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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.
(3) Life is taken for the Comforts and Refreshments of Life; So speaks the Apostle, 1 Thes. 3.8. Now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord, now our Life will do us good, we have the Comforts, the Refreshments, and the Joys of it. Non est vivere, Sed valere vita. The Comforts and Satisfactions of Life, are more Life than Life it self. It is Life, that is, that which makes Life to be so, bringing in that Satisfaction, those Refreshments unto it, which make it pleasant and desirable. And I do suppose this is that which is principally intended in the Words of the Apostle; it is Life, a cheerful joyous Life, a Life worth the living. In Explication and Confirmation whereof, it is added, that it is Peace also.
(3) Life is taken for the Comforts and Refreshments of Life; So speaks the Apostle, 1 Thes. 3.8. Now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord, now our Life will do us good, we have the Comforts, the Refreshments, and the Joyes of it. Non est vivere, Sed valere vita. The Comforts and Satisfactions of Life, are more Life than Life it self. It is Life, that is, that which makes Life to be so, bringing in that Satisfaction, those Refreshments unto it, which make it pleasant and desirable. And I do suppose this is that which is principally intended in the Words of the Apostle; it is Life, a chearful joyous Life, a Life worth the living. In Explication and Confirmation whereof, it is added, that it is Peace also.
Peace is twofold, (1) General and absolute, that is Peace with God through Jesus Christ, which is celebrated in the Scripture, and which is the only Original Spring and Fountain of all Consolation unto Believers; that which virtually contains in it every thing that is good, Useful, or desirable unto them. But it is not here precisely intended. It is not so.
Peace is twofold, (1) General and absolute, that is Peace with God through Jesus Christ, which is celebrated in the Scripture, and which is the only Original Spring and Fountain of all Consolation unto Believers; that which virtually containes in it every thing that is good, Useful, or desirable unto them. But it is not here precisely intended. It is not so.