A53713:771
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.
Now this branch of Hyssop wherein the blood of purification was prepared for the sprinkling of the unclean, is, (unto us) the free promises of Christ. The cleansing virtue of the Blood of Christ lies in the Promises, as the blood of Sacrifices in the Hyssop, ready to pass out unto them that draw nigh thereunto. Therefore the Apostle argueth from receiving of the Promises ⟨p. 236⟩unto Universal Holiness and purity. Having therefore these Promises (Dearly Beloved) let us cleanse our selves from all filthiness of flesh and Spirit, perfecting Holiness in the fear of the Lord, 2 Cor. 7. 1. This then the Saints do; they eye the Blood of Christ as it is in the Promise, ready to issue out upon the Soul for the purification thereof: and thence is purging and cleansing virtue to be communicated unto them, and by the blood of Christ are they to be purged from all their sins, Joh. 1. 7. Thus far as it were, this Purifying blood thus prepared and made ready is at some distance to the soul. Though it be shed to this purpose, that it might purge, cleanse, and Sanctify, though it be taken up with the bunch of Hyssop in the Promises, yet the soul may not partake of it: wherefore
Now this branch of Hyssop wherein the blood of purification was prepared for the sprinkling of the uncleane, is, (unto us) the free promises of Christ. The cleasing vertue of the Blood of Christ lyes in the Promises, as the blood of Sacrifices in the Hyssop, ready to passe out unto them that draw nigh thereunto. Therefore the Apostle argueth from receiving of the Promises ⟨p. 236⟩unto Universall Holinesse and purity. Having therefore these Promises (Dearely Beloved) let us cleanse our selves from all filthinesse of flesh and Spirit, perfecting Holinesse in the feare of the Lord, 2 Cor. 7. 1. This then the Saints doe; they eye the Blood of Christ as it is in the Promise, ready to issue out upon the Soule for the purification thereof: and thence is purging and cleansing vertue to be communicated unto them, and by the blood of Christ are they to be purged from all their sinnes,