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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.
Look into the foregoing occasion of the words which is the Disciples sorrow and trouble, and it seems to require the Comforter; sorrow hath filled your hearts, but I will send you the Comforter; look into the next words following, which contain his peculiar work for which he is now promised to be sent, and they require he should be an Advocate to plead the cause of Christ, against the world v. 8. I shall choose rather to interpret the promise by the Occasion of it, which was the Sorrow of his Disciples and to retain the name of the Comforter.
Look into the foregoing occasion of the words which is the Disciples sorrow and trouble, and it seemes to require the Comforter; sorrow hath filled your hearts, but I will send you the Comforter; look into the next words following, which containe his peculiar work for which he is now promised to be sent, and they require he should be an Advocate to plead the cause of Christ, against the world v. 8. I shall choose rather to interpret the promise by the Occasion of it, which was the Sorrow of his Disciples and to retaine the name of the Comforter.
Who this Comforter is our Blessed Saviour had before declared, Chap. 15. 26. he is [Greek or Hebrew] the Spirit of §. 9 Truth, that is the Holy Ghost, who revealeth all truth to the Sons of men. Now of this Comforter two things are affirmed,
Who this Comforter is our Blessed Saviour had before declared, Chap. 15. 26. he is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 the Spirit of §. 9 Truth, that is the Holy Ghost, who revealeth all truth to the Sons of men. Now of this Comforter two things are affirmed,
1. That He shall come. 2. That Christ shall send him.