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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. It gives the Spirit of Holiness to dwell in us; He is made unto us Sanctification 2 Cor. 1. 31. by procuring for us the Spirit of Sanctification: our renewing is of the Holy Ghost who is shed on us through Christ alone Tit. 3. 6. this the Apostle mainly insists on. Rom. 8. to wit, that the prime and principal gift of Sanctification that we receive from Christ, is the indwelling of the Spirit, and our following after the guidance thereof. But what concerns the Spirit in any kind, must be referred to that which I have to offer concerning our Communion with him.
1. It gives the Spirit of Holinesse to dwell in us; He is made unto us Sanctification 2 Cor. 1. 31. by procuring for us the Spirit of Sanctification: our renewing is of the Holy Ghost who is shed on us through Christ alone Tit. 3. 6. this the Apostle mainly insists on. Rom. 8. to wit, that the prime and principall guift of Sanctification that we receive from Christ, is the indwelling of the Spirit, and our following after the guidance thereof. But what concernes the Spirit in any kind, must be referred to that which I have to offer concerning our Communion with him.
2. He gives us Habitual Grace: a principle of Grace opposed to §. 11 the principle of lust that is in us by nature. This is the Grace that dwells in us; makes its abode with us, which according to the distinct faculties of our souls wherein it is, or the distinct objects about which it is exercised, receiveth various Appellations, being indeed all but one new principle of life. In the understanding it is light, in the will obedience, in the Affections love, in all Faith. So also it is differenced in respect of its operations: when it carries out the soul to rest on Christ, it is Faith; when to delight in him, it is Love; but still one and the same habit of Grace. And this is the second thing.