A53713:844
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.
It is then only the Sons of the family that have this Right; they have fellowship with one another, and that fellowship with the Father and the Son Jesus Christ: They set forth the Lords death till he come; They are entrusted with all the Ordinances of the house, and the administration of them: and who shall deny them the enjoyment of this right, or keep them from what Christ hath purchased for them: And the Lord will in the end give them hearts every where to make use of this Title accordingly; and not to wander on the mountains, forgetting their resting place.
It is then onely the Sons of the family that have this Right; they have fellowship with one another, and that fellowship with the Father and the Son Jesus Christ: They set forth the Lords death till he come; They are entrusted with all the Ordinances of the house, and the administration of them: and who shall deny them the enjoyment of this right, or keep them from what Christ hath purchased for them: And the Lord will in the end give them hearts every where to make use of this Title accordingly; and not to wander on the mountaines, forgetting their resting place.
2. They have a Title to the future fullness of the inheritance that is purchased for this whole family by Jesus Christ So the §. 34 Apostle Argues Rom. 8. 17. If children then heirs &c. All Gods Children are first borne Heb. 12. 23. & therefore are heirs: hence the whole weight of Glory that is prepared for them, is called the Inheritance Col. 1 12. The inheritance of the Saints in light: If you be Christ's then are you Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the Promise Gal. 3. 29. heirs of the Promise, that is of all things promised unto Abraham in and with Christ.