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Communion with God. in two sermons preached at Paul'sCommunion vvith God. in two sermons preach'd at Paul's
Communion with God. in two sermons preached at Paul's: the first, Sept. 3, 1654, the second, March 25, 1655. / By Samuel Annesley L.L.D. minister of the gospel at John Evangel London.Communion vvith God. in two sermons preach'd at Paul's: the first, Sept. 3, 1654, the second, March 25, 1655. / By Samuel Annesley L.L.D. minister of the gospel at John Evangel London.
London: printed by Evan Tyler, 1655
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.
Can there be a more pleasing, a more profitable, a more honourable work, than to search how the Father draws to the Son, and promiseth to send the Holy Ghost? Yet it is the Son that engageth the Father, by the working of the Holy Ghost; and yet it is the Holy Ghost which worketh the heart to close with Christ, and thereby we have access unto the Father. How sweet is it to unriddle these mysteries of Grace! The very untying of these knots, and the picking out the kernels of these seeming contradictions, must needs be advantageous unto the soul.
Can there be a more pleasing, a more profitable, a more honourable work, than to fearch how the Father draws to the Son, and promiseth to send the Holy Ghost? Yet it is the Son that engageth the Father, by the working of the Holy Ghost; and yet it is the Holy Ghost which worketh the heart to close with Christ, and thereby we have access unto the Father. How sweet is it to unriddle these mysteries of Grace! The very untying of these knots, and the picking out the kernels of these seeming contradictions, must needs be advantageous unto the soul.
Christians, will you bring your case to a Point? Is there a necessity of acquainting thy self with God, or not? Canst thou patch up an happiness to serve thy turn, without Communion with God? if not, what dost thou resolve upon?
Alas, this business is beyond my strength, I cannot change mine own heart; though there are encouragements and helps, I know not which way to go, nor how to plead them.
Alas, this business is beyond my strength, I cannot change mine own heart; though there are encouragements and helps, I know not which way to go, nor how to pleade them.