IV. Deduce some consequences that follow from my whole discourse concerning it; and then conclude with some practical application. FIRST GENERAL I. What this communion with God is.—The word in the Greek, κοινωνια, is from κοινος, which signifies “common;” and so it imports something that is common and mutual betwixt God and us, as communion among men imports something mutual on each side; so that our communion with God is either active or passive: active in what passeth from us to God, and
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