A53713:890
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 the holy Spirit is promised under a twofold consideration §. 11 ⟨p. 262⟩1. As a Spirit of Sanctification to the Elect, to convert them and make them Believers; 2. As a Spirit of Consolation to Believers, to give them the privileges of the death and purchase of Christ: it is in the latter sense only wherein he is here spoken of; now as to his presence with us in this regard, and the end and purposes for which he is sent, for what is aimed at; observe,
Now the holy Spirit is promised under a twofold consideration §. 11 ⟨p. 262⟩1. As a Spirit of Sanctification to the Elect, to convert them and make them Believers; 2. As a Spirit of Consolation to Believers, to give them the priviledges of the death and purchase of Christ: it is in the latter sense onely wherein he is here spoken of; now as to his presence with us in this regard, and the end and purposes for which he is sent, for what is aymed at; observe,
1. The Rise and fountain of it; 2. The manner of his being given; 3. Our manner of receiving him: 4. His abiding with us; 5. His acting in us; 6. what are the Effects of his working in us And then how we hold Communion with him, will from all these appear.
1. The Rise and fountaine of it; 2. The manner of his being given; 3. Our manner of receiving him: 4. His abiding with us; 5. His acting in us; 6. what are the Effects of his working in us And then how we hold Communion with him, will from all these appeare.
What the Scripture speaketh to these particulars, shall briefly be considered.