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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. They hearken to the voice of Christ calling them to him §. 51 with their burden; come unto me ye that are weary and heavy laden: come with your burdens: Come thou (poor soul) with thy guilt of sin: why what to do? why, this is mine saith Christ: this Agreement I made with my Father, that I should come, and take thy sins, and hear them away: They were my lot. Give me thy burden, give me all thy sins; thou knowest not what to do with them, I know how to dispose of them well enough, so that God shall be glorified and thy soul delivered. Hereupon,
2. They hearken to the voyce of Christ calling them to him §. 51 with their burden; come unto me ye that are weary and heavy laden: come with your burdens: Come thou (poor soule) with thy guilt of sinne: why what to doe? why, this is mine saith Christ: this Agreement I made with my Father, that I should come, and take thy sinnes, and heare them away: They were my lot. Give me thy burden, give me all thy sinnes; thou knowest not what to doe with them, I know how to dispose of them well enough, so that God shall be glorifyed and thy soule delivered. Hereupon,
3. They lay down their sins at the Cross of Christ, upon §. 52 his shoulders; This is Faiths great and bold venture upon the Grace, Faithfulness and Truth of God. To stand by the cross and say, ah! He is bruised for my sins, and wounded for my transgressions, and the chastisement of my peace is upon him. He is thus made sin for me. Here I give up my sins to him that is able to bear them, to undergo them. He requires it of my hands, that I should be content that he should undertake for them, and that I heartily consent unto. This is every days work. I know ⟨p. 223⟩not how any peace can be maintained with God, without it. If it be the work of souls to receive Christ, as made sin for us, we must receive him, as one that takes our sins upon him. Not as though he dyed any more, or suffered any more: but as the faith of the Saints of old, made that present, and done before their eyes (not come to pass,