iCbaP 36 363 C HAP. XXXVI. Queflions, and Cafes ofConfcience about our communionwith God. Quef{ ,gyp Hat is it to be incommunion withGod ? Anfw. When we are made one with him , or u- nited to him, as a childe to his Father,' Joh.1.3. So that our communion withGod, is a. To fee him in his works. z. To hear him in his Word. 3. To fpeak to himby prayer, and praife. 4. Towalkwith him in medication ofhis prefence. Queft. What are the evidences, orfigns ofour communion withGod, and withJe- fiu chrifi ? Anfw. Firft, The holy fpirit of God, and ofJefus Chrift given to us, 1 Jh. 3.24. Hereby we know that heabideth in or, by his Spirit which hehathgiven ru. So foh.4. 13. Qeft. How doe we know this our communion. withGod , by his Spirit given ? Anfw. Firn, As the inward, immediate, efficientcaufe of this divine commu- nion with us. For 1. Coddwells in us by his Spirit, ephef.z.zz. z.Chrift fup- plies his abfence from his Church by his Spirit, fah. 14. 15, 57, 25, z6. and 16.17,IS. Secondly, As an Anointing,teaching us all things, Job. 2.27. Revealing to us the things that are given us of God, I Cor. 2. 12. and illuminating us with light to receive them. Yea fometimes the Spirit evidences our fellowfhip with God, by filch a clear, bright, and immediate way , that it wonderfully affures us hereof, lob. 14.21,22,23. Thirdly, As a witnefs with our fpirits, Rom.S.15,16: Fourthly, As afeal upon our hearts, Ephef.t. '3. 'Fifthly, As the earneft,and firf+-fruits of our adoption, and endlefs communi- on withGod in glory, E. f. 1.14. Rom.8. z3. Sixthly, As theoriginal caufe, and root of all thefe fpiritual fruits, which are only found in them that have communion with God, Gal. 5.22,23. Quel}. But by what fgns may we know that the Spirit of God is given eu ? A aa 2 e.,I,fw I. II. III. IV. V. VI.
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=