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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
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6. He is an Earnest unto us 2 Cor. 1. 22. He hath given the §. 14: earnest of the Spirit in our hearts: chap. 5. 5. who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit: as also Ephes. 1. 13, 14. Ye are sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance. In the two former places we are said to have the earnest of the Spirit, in the latter the Spirit is said to be our earnest, of the Spirit, then in the first place is as we say Genitivus materiae; denoting not the cause but the thing it self; not the Author of the earnest, but the matter of it. The Spirit is our Earnest, as in the last place is expressed. The consideration of what is meant by the Spirit here, & what is meant by an Earnest will give some insight in to this privilege, which we receive by the Comforter.
6. He is an Earnest unto us 2 Cor. 1. 22. He hath given the §. 14: earnest of the Spirit in our hearts: chap. 5. 5. who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit: as also Ephes. 1. 13, 14. Ye are sealed with that Holy Spirie of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance. In the two former places we are said to have the earnest of the Spirit, in the latter the Spirit is said to be our earnest, of the Spirit, then in the first place is as we say Genitivus materiae; denoting not the cause but the thing it selfe; not the Author of the earnest, but the matter of it. The Spirit is our Earnest, as in the last place is expressed. The consideration of what is meant by the Spirit here, & what is meant by an Earnest will give some insight in to this priviledge, which we receive by the Comforter.
1. What Grace, what gift of the Spirit is intended by this Earnest, some have made enquiry, I suppose to no purpose. §. 15 It is the Spirit himself personally considered, that is said to be