A53713:788
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.
They have an Authoritative translation from one of these families §. 6 to another. It is not done in a private underhand-way, but in the way of Authority. Joh: 1, 12. to as many as received him, he gave power to become the sons of God. Power, or Authority. This investing them with the power, excellency, and right of the Sons of God, is a forensicall act, and hath a legal proceeding in it. It is called the making us meet for the inheritance of the Saints in light, Col. 1. v. 12. A Judicial exalting us into 1membership in that family, where God is the Father, Christ the elder Brother, all Saints and Angels Brethren and fellow children, and the inheritance a Crown immortal and incorruptible, that fades not away.
They have an Authoritative translation from one of these families §. 6 to another. It is not done in a private underhand-way, but in the way of Authority. Ioh: 1, 12. to as many as received him, he gave power to become the sons of God. Power, or Authority. This investing them with the power, excellency, and right of the Sons of God, is a forensicall act, and hath a legall proceeding in it. It is called the making us meet for the inheritance of the Saints in light, Col. 1. v. 12. A Judiciall exalting us into 1membership in that family, where God is the Father, Christ the elder Brother, all Saints and Angells Brethren and fellow children, and the inheritance a Crowne immortall and incorruptible, that fades not away.
Now this Authoritative translation of Believers from one family into another, consisteth of these two parts. §. 7