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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.
and in the bestowing of it, giving us the Holy Ghost, it is said, [Greek or Hebrew], he poured him out, as water out of a vessel, without stop and hesitation, and that not in a small measure, but [Greek or Hebrew], richly and in abundance: whence as to the work it self, it is emphatically said, [Greek or Hebrew]: justified by the Grace of him, who is such an one. And this do the Saints of God in their communion with Christ, exceedingly rejoice in before him, that the way of their Acceptation before God, is a way of Grace, kindness and mercy, that they might not boast in themselves, but in the Lord, and his goodness; crying, how great is thy goodness? how great is thy bounty?
and in the bestowing of it, giving us the Holy Ghost, it is said, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, he powred him out, as water out of a vessell, without stop and hesitation, and that not in a small measure, but 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, richly and in abundance: whence as to the work it selfe, it is emphatically said, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉: justified by the Grace of him, who is such an one. And this doe the Saints of God in their communion with Christ, exceedingly rejoyce in before him, that the way of their Acceptation before God, is a way of Grace, kindnesse and mercy, that they might not boast in themselves, but in the Lord, and his goodnesse; crying, how great is thy goodnesse? how great is thy bounty?
3. They approve of it, and rejoice in it, as a way of great peace and security to themselves and their own souls. They remember §. 42 what was their state and condition, whilst they went about to set up a Righteousness of their own, and were not subject to the Righteousness of Christ: how miserably they were tossed up and down, with continual fluctuating thoughts: sometimes they had hope, and sometimes were full of fear: sometimes they thought themselves in some good condition, and anon were at the very brink of Hell; their Consciences being racked and torn, with sin and fear: but now, being justified by Faith, they have peace with God,