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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. Peace, by it we have Communion with God, wherein Peace alone is to be enjoyed. The Wicked are like a troubled Sea, that §. 30 cannot rest, and there is no peace to them saith my God: Isa. 48. 21. There is no peace, rest, or quietness, in a distance, separation, or alienation from God. He is the rest of our souls: In the light of his Countenance is life & peace: Now if we walk in the light, as He is light, we have fellowship one with another, 1 Joh 1. 7. and ⟨p. 212⟩verily our fellowship is with the Father, and with the Son Jesus Christ: v. 3. He that walks in the light of new obedience, he hath Communion with God, and in his presence is fullness of joy for ever: without it there is nothing but darkness, and wandering and confusion.
2. Peace, by it we have Communion with God, wherein Peace alone is to be enjoyed. The Wicked are like a troubled Sea, that §. 30 cannot rest, and there is no peace to them saith my God: Isa. 48. 21. There is no peace, rest, or quietnesse, in a distance, separation, or alienation from God. He is the rest of our soules: In the light of his Countenance is life & peace: Now if we walk in the light, as He is light, we have fellowship one with another, 1 Ioh 1. 7. and ⟨p. 212⟩verily our fellowship is with the Father, and with the Sonne Jesus Christ: v. 3. He that walkes in the light of new obedience, he hath Communion with God, and in his presence is fullnesse of joy for ever: without it there is nothing but darknesse, and wandring and confusion.
3. Usefulness, A man without Holiness is good for nothing: Ephraim, says the Prophet, is an empty vine, that brings forth fruit to it self. And what is such a vine good for? nothing, saith another Prophet, a man cannot make a pin of it, so much as to hang a vessel on: A barren tree is good for nothing, but to be cut down for the fire. Notwithstanding the seeming usefulness of men, who serve the providence of God in their Generations, I could easily manifest that the World and the Church might want them, and that indeed in themselves they are good for nothing: only the holy man is commune bonum.