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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.
Having thus declared, from whence, and how the Holy Ghost is given unto us as a spirit of Consolation §. 1; I come in the next place to declare what are his actings in us, and towards us, being so bestowed on us, and received by us Now here are two general Heads to be considered; 1. The manner and kind of his actings in us, which are ⟨p. 271⟩variously expressed: and 2. The particular products of his actings in our souls, wherein we have Communion with him. The first is variously expressed: I shall pass through them briefly.
HAving thus declared, from whence, and how the Holy Ghost is given unto us as a spirit of Consolation §. 1; I come in the next place to declare what are his actings in us, and towards us, being so bestowed on us, and received by us Now here are two generall Heads to be considered; 1. The manner and kind of his actings in us, which are ⟨p. 271⟩variously expressed: and 2. The particular products of his actings in our soules, wherein we have Communion with him. The first is variously expressed: I shall passe through them briefly.
1. He is said [Greek or Hebrew] to work effectually, 1 Cor. 12. 11. §. 2 all these worketh or effecteth that one and self same spirit: it is spoken there indeed in respect of his distribution of gifts: but the way is the same for the Communication of Graces, and privileges: he doth it by working, which as it convinces his personality, especially as considered with the words following, dividing to every man according to his will, (for to work according to will is the the inseparable property of a person, and is spoken expressly of God, Eph. 1. 11.) so in relation to v. 6. foregoing, it makes no less evident his Deity. What he is here said to do as the Spirit bestowed on us, and given unto us; there is he said as God himself to do: there are diversity of operations but it is one God that worketh all in all; which here in other words is; all these worketh the self same spirit dividing to every man as he will; What we have then from him, we have by the way of his energetical working; It is not by proposing this or that Argument to us, persuading us by these or those moral motives or inducements alone, leaving us to make use of them as we can; But he works effectually himself, what he communicates of Grace, or consolation to us.