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Two discourses concerning the Holy Spirit, and His work the one, Of the Spirit…
Two discourses concerning the Holy Spirit, and His work the one, Of the Spirit as a comforter, the other, As He is the author of spiritual gifts ... / by ... John Owen.
London: printed for William Marshall, 1693
Chapter 5: Particular Actings of the Holy Spirit as a Comforter. How he is an Unction.
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CHAP. V. Particular Actings of the Holy Spirit as a Comforter. How he is an Unction.
THE especial Actings of the Holy Spirit towards Believers as their Comforter, with the Privileges and Advantages which by them they are made Partakers of, have been severally spoken ⟨p. 62⟩unto by many; and I have also in other Discourses had occasion to treat concerning some of them. I shall therefore be the more brief in the present Discourses of them, and waving things commonly known and received, shall endeavour to state right Conceptions of them, and to add further Light unto what hath been already received.
THE especial Actings of the Holy Spirit towards Believers as their Comforter, with the Priviledges and Advantages which by them they are made Partakers of, have been severally spoken ⟨p. 62⟩unto by many; and I have also in other Discourses had occasion to treat concerning some of them. I shall therefore be the more brief in the present Discourses of them, and waving things commonly known and received, shall endeavour to state right Conceptions of them, and to add further Light unto what hath been already received.
THE first of this sort which we shall mention, because, as I think, the first in Order of Nature, is the Unction, or Anointing which Believers have by him. So are they said to be anointed, 2 Cor. 1. 21. and 1 John 2. 20. Ye have [Greek or Hebrew], an Unction, an Unguent from the Holy One, Ver. 27. The Anointing which you have received abideth in you. And the same Anointing teacheth you of all things. What this [Greek or Hebrew] is which we do receive, and wherein this Anointing doth consist, we must in the first place enquire. For a distinct Comprehension and Knowledge of that which is so great a Privilege, and of so much use unto us, is our Duty and Advantage. It is so the more, because by the most these things are neglected. That is an empty Sound unto them, which hath in its self the Fullness of the Blessing of the Gospel of Christ. Some things there are which pretend unto this Unction, or which some would have it to consist in, that we must remove out of our way to render the Truth more evident.