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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.
The necessity, usefulness, and Excellency of Gospel obedience shall be afterward declared. It is marvellous to see, how 1hard it is to keep some Professors to any faithfulness with Christ in this thing. How many disputes have been managed, how many distinctions invented, how many shifts and evasions studied, to keep up something in some place or other, to some ⟨p. 167⟩purpose or other, that they may dally withal. Those that love him indeed, are otherwise minded.
The necessity, usefullnesse, and Excellency of Gospell obedience shall be afterward declared. It is marvellous to see, how 1hard it is to keep some Professors to any faithfullnesse with Christ in this thing. How many disputes have been mannaged, how many distinctions invented, how many shifts and evasions studyed, to keep up something in some place or other, to some ⟨p. 167⟩purpose or other, that they may dally withall. Those that love him indeed, are otherwise minded.
- 1Perfice hoc precibus, pretio, ut haeream in part aliqua tandem &c.Perfice hoc precibus, pretio, ut haeream in parte aliqua tandem &c.
Herein then of all things, do the Saints endeavour to keep §. 21 their Affections chaste and loyal to Jesus Christ. He is made unto them of God Righteousness, and they will own nothing else to that purpose: yea sometimes they know not whether they have any interest in him or no; he absents and withdraws himself, they still continue solitary in a state of widowhood, refusing to be comforted, though many things offer themselves to that purpose, because he is not. When Christ is at any time absent from the soul, when it cannot see that it hath any interest in him, many lovers offer themselves to it, many woo it's Affections to get it to rest on this or that thing for relief and succour; but though it go mourning never so long it will have nothing but Christ to lean upon. When ever the soul is in the wilderness, in the saddest condition, there it will stay until Christ come for to take it up; until it can come forth leaning upon him,