A53713:789
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 Authoritative translation of Believers from one family into another, consisteth of these two parts. §. 7
1. An effectual Proclamation and declaration of such a persons immunity from all Obligations to the former family, to which by Nature he was related, And this declaration hath a threefold object.
1. An effectuall Proclamation and declaration of such a persons immunity from all Obligations to the former family, to which by Nature he was related, And this declaration hath a threefold object.
1. Angels: It is declared unto them, they are the Sons of ⟨p. 241⟩God. They are the Sons of God, and so of the family whereunto 1the adopted person is to be admitted, and therefore it concerns them to know, who are invested with the rights of that family, that they may discharge their duty towards them; unto them then it is declared, that Believers are freed from the family of sin, and hell, to become fellow Sons, and servants with them: and this is done two ways.
1. Angells: It is declared un to them, they are the Sons of ⟨p. 241⟩God. They are the Sons of God, and so of the family whereunto 1the adopted person is to be admitted, and therefore it concernes them to know, who are invested with the rights of that family, that they may discharge their duty towards them; unto them then it is declared, that Believers are freed from the family of sinne, and hell, to become fellow Sons, and servants with them: and this is done two waies.