A53713:639
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. On the part of Christ there is no more required but these §. 2 two things 1. That what he did, He did not for himself but for us, 2. What he suffered, he suffered not for himself but for us. That is, that his intention from Eternity, & when he was in the World, was that all that he did and suffered, was & should be for us, and our advantage as to our Acceptance with God: That he still continueth making use of what he so did and suffered, for that end and purpose, and that only. Now this is most evident.
1. On the part of Christ there is no more required but these §. 2 two things 1. That what he did, He did not for himselfe but for us, 2. What he suffered, he suffered not for himselfe but for us. That is, that his intention from Eternity, & when he was in the World, was that all that he did and suffered, was & should be for us, and our advantage as to our Acceptance with God: That he still continueth making use of what he so did and suffered, for that end and purpose, and that only. Now this is most evident.
What he did, he did for us, and not for himself: He was made §. 3 under the Law, that we might receive the Adoption of Sons Gal. 4. 4, 5. He was made under the Law, that is, in that condition that ⟨p. 199⟩he was obnoxious to the will and commands of it: and why was this? to what end? for himself? no, but to redeem us, is the aim of all that He did, of all his obedience: & that he did. This very intention in what he did, he acquaints us with Joh. 17. 19. for their sakes I sanctify my self, that they may be sanctified through the truth; I sanctify my self, dedicate & set my self apart to all that work I have to do. I came not to do my own will, I came to save that which was lost, to minister, not to be ministered unto, and to give my life a ransom, It was the Testimony he bare to all he did in the world. This Intendment of his is especially to be eyed. From Eternity he had thoughts of what he would do for us, and delighted himself therein. And when he was in the world, in all He went about, he had still this thought, this is for them, and and this is for them, my beloved: When he went to be baptized, says John, I have need to come to thee, and comest thou to me?