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The Grace and Duty of Being Spiritually Minded
Phronemma tou pneumatou, or, The grace and duty of being spiritually-minded declared and practically improved / by John Owen ...Phronēma tou pneumatou, or, The grace and duty of being spiritually-minded declared and practically improved / by John Owen ...
London: printed by J.G. for Nathaniel Ponder, 1681
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.
The Heavenly Things, are the deep and mysterious Counsels of the Will of God. These, renewed Affections cleave unto with Holy Admiration and satisfactory Submission, captivating the Understanding unto what it cannot comprehend. So the Apostle declares it, Rom. 11.33, 34, 35, 36. O the depth of the Riches both of the Wisdom and Knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his Judgments, and his Ways past finding ⟨p. 218⟩out! for who hath known the Mind of the Lord, or who hath been his Councillor? Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed to him again? For of him, and through him, and to him are all things, to whom be Glory for ever, Amen. What the Mind cannot comprehend, the Heart doth admire and adore, delighting in God, and giving Glory unto him in all.
The Heavenly Things, are the deep and misterious Councels of the Will of God. These, renewed Affections cleave unto with Holy Admiration and satisfactory Submission, captivating the Understanding unto what it cannot comprehend. So the Apostle declares it, Rom. 11.33, 34, 35, 36. O the depth of the Riches both of the Wisdom and Knowledge of God! How unsearcheable are his Judgments, and his Ways past finding ⟨p. 218⟩out! for who hath known the Mind of the Lord, or who hath been his Councellor? Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompenced to him again? For of him, and through him, and to him are all things, to whom be Glory for ever, Amen. What the Mind cannot comprehend, the Heart doth admire and adore, delighting in God, and giving Glory unto him in all.
The Earthly Things intended by our Saviour in that place, is the Work of God upon the Souls of Men in their Regeneration, wrought here in the Earth. Towards these the Affections act themselves with Delight, and with great Thanksgiving. The Experience of the Grace of God in and upon Believers is sweet unto their Souls. But one way or other they cleave unto them all, they have not a prevailing Aversation unto any of them. They have a regard unto all Gods Precepts, a delight in all his Counsels, a Love to himself and all his Ways.