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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.
2. The Condescension of the Holy Ghost in this order of working this dispensation, to proceed from the Father and the Son, as to this work; to take upon him this work of a comforter, as the Son did the work of a Redeemer, of which afterwards.
2. The Condescention of the Holy Ghost in this order of working this dispensation, to proceed from the Father and the Sonne, as to this worke; to take upon him this worke of a comforter, as the Sonne did the worke of a Redeemer, of which afterwards.
3. The fountain of the whole is discovered to be the Father, that we may know his works in the pursuit of electing love which every where is ascribed to the Father. This is the order here intimated. 1. There is the [Greek or Hebrew] of the Father; or the purpose of his Love the fountain of all: Then the [Greek or Hebrew] the asking of the Son Joh 14. 15. which takes in his merit and purchase, whereunto follows [Greek or Hebrew], or willing proceeding of the Holy Ghost And this gives testimony also, to the Foundation of this whole discourse, namely our peculiar ⟨p. 264⟩Communion with the Father in Love, the Son, in Grace, and the Holy Ghost in Consolation. This is the door and entrance of that fellowship of of the Holy Ghost, whereunto we are called. His Gracious and blessed Will, his infinite & ineffable condescension being eyed by Faith, as the foundation of all those Effects, which he works in us, and Privileges whereof by him we are made partakers, our souls are peculiarly conversant with him, and their Desires, affections, and thankfulness, terminated in him: of which more afterwards. This is the first thing considerable is our Communion with the Holy Ghost.
3. The fountaine of the whole is discovered to be the Father, that we may know his workes in the pursuit of electing love which every where is ascribed to the Father. This is the order here intimated. 1. There is the 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 of the Father; or the purpose of his Love the fountaine of all: Then the the asking of the Son Joh 14. 15. which takes in his merit and purchase, whereunto follows , or willing proceeding of the Holy Ghost And this gives testimony also, to the Foundation of this whole discourse, namely our peculiar