious recesses of it? He so loves, so values his Saints, as that having from Eternity undertaken to bring them to God, he rejoyces his soule in the thoughts of it; and pursues his designe through Heaven and Hell, life and death, by suffering and doing, in misery and with power, and ceaseth not untill he bring it to perfection. For