A53713:586
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.
And this now is the rise of the purchased Grace whereof we speak, the obedience of Christ. And this is the influence of it into our Acceptation with God. Whereas the guilt of sin, and our obnoxiousness to punishment on that account, is removed and taken away, as shall farther be declared, by the Death of Christ; & whereas besides the taking away of sin, we have need of a complete righteousness upon the account whereof we may be accepted with God, this obedience of Christ, through the free Grace of God is imputed unto us for that end and purpose.
And this now is the rise of the purchased Grace whereof we speake, the obedience of Christ. And this is the influence of it into our Acceptation with God. Whereas the guilt of sinne, and our obnoxiousnesse to punnishment on that account, is removed and taken away, as shall farther be declared, by the Death of Christ; & whereas besides the taking away of sin, we have need of a compleat righteousnesse upon the account whereof we may be accepted with God, this obedience of Christ, through the free Grace of God is imputed unto us for that end and purpose.
This is all I shall for the present insist on to this purpose; that the passive Righteousness of Christ only, is imputed to us, in the non-imputation of sin, and that on the Condition of our faith and new obedience, so exalting them into the room of the Righteousness of Christ, is a thing which in Communion with the Lord Jesus, I have as yet no acquaintance withal: what may be said in the way of Argument on the one side or other, must be elsewhere considered.
This is all I shall for the present insist on to this purpose; that the passive Righteousnesse of Christ only, is imputed to us, in the non-imputation of sinne, and that on the Condition of our faith and new obedience, so exalting them into the roome of the Righteousnesse of Christ, is a thing which in Communion with the Lord Jesus, I have as yet no acquaintance withall: what may be said in the way of Argument on the one side or other, must be elsewhere considered.