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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.
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? Math. 3. 14, 15. as if he had said, thou hast no need at all of it. But says Christ, suffer us now for so it becometh us to fulfil all Righteousness, I do it for them who have none at all, and stand obliged unto all, §. 4
What he did, he did for us, and not for himselfe: He was made §. 3 under the Law, that we might receive the Adoption of Sonnes 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 ayme 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