A53713:824
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.
Hence you may see the difference between the liberty that §. 21 slaves assume, and the liberty which is due to children.
1. Slaves take liberty from duty; children have liberty in duty; there is not a greater mistake in the world, then that the liberty of Sons in the house of God, consists in this, they can perform duties, or take the freedom to omit them; they can serve in the family of God; that is, they think they may if they will, and they can choose whether they will or no. This is a liberty stolen by Slaves, not a liberty given by the Spirit unto Sons.
1. Slaves take liberty from duty; children have liberty in duty; there is not a greater mistake in the world, then that the liberty of Sons in the house of God, consists in this, they can performe duties, or take the freedome to omit them; they can serve in the family of God; that is, they think they may if they will, and they can choose whether they will or no. This is a liberty stolne by Slaves, not a liberty given by the Spirit unto Sons.
The liberty of Sons is in the inward spiritual freedom of their hearts naturally and kindly going out in all the ways and worship of God. When they find themselves straitened, and shut up in them, they wrestle with God for enlargement, and are never contented with the doing of a duty, unless it be done as in Christ, with free genuine and enlarged hearts. The liberty that servants have is from duty, the liberty given to Sons is in duty.
The liberty of Sons is in the inward spirituall freedome of their hearts naturally and kindly going out in all the ways and worship of God. When they find themselves straitened, and shut up in them, they wrestle with God for enlargement, and are never contented with the doing of a duty, unlesse it be done as in Christ, with free genuine and enlarged hearts. The liberty that servants have is from duty, the liberty given to Sons is in duty.