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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.
Thus the Spirit is this Earnest God gives us the promise of §. 18 eternal life. To confirm this to us, he giveth us his Spirit, which is as the first part of the promise, to secure us of the whole. Hence he is said to be the earnest of the inheritance that is promised, and purchased. And it may be considered how it may, be said to be an Earnest on the part of God, who gives him, and on the part of Believers who receive him.
Thus the Spirit is this Earnest God gives us the promise of §. 18 eternall life. To confirme this to us, he giveth us his Spirit, which is as the first part of the promise, to secure us of the whole. Hence he is said to be the earnest of the inheritance that is promised, and purchased. And it may be considered how it may, be said to be an Earnest on the part of God, who gives him, and on the part of Believers who receive him.
1. He is an Earnest on the part of God, in that God gives §. 19 ⟨p. 284⟩him as a choice part of the Inheritance it self; and of the same kind with the whole, as an Earnest ought to be. The full inheritance promised, is the fullness of the Spirit in the enjoyment of God. When that Spirit which is given us in this world shall have perfectly taken away all sin, and sorrow, and shall have made us able to enjoy the Glory of God in his presence, that is the full inheritance promised. So that the Spirit given us for the fitting of us for enjoyment of God in some measure, whilst we are here, is the earnest of the whole.
1. He is an Earnest on the part of God, in that God gives §. 19 ⟨p. 284⟩him as a choyce part of the Inheritance it selfe; and of the same kind with the whole, as an Earnest ought to be. The full inheritance promised, is the fullnesse of the Spirit in the enjoyment of God. When that Spirit which is given us in this world shall have perfectly taken away all sinne, and sorrow, and shall have made us able to enjoy the Glory of God in his presence, that is the fullinheritance promised. So that the Spirit given us for the fitting of us for enjoyment of God in some measure, whilst we are here, is the earnest of the whole.