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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.
By Purchased grace I understand all that Righteousness, and Grace which Christ hath procured, or wrought out for us, or doth by any means make us partakers of, or bestows on us for our benefit, by any thing that he hath done, or suffered, or by any thing he continueth to do as Mediator.
By Purcased grace I understand all that Righteousnesse, and Grace which Christ hath procured, or wrought out for us, or doth by any meanes make us partakers of, or bestowes on us for our benefit, by any thing that he hath done, or suffered, or by any thing he continueth to doe as Mediatour.
The first may be considered two ways.
1. In respect of the Rise and Fountain of it. 2. Of its nature, or wherein it consisteth. 1. It hath a threefold Rise, Spring, or Causality in Christ. 1. The Obedience of his Life. 2. The Suffering of his Death. 3. His continued Intercession. All the Actions of Christ as ⟨p. 176⟩Mediator, leading to the Communication of Grace unto us; may be either referred to these heads, or to some things that are subservient to them, or consequents of them.
1. In respect of the Rise and Fountaine of it. 2. Of its nature, or wherein it consisteth. 1. It hath a threefold Rise, Spring, or Causality in Christ. 1. The Obedience of his Life. 2. The Suffering of his Death. 3. His continued Intercession. All the Actions of Christ as ⟨p. 176⟩Mediatour, leading to the Communication of Grace unto us; may be either referred to these heads, or to some things that are subservient to them, or consequents of them.