O F COMMUNION WITH G O D, cc.. Cs4' Mo :Á;,M+,ft,n-Z1050-2-2.3021itJ00:1006g C H A P. L That rive Saints have Commeo ion with God. t John i. 3. Confidered tb that purpofe. Somewhat of the nature of Communion in general. N the firft epifile of john chap. i. v. 3. the apoflle affures them to whom he wrot, that the fellowship ofbelievers is with the Father and withhis Son Jefus Chrift (a) : and this he loth with fuch an unufual kind of exprèflion as bears the force ofan affeveration, whence we have rendered it, trulyour fellowfhip, Theoutward appearances and condition of the faints in thofe days beingvery mean and contemptible, their leaders being accounted as the filth of this world, and as the oftecouringof allthings ,(b); the inviting others unto fellowfhipwith them, and a participation ofthe precious things which they did enjoy, Teems (a) r viz di ñs,040, Rc. (bJ 'Or 6e1i5i3e oa v ,tae, a C r. iv. 8, 9, to, it, co, 3 Romans; "ffil. 35, 36. Hebrews 00. 38 33, 34. Chnftianos ad le s. Et puto, nos Deus apofiolos novilfimos elegli, veluti beltiarios, rent. de Pad. Aft. svii. 18. GaL vi. Ca. Semper cafuris fimiles, nunquam quecadences. t0
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