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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.
2. The end in respect of our selves immediately, is threefold, §. 29 1. Honour. 2. Peace. 3. Usefulness.
2. The end in respect of our selves immediately, is threefold, §. 29 1. Honour. 2. Peace. 3. Usefullnesse.
1. Honour: It is by Holiness that we are made like unto God, and his Image is renewed again in us. This was our honour at our Creation; this exalted us above all our fellow creatures here below; we were made in the Image of God. This we lost by sin, and became like the beasts that perish. To this honour of conformity to God, of bearing his Image, are we exalted again by Holiness alone. Be ye holy, says God, because I am Holy: 1 Pet. 1. 16. And be you perfect, that is, in doing good, as your Heavenly Father is perfect, Math. 5. 48. in a likeness and conformity to him. and herein is the Image of God renewed: Ephes. 4. 23, 24. Therein we put on the new man which after God is created in Righteousness, and Holiness of truth. This was that which originally was attended with power and dominion; is still all that is beautiful or comely in the world; How it makes men honourable and precious in the sight of God, of Angels, of men, how alone it is that which is not despised, which is of price before the Lord; what contempt and scorn he hath of them in whom it is not, in what Abomination he hath them and all their ways, might easily be evinced;
1. Honour: It is by Holinesse that we are made like unto God, and his Image is renewed againe in us. This was our honour at our Creation; this exalted us above all our fellow creatures here below; we were made in the Image of God. This we lost by sinne, and became like the beasts that perish. To this honour of conformity to God, of bearing his Image, are we exalted againe by Holinesse alone. Be ye holy, says God, because I am Holy: