Of Communion with God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost

And this is the first general consequent in the hearts of Believers, of those great Effects of the Holy Ghost before mentioned: §. 5 now this is so large and comprehensive, comprising so many of our concernments in our walking with God, that the Holy Ghost receives his denomination, as to the whole work he hath to perform for us from hence; He is the Comforter; as Jesus Christ, from the work of Redemption and salvation, is the Redeemer and Saviour of his Church. Now as we have no consolation but from the Holy Ghost: so all his Effects towards us, have certainly this consequent more, or less, in us. Yea I dare say; whatever we have in the kinds of the things before mentioned that brings not consolation with it, in the root at least, if not in the ripe fruit, is not of the Holy Ghost. The way whereby comfort issues out from those works of his, belongs to particular cases. The fellowship we have with him, consists, in no small portion of it, in the consolation we receive from him. This gives us a valuation of his Love; teacheth whether to make applications in our distress; whom to pray for, to pray to, whom to wait upon in perplexities.

And this is the first generall consequent in the hearts of Believers, of those great Effects of the Holy Ghost before mentioned: §. 5 now this is so large and comprehensive, comprizing so many of our concernments in our walking with God, that the Holy Ghost receives his denomination, as to the whole work he hath to performe for us from hence; He is the Comforter; as Jesus Christ, from the work of Redemption and salvation, is the Redeemer and Saviour of his Church. Now as we have no consolation but from the Holy Ghost: so all his Effects towards us, have certainly this consequent more, or lesse, in us. Yea I dare say; whatever we have in the kinds of the things before mentioned that brings not consolation with it, in the root at least, if not in the ripe fruit, is not of the Holy Ghost. The way whereby comfort issues out from those works of his, belongs to particular cases. The fellowship we have with him, consists, in no small portion of it, in the consolation we receive from him. This gives us a valuation of his Love; teacheth whether to make applications in our distresse; whom to pray for, to pray to, whom to wait upon in perplexities.