justification (see chaps. 6 and 7), it does play a significant role in our sanctification, and the sweetness of our communion with God can be greatly affected by it.9 Owen’s entire book Of Communion with God is built upon the Trinitarian nature of our fellowship with God as seen in 1 John 1:3. There the apostle John is clear that the fellowship we have with God is a fellowship or communion both with God the Father and with God the Son, Jesus Christ. But for Owen the fundamental
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