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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 is the Glory of the Father: Mat. 5. 16. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your Good works, and Glorify your Father which is in Heaven. By our walking in the light of Faith, doth Glory arise to the Father. The fruits of his Love, of his Grace, of his Kindness. are seen upon us; and God is glorified in our behalf: And
1. It is the Glory of the Father: Mat. 5. 16. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your Good workes, and Glorify your Father which is in Heaven. By our walking in the light of Faith, doth Glory arise to the Father. The fruits of his Love, of his Grace, of his Kindnesse. are seen upon us; and God is glorifyed in our behalfe: And
2. The Son is Glorified thereby. It is the will of God, that as all men honour the Father, so should they honour the Son: Joh. 5. 23. and how is this done, by believing in him, Joh. 14. 1. obeying of him. Hence, Joh. 17. 10. He says, He is Glorified in Believers: and prays for an increase of Grace and Union for them, that he may yet be more Glorified, and all might know that as Mediator he was sent of God.
2. The Sonne is Glorifyed thereby. It is the will of God, that as all men honour the Father, so should they honour the Sonne: Joh. 5. 23. and how is this done, by believing in him, Joh. 14. 1. obeying of him. Hence,