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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.
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 ⟨p. 283⟩this earnest. 2 Cor. 1. 22. It is God hath given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts: an expression directly answering that of Gal. 4 6. God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son, into our hearts: that is the Person of the Spirit, for nothing else can be called the Spirit of his Son: and in Ephes. 1. 14. he hath given the Spirit ([Greek or Hebrew] for [Greek or Hebrew]) which is that earnest. The Spirit himself of promise is this earnest. In giving us this Spirit he gives us this earnest.
1. What Grace, what guift of the Spirit is intended by this Earnest, some have made enquiry, I suppose to no purpose. §. 15 It is the Spirit himselfe personally considered, that is said to be ⟨p. 283⟩this earnest. 2 Cor. 1. 22. It is God hath given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts: an expression directly answering that of Gal. 4 6. God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son, into our hearts: that is the Person of the Spirit, for nothing else can be called the Spirit of his Son: and in Ephes. 1. 14. he hath given the Spirit (〈non-Latin alphabet〉 for 〈non-Latin alphabet〉) which is that earnest. The Spirit himselfe of promise is this earnest. In giving us this Spirit he gives us this earnest.