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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.
2ly There is that, which we call Habitual Grace, that is, the §. 4 Fruits of the Spirit, the Spirit which is borne of the Spirit: Joh. 3. 6. That which is borne of, or produced by the Holy Ghost, 1in the heart or soul of a man when he is regenerate, that which makes him so, is spirit; in opposition to the flesh, or that enmity which is in us by nature against God: It is, Faith, Love, Joy, Hope, and the rest of the Graces of the Gospel, in their root or common principle. Concerning which these two things are to be observed.
2ly There is that, which we call Habituall Grace, that is, the §. 4 Fruits of the Spirit, the Spirit which is borne of the Spirit: Ioh. 3. 6. That which is borne of, or produced by the Holy Ghost, 1in the heart or soule of a man when he is regenerate, that which makes him so, is spirit; in opposition to the flesh, or that enmity which is in us by nature against God: It is, Faith, Love, Joy, Hope, and the rest of the Graces of the Gospell, in their root or common principle. Concerning which these two things are to be observed.
1. That though many particular Graces are mentioned, §. 5 yet there are not different Habits or Qualities in us; not several or distinct principles, to answer them; but only the same Habit 1or Spiritual principle, putting forth it self in various operations, or ways of working, according to the variety of the Objects which it goeth forth unto, is their common principle. So that it is called and distinguished as above, rather in respect of actual exercise, with relation to its objects, then habitual Inherence, it being one Root, which hath these many Branches.