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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
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2. What ever excellency there is in any thing, it is originally, eminently in God. Rom. 11.36. of him, and through him, and to him are all things: of him, as the first Author: through him as the Preserver: to him as the last scope. Every thing hath its degrees of perfection, according to what of God is communicated. 1 Cor. 3.23. All things are yours, ye are Christs, and Christ is Gods: that is, the world is yours for your use: ye are Christs as his peculiar: and Christ personally ⟨p. 20⟩as Mediator, for the glory of God essentially, that all may be swallowed up of Deity.
2. What ever excellency there is in any thing, it is originally, eminently in God. Rom. 11.36. of him, and through him, and to him are all things: of him, as the first Author: through him as the Preserver: to him as the last scope. Every thing hath its degrees of perfection, according to what of God is communicated. 1 Cor. 3.23. All things are yours, yee are Christs, and Christ is Gods: that is, the world is yours for your use: ye are Christs as his peculiar: and Christ personally ⟨p. 20⟩as Mediatour, for the glory of God essentially, that all may be swallowed up of Deity.
3. There is nothing can enlarge, and satisfy the souls capacities, but God alone. Poor low-spirited creatures may have some kind of satisfaction in the world, as Esau, I have enough my brother: but then the capacities of the soul are not enlarged. Others may have their capacities enlarged; but then the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear with hearing; (and these are but the most capacious senses) but in God enlargedness, and satisfaction meet.